What a fun quince! Jeisy, with the help of her mom, Jamillet, wanted a fun Quinceañera that involved games, dancing, and a few traditions. One bad thing did happen: THE AC FAILED; yet that didn’t stop anyone from dancing and having a good time. Our game show system was brought in, customized with question about Jeisy, her friends, family and favorites. The screen was also used for a special slide show that Jamillet created.

Lighting was simple, but beyond effective. Our 4Bar light along with the UFO centerpiece really transformed the room; and I also go to test my new ADJ Hypnotic RGB light. Since the theme centered around the moon and stars, it was common sense that the bliss would be brought out!

Check out the photos and video below. The video is a must-watch because we had a lot of fun doing a soul-train!

I met Brittany and her mom, Wendy, through Jillian’s Sweet 16, and also learned that Brittany is a student at Cypress Creek High and whose friends go to Freedom High . With these two factors in mind, I knew that we were going to have fun at her Sweet 16!

They chose a Cinderella theme, and having it at the Holiday Inn Castle in Orlando was the fitting choice. The former Doubletree is modeled to look like a castle, inside and out. It is definetly one of the more unique ballrooms in Orlando.

Because of the relatively size of the room (11′ tall ceilings and holds about 130-150 people max), Wendy didn’t need to order a huge Sweet16 package to impress everyone and fill the room. Our Video Explosion Lite package was perfect. The 6×8 screen was a nice centerpiece to the overall set up.

A custom grand entrance video was played (apologies to Disney, haha) to introduce her after the court came in. Check out that video, some photos, and a video summary below!

Grand entrance video…

Summary video!

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What an amazing year… check out 65 events crammed into one year. I actually had 66, but one of them was not documented.

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What happens when you take our popular Video Explosion package used for homecomings and proms and modify it for a Sweet 16 to blow out all Sweet 16s?

Let’s talk about the decorations- beautiful! All done by Jillian’s mom, Judy. Judy gave us a very detailed planner that was beyond professional. All the vendors were impressed by her thoroughly thought-out planning! Speaking of vendors, the Embassy Suites on International drive couldn’t have been more accommodating. Monica and I were beyond impressed by all the work they put in to make things easy for us and the client. If you’re looking for a Sweet 16/wedding hall in Orlando– this is THE place!

We brought out lighting; uplighting; dance on the clouds; projected stars with our Source 4s; monogram; uplighting; table lighting; a 12′ video screen for music videos, custom videos, and photos; and of course, a crazy amount of bass. The entire hotel could hear the bass rattle so we had to keep the bass down, haha.

The choreographer, Billy, was incredibly easy to work with and adapted his ideas and work with some last-minute changes and ideas for lighting. The overall production was very VERY sharp!

Check out the photos I took below as well as three video clips. The first video is the custom video we did for Jillian’s grand entrance; the second video was shoutouts from her friends and a couple music artists; the third video is the event log!

Amazing stuff! Check it out!!

Shortly after we calle Jillian’s court in, the lights dimmed and all attention was focused on the screen.. check out her CUSTOM intro I made to hype everyone up before she walked in!

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Next video shows some special shoutouts played on the big screen at Jillian’s Birthday from her friends… and a few music artists too:
Acafool, from the hot track Hatablockas.
TREAL (Not Locked Down, Swag On, Spaceship)
Thrill da Playa (With the 69 Boyz, makers of Tootsee Roll, Kitty Kitty… helped with C’Mon Ride the Train, Whoot There It Is, Space Jam)
And another shoutout from Cupid from the world-famous Cupid Shuffle!

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And the event log!

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80% of my 2009 events are summarized here…. unfortunately a couple videos didn’t make it because 1) dumb hard drive deleted them 2) I didn’t film for privacy reasons.

Videos were done in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

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Another large birthday party to add to the books– and this one went all out! With over 300 people for the dancing portion, this felt more like a homecoming than anything else! Dinner started with just a family and close friends VIP invite, but after it ended 200+ people poured in and didn’t stop dancing till the very end! Over 2000 glowsticks were tossed out for this dance. You have to check the link below to see more!

After seeing us perform at Hudson’s prom Bri’s mom and dad knew right away we’d be the perfect DJs to create the best Sweet 16 ever! After grabbing a bite to eat (lots of delicious food was brought in), Bri was given a special sweet 16 birthday wish from Thrill da Playa (69 Boyz) and the HB Fraternity. We took it to a whole new level with a 90s Flashback, featuring Barbie Girl, Wannabe, Believe, Space Jam, and much more! Be sure to check out the photos and video below!

LOTS OF INFO COMING. No kidding.. there’s over 500GB of video footage to acquire and edit. Stay tuned!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Frankie (that’s what everyone calls her). She and her friends really know how to party! It was a small celebration of about 50 kids at the Auburndale Recreational Hall… but Derek ( my other DJ ) and I really had a blast with them! Most of the kids went to Winter Haven High School (we did their homecoming 2005, 2006, & 2007), so I knew this crowd a bit ahead of time! Check out the amazing video below… and Frankie (or mom & dad), if you’re reading this: Thanks again and I wish you all the best!

Package Chosen:

Premier with pinspot Lightshow
Upgraded to small lightshow with subwoofer compliments of us.

It’s finally live, the new home for 4SO: 4SchoolsOnly.com! CLICK IT AND CHECK IT OUT!

We set up our new light at Kelly’s house… we can only imagine what this baby would look like in a big venue!

Here’s the kicker: this is only ONE light… and over 16 of them can go on the same outlet!  Check out some GREAT photos and videos hijacked from Kelly’s blog. CLICK BELOW!

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And now a video Not Lock Down by our good friends from TREAL!

After buying an industry standard hazer (superior version of fog), we saw our light shows go to a complete new level. This machine does something not many hazers/foggers do: flood the entire room with it without making it hard to breathe.

The particles are virtually invisible until you see the lights shine through them. Check this video out to see how amazing some of our lasers look in our office!

Without a shadow of a doubt I can say that Kyle and I delivered one of the hottest, if not the hottest, Sweet 16 in Tampa Bay. Let’s talk location: Ritz Theatre in YBor. The largest room where rigging is allowed… however this was a smaller party (100 kids) so such a big room wasn’t needed.

Let’s discuss lighting… 6 Scanners, a Blisslight, and 6 LED Floods in a 2000 Sq2 REALLY lit that place up like a christmas tree. A 7′ screen is normally small, but it filled the place up quite nicely.

One Yorkville sub was the only thing needed for bass there. In a brick room, the bass resonated so much the stage was shaking. The jog wheels on my DAC3 were moving around– kinda ticked me off during mixing, but I wasn’t turning that bass down.

The energy WAS INSANE. These kids loved rap, techno, house, and 90s music! Oh yes, I’ve never seen *N Sync’s Bye Bye Bye blow up like THIS!

Ybor patrons were walking by and looking in the window, many were coming in asking how much the cover was. No sir, the hottest club in Ybor is by exclusive invitation.

We set up our infamous Shoutout-Box, where Caroline’s friends and family could send dedications, photos, and shoutouts. She was thrilled to read so many of her friends and family wishing her a happy birthday…. suddenly everyone freaked out when they say shoutouts from Tampa Bay rap superstar Acafool, 69 Boyz’ top dog Thrill Da Playa, and special birthday serenade from my boy Cupid.

Awesome video below.. you gotta check it out!

4 Schools Only – if anyone else tells you they do it better- they’re lying.

I’ll have some photos coming soon…. Click below!

Angel Gonzales held the ultimate Sweet 16 bash: New York style! This was a very fun crowd… they enjoyed rap, techno. latin, and reggae. Chevy worked with me tonight and he had as much fun as I did. The event was held at the Sheraton in Orlando.

Dinner was awesome! We zoomed in on people during dinner and “picked” on them… you could hear the oohs and haha’s throughout the room.

Two of the requested songs went GREAT together and created an awesome mashup: Beenie Man’s Sim Simma (Who am I) into Shabba Ranks w/Shakademus – Murder She Wrote.

The energy was through the roof. I went from Savage’s “Swing” to “A Milli” and the room erupted with a thunderous “OHHH!!!!!”

We kicked it up a notch with a GREAT rap/electro set turning several popular songs into hot electro/house sets. 

Check out the photos below for more great pics!

Package Chosen:

Club Extreme (custom)
Music Videos
Live Video
Slideshow
Starfield 

–DJ CraziAce AKA The Crunk Speciali$t AKA My Mixes Make ‘em Say “OH!”

The setup before the lights went down.

There’s Chevy… just getting reacquainted with the new DMX light layout.

Guests enjoying dinner. We had fun zooming the camera on people and “picking” on them.

Starfield once agian!

Doin’ the Wiki-Wiki!

Chevy, being all mysterious-like.

Me.. being all DJ-like.