I always get administrators up on stage dancing a bit, but these guys really rock out– they dance as much as the students and have fun with every song I play. Mix that with the energy I get from the students and you can see why I love performing for this school!

I was stressed out, can’t lie. 4SchoolsOnly had it’s busiest weekend ever. Luckily, I was (once again) at the amazing Dolphin hotel where Lindsey made it SUPER-EASY for me to get work done and stress less about this event. Not to mention that the school admin is so easy to work with I was prepared for this one since last year!

Their theme was… wait for it… Midnight Masquerade in VENICE (see a pattern here?) and they did a great job decorating, especially outside. (No, I didn’t get pics of that and I wish I had.)

You gotta see the amazing photos (wife took most of them) and video below!

DJ and MC: Arnoldo Offermann
Lighting Design and media captures: Monica Offermann
Lighting Tech: Amanda Dennis
Setup Crew and dance motivator: Brandon Franklin
Setup Crew and live video tech: Justin Hillery

We were instantly hired to do Lake Minneola’s 2012 (first ever) prom after they saw our performance during ERHS’s 2011 Prom tour stop.

This is their first year as a school so there were no seniors. This was a small challenge for ticket sales, but they still sold and the students partied. Actually, they partied so hard (heck, even the teachers did) that the video had to be split into two jam-packed parts.

The prom was hosted at the AMAZING Disney’s Dolphin Hotel. I cannot say enough good things about the location and staff. Lindsey is TOP-notch and makes everyone, even vendors, feel like rock stars!

The theme was also based on Venice, Italy. We set up a Tower of Pisa on one side and the glass Italian street gobo on the other side which made a PERFECT backdrop to the amazing Gondola made by parent volunteers.

Glowsticks were a huge hit as was the light setup in general… they LOVED the glow in the dark bubbles!

Pics and video below!

DJ and MC: Arnoldo Offermann
Lighting Design and tech: Monica Offermann, Derek Rosenberg

Part I:

Part II:

Italian themes seem to be the big thing this year for our 4SchoolsOnly “Operation Double” Prom Tour 2012. This weekend’s stop touched quite a few schools, but my personal one was Mitchell High’s “Night in Venice” in Tampa, FL. The room was transformed with a giant glass moon gobo and an Italian street gobo (also glass) on either wall as well as stars in the ceiling and uplights.

We’ve been working with pasco-based MHS for years now and they have great set of students and teachers who are all dedicated to a great prom!

As usual, our Snap Yourself Silly photobooth was a huge hit!

Check out the pics and video below!

DJ and MC: Arnoldo Offermann
Lighting Tech and Design: Monica Offermann
Set up crew and Photobooth Operator: Brandon Franklin

I tagged along with Charles Casiano to the Don Vicente in Ybor, Tampa, to get some video footage of him for our main site: My Dream Reception. He suggested a tag-team DJ combo which was a lot of fun!

The Don Vicente is a beautiful location that really shows the historic side of Ybor. Charles took care of handling the ceremony in the main room and set up a cocktail hour system downstairs. Rumors say this place is haunted and people see ghosts all the time… yeah, basement.. great idea. (You can, without a shadow of a doubt, tell this place used to be a speakeasy.)

The reception room is diveded into dining and dancing areas, but sound easily went from one room to another. The Don Vicente has a VERY unique layout– if you want an unforgettable place for your wedding, this is a MUST SEE!

We adorned the dance hall area with LED flood lights and stars across the ceiling!

As usual, Charles rocked it Spanglish style mixing a bit of American and Latin music. Check out the pics and video below!

With this first-year school having their first prom ever, marketing was a must! I came out for the second time to continue pushing prom, including an on-the-spot interview in their TV news network!

Pics and video on the link below!

Kyle and I had the honor of being the main DJ and co-MC for Blair and Michele’s wedding… it just so happened that I tagged along with him to get some good video footage of him and since we had my system from the school party we did earlier that day, we tag-teamed this wedding.

It was a bit different than most, since their tradition was that a family member is the MC for the night. The uncle started the night off with the intros and formalities, and Kyle took over for the bouquet and garter toss.

The large video screen provided a custom slide show which Michele and Blair provided. It fit perfectly inside the Paradise Cove and everyone got a great view!

Check out the pics and video below!

UCF’s Zeta Beta Tau chapter hosted the ZBTahiti 2012: Project X edition. They provided their own DJ and sound, but needed an amazing light show to complement the night.

With it being outdoors and windy, we didn’t count on fog working very long, we used as much floods as possible VS scanning lights. This also gave a bigger BANG for the client’s budget.

Our lighting techs are also experienced A/V techs who stepped in when power went out and rerouted sound to another outlet in a matter of seconds to keep the party going.

Check out the pics and video below!

We appear once a month there during lunch to advertise their many dances.. but this time a luau happened mid-lunch, complete with a dunk tank, to give them some FCAT stress relief!

Events by Joann put on another PHENOMENAL show! We love being the DJ and MC and working alongside the best vendors in the county!!!

Just a quick clips…

Thanks to all who came to our booth!!

A New York themed Sweet 16 has 4SO written all over it!

Shawna from 2 Sisters Events & Design created a STUNNING Sweet 16 for her niece, Taelor. Hosted at the Preservation Hall, formerly Lillian’s Nightclub of downtown Lakeland, the room’s ambiance matched the theme perfectly.

Our lighting system, suspended over the crowd, created the perfect touch! Check out the pics and video below!

While 4SchoolsOnly started prom a month prior, LRHS is, once again, my personal first of the year. Having a smaller budget than bigger schools, they still invested in us (we are never the cheapest) and had amazing entertainment for the night.

My basic LED light show threw out enough light to flood the hotel with amazing color.

LRHS has some GREAT students and the admin is easy to work with. There’s never any problems working with both! The hotel did have issues with the house lights at first, but the students kept dancing non-stop.

Big props to the teachers and staff involved.. their dedication always pays off!!

As usual, pics and vid below! Thanks to Sam for all the help as a roadie, lighting tech, and camera guy!

We got a last minute request for a LOT more sound reinforcement for a talent show for one of our awesome schools.

Armed with 2 great sounding stacks, several microphones (wired and wireless), vocal effects, and two sound operators (myself and Patrick), things went over really smoothly. Everyone complemented us on how great the sound was compared to previous years.

The students were incredibly talented and it was hard to point out who was the “best” as they all had unique acts!

Check out the pics below!

One of the best ways to have us advertise your prom (or homecoming) is to have us pump everyone up during a lunch period while you sell tickets. Sorry for the lack of video.. next time, I promise!!

John and Tracy own a company in Virginia called JJDJ Entertainment. They throw some amazing weddings and incredible school dances, and he credits some of his success to our sister company, 4SchoolsOnly! AWESOME!

Monica and I were flown up to Virginia to help set up and host their wedding. I had the pleasure of being the MC and first-half DJ (John took over the 2nd half) while Monica (and the super-awesome Ben Stowe) ran lights.

Not sure if he meant it, but John gave me subtle hints that he was hoping his guests would actually dance. Not only did they danced, but they did it non-stop, even after the music ended.

Check out the awesome photos we took and the video of the most epic wedding in VA!

And a quick clip of the Newlywed Shoe Game

Brittany and Alejandro are an amazing couple who promised an amazing celebration. Brittany’s Italian family and Alejandro’s Colombian family were a promising recipe for an unforgettable wedding reception. It paid off indeed with NONSTOP DANCING!

Everyone got a taste of the party that was about to come during the ceremony as Alejandro chose Cheap Trick’s “In The Street” as the opening song for the ceremony. Look it up– it’s the theme to “That 70′s Show.”

The beautiful Venetian Golf & Country Club in Venice was transformed with dance floor lighting and uplights. Their pink and orange colors came together very tastefully.

These people were ready to party from the very beginning and they danced non-stop to a variety of requests. Check out the pics and video below to see all the action!

WOW! This was one heck of a party!!

Paul and Hope Jackson are one of the coolest people I’ve met. They wanted to have a good time and incorporate some simple party elements: 1) Hope and her friends LOVE to dance. 2) Paul’s a member of Sigma Chi 3) Detroit, Michigan is in THE HOUSE.

Awesome. But they didn’t prepare me for the amount of energy that would exude from their friends and family.

The location was the Cheval Golf and Country Club in Lutz. The ceremony was stunning, but because there’s NO power and I didn’t want to run extension cords where people are walking, I brought out a battery powered system and set it up in a discreet location. Everything went off without a hitch, though the massive winds prevented the microphones from being used. No worries, as the officiant was loud and clear.

Monica helped coordinate the ceremony and reception lineup as Alex of Alex Gilliard Photography took some amazing shots!

The reception had our basic lighting package, but it filled up the entire ballroom nicely and saturated the room with their wedding colors.

It’s hard to describe the night… I wish you all could have been there. There were so many great moments that I had to do two videos and that was after hours of debating which clips to keep or delete! It seemed that every song had a “flash mob” moment where someone or a group of people came up with a routine. Every song was a sing-a-long and brought many funny moments. Watch the videos and see what I mean.

Check out some of our pics and video below… there are two videos, a Part I and Part II and then a video of a traditional Sigma Chi song called “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.”

Oh, and playing the Live Trucker version of Kid Rock’s “Cowboy” became an intense moment!

Part I:

Part II:

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi:

I love this school so much…. even with a small crowd, they still rock all night long!

Woody (Howdy Howdy Howdy) and I tossed the mic back and forth as we chilled with the awesome students at Cypress Creek! It was a small dance, but the energy never left the room. Check out the pics and video below!

On the way to Cypress Creek’s Sadie Hawkins, Patrick joined me to provide A/V services for a meeting being hosted at Polk State College. We provided the following:

• 12′ Rear-Projection Screen
• Laptop VGA Drop
• BOSE PAS Line Array for clear sound
• 1 Presenter Mic
• 1 Wireless Microphone for Q&A
• Patch for 4 wired microphones for panel discussion.
• Monitor out for videographer

We monitored sound the entire time to allow a consistent volume through many speakers. Contact us for your A/V needs!

Bravo to Beth and the staff at Eaglebrooke (Lakeland) for hosting an amazing event that helped raise money for cancer research!

The party started with a few members/guests lip syncing and performing at the same time… while they dressed up like the respective artist. My wife, Monica, was even asked to participate dressed like Dolly Parton.

While guests enjoyed the performances, Eaglebrooke invited everyone to an amazing dinner. My favorite was the tortelinni. Mmm!

Check out the pics and video below… this is a great event to be a DJ for!!

These guys know how to party.. I had a blast with them last year, and this one was no exception. This year, the event was held at the Sebring Civic Center. As usual, Don was invited to come heckle MC, as I embarrassed him chose key songs to match what he was yapping announcing.

Needless to say, we like to pick on each other! He’s great at what he does and we work well together!

Arianna (the person in charge) asked Don to do a quick intro of various people, myself included, with some info they found online. Don, being the charming MC he is, added his own twist.

Check out the pics and video below!

Erin and Seth have been to a couple of weddings we’ve done and wanted their wedding to have a similar vibe. Hosted at the beautiful Lakeland Yacht and Country Club, they wanted an elegant light show that will enhance the venue but also turn it into an inviting dance atmosphere. Uplighting and stars on the ceiling (including blue stars) gave a whole new new look to the Yacht Club while the dance floor lighting flooded the room with vibrant colors.

We used our scanning lights to create a spotlight dance and highlight the head and cake tables for the toast and cake cutting.

Check out some of the great pics and video below!

To change the scenery a bit, Rachel and Greg decided their ceremony and reception should be in St. Augustine. The rooftop ceremony (at the White Room) overlooked the entire beach and provided some breathtaking scenery.

The reception was a blast, too! Both Rachel and Greg LOVE to dance, so they stayed on the dance floor the entire time. The wide range of tastes in requests allowed for a very eclectic mix of music the whole night.

While they wanted a lively atmosphere, they didn’t want to take away from the overall ambiance of the place; thus, they decided on minimal lighting. A few uplights painted the walls with their wedding colors without pulling away from the look they had in mind.

Check out some pics and video clip below!

After the FSC Pep Rally, we prepped to convert the Roux Library into a hot rave spot. At first, the librarian came up to me and asked “will this be loud?” Uhoh! I told him it would shake the books off the shelves…. hey, I wasn’t going to lie!

He said “Good. I like it loud.”

Awesome!

And so the Roux was trasformed. With a three story room that had a circular balcony, this was the perfect layout for a rave. No haze could be used, so we focused on bright, bold colors that were immediately contrasted by black lights. Our SnapYourselfSilly Photobooth gave everyone a bit to take home, and the sound annihilated the shelves.

AWESOME!

Though called “Rave at the Roux” the students wanted to hear a bit of everything… and thus they got so! Check out the pics and video!

Florida Southern College books frequent events with us… which is awesome since I live right down the road!
Our first event with them involved ZERO sound set up whatsoever. Instead, they asked us to set up a lighting rig in their gym to add a hype atmosphere to their pep rally.

Our spotlight also added the perfect amount of light for free throw contests, performances, and tracking their mascot (Go MOCS!) as he chased people around! Check out the great pics and some video clips below!

Our first event for 2012 was a lunch jam for CCHS! We’ve got LOTS of great events lined up for them, so we come out once a month for constant promotion!

Ask us about a lunch party for YOUR school!

What an AMAZING 2011!

Check out my recap of the events I did!

Eddie and Amber saw us TWO years ago at a bridal show and said “we HAVE to have you… and the BOSE… and that sub!” They are a young, Christian, enthusiastic couple who had MANY ideas about an exciting New Year’s Eve wedding celebration with their closest friends and family.

So the challenge? The location was a church gym; A gym with a balcony that allowed some of the lighting to have a higher vantage point.

The easy part? I worked with Joette from Party People Celebration Company and Marilyn with Flowers by Marilyn. EASY WORK! These two ladies, coupled with Monica (my lead lighting designer) and Derek (senior tech) made the gym transformation super easy. I promise you won’t even recognize that it’s a gym!

Oh yeah, and there was a WICKED COOL balloon drop!!

So what did the lighting include?

• Well, we had 4 totems around the dance floor lit in a cool white (camera didn’t show it as cool) with a moving head on top of each one.
• Baby blue uplights adorned the entire room, even warming up the swag and drapes that Joette set up
• White trussing held scanners (which were used as spotlights), special requested effects lights, and dance floor floods. Trussing was lit up in wedding colors.
• The balcony held two leikos which projected a really nice pattern on the wall. The pattern rotated super slowly!
• The balcony also held floods which lit the entire area where the tables were placed. A couple of blacklights gave the white décor a very subtle pop. We didn’t want to saturate it.
• Blue and green stars grazed the area between the balloon drops.
• A blue liquid sky made a special appearance that transformed this beautiful wedding into a chic night club!

LOTS of beautiful pics and three videos… two timelapses and an event recap! What an AMAZING New Year’s Eve!!!!!!!

Oh yes, and a Snap Yourself Silly Photobooth added to the perfect ambiance!!!

First time lapse (from up high):

Second time lapse (floor level):

And the event itself!

Sometimes, simple looks better! Keith and Areej hosted their reception at the Winter Park Farmer’s Market (past Orlando). This is a former train station surrounded by brick, adorned sparingly but the charm is certainly visible.

They requested all white uplights and an all white light show, which blended perfetly with the venue.

Their family and guests were big partiers, dancing to everything from Top 40, club, oldies, and a large array of Arabic music, especially Dabke. Monica and I had a great time! Check out the pics and video below!

Package chosen:

Entertainment Coordinator
Uplighting
Dance Lighting
Under-Table Lighting

I gotta admit, this was a wicked cool wedding. Sean and Jennifer are an awesome couple who love to have fun and wanted to have a wedding celebration that reflects just that. With a very diverse playlist (Soulja Boy to Steve Earl), they were open to all ideas I had for them.

The Huntington Hills Golf & Country Club (Northside Lakeland) looked beautiful thanks to swags and drapes by Flowers by Marilyn. Our lighting décor also gave the perfect touch. Both Sean and Jennifer were awed by how beautiful the room looked!

Package chosen:
*Entertainment Coordinator
*Ceremony System
*Dance Under Stars
*Dance Lighting
*Full room uplighting
*Under-table lighting
*Pinspot Lighting (to highlight the cake cutting)

See the awesome pics and video below! Thanks to Tim Hicklin from Storybook Weddings for encouraging my wife to piggyback the camera behind his so we can take advantage of his camera light!

Huston Motors and Fields Huston have been loyal clients for many years… this year they added our Game Show system complete with questions about both companies.

Hosted at the Lake Wales Country Club, they wanted an all our party… and thanks to many familiar faces (MIKE!) that’s exactly what we got!

Check out the pics and video below… now to convince them to get a lighting upgrade for next year!

We have worked with McDonald’s Habitat for Humanity’s Christmas Party for quite some time now. As usual, it’s another fun Bubble Party thanks to our BubbleMania Division.

The kids loved the bubbles, games, prizes, and even a surprise visit by Santa!

Wifey had the camera for a family gathering, so I shot these with the iPhone (it’s been a while!). Check out the pics and video below!

ArrMaz Chemicals had a fun group! Their theme, of course, was centered around Christmas as we were creeping up on the most awesome holiday ever! Hosted at the Lakeland Center, Adam and I set up my normal sound system and added some requested lighting to really light up the dance floor!

Check out the pics and video below… we had a great time! A big thanks goes to Michele for sending us this referral. (We did her wedding back in February)

Ocoee High School always knows how to have a good time! To follow up their Powderpuff game (guys cheerlead as girls play the football game), Ocoee hosted a bonfire followed by an outdoor dance.

Adam held it down during the game while I handled the 1s and 2s out on the dance floor. Check out the photos and pics below!

DJ Woody and the rest of the 4SO Crew ROCKED Seminole’s homecoming, and they wanted the action to keep going at their Winter Dance. We brought out a smaller version of their Showstopper package, appropriately called the Showstopper MINI, which was perfect for the 400 person crowd.

The students designed and created the décor and did a GREAT job with it. It was all accented nicely with out lighting, too! My wife, Monica (our lead tech) had a blast creating a fun lighting display that would work despite not being able to use haze at the gym.

Pics and video below!

Immediately after the Bubble Party, Adam and I rushed straight to Eaglebrooke for BRMC’s Christmas dinner.

Originally, there WAS dancing planned, but due to an overwhelming amount of RSVPS, there was no room for a dance floor. They made the best of it by doing a fun dinner and present giveaway. Adam and I had fun with some of the gag gifts they gave away as we got invited to eat DELICIOUS Eaglebrooke food. Yum!

I got to test drive my new HK system. Sounds amazing, too!

Pics below!

BubbleMania Parties is the most fun division of A Premier Entertainment. The concept is simple: FUN, INTERACTIVE games and dances with BUBBLES.. LOTS AND LOTS of bubbles! I love working with little kids (I’d be a Kindergarten teacher if not a DJ) and this allows me to bring them something awesome!

Check out the photos and video below. Big thanks to Babson Park Elementary for the signed release forms!!

I adore penguins.

No other way to say it. I think these lil’ guys are the coolest creatures ever. I’ve no idea why…. but I want a penguin bad enough that I’d sell a lung to get one. Even though we were still wrapping up homecoming season, when Edward and Stephanie said “oh yeah, there’s going to be penguins at our event,” I just had to be there.

Glad I did, too, because these two (the couple, not the penguins) were the coolest, most chill people ever. They just wanted a stress-free wedding where they could enjoy the company of their loved ones, have a good meal while enjoying some awesome 90′s alternative, and dance to an eclectic mix of music.

All this while enjoying the enchanting sights the Florida Aquarium has to offer. I’m not going to lie, load in SUCKED as I had to walk a long way, but the amazing staff did everything they could to make this as super comfortable as they could. This was my first time there, and they treated me like family.

Edward and Stephanie also treated me like one of their guests and let Carlos and I have just as much as fun as they did.

Truly, it’s an experience I won’t forget. I always tell each one of my couples to find an element that turns your wedding day into an EXPERIENCE…. and that night was a huge #WINNING in my book!

Pics and video below!

We performed for Winter Haven years back, but after that our availability never matched up.
We finally got a perfect sync in schedules, and just in time, too! The students expressed concern over last year’s DJ who couldn’t put the committee’s vision to reality and also help boost ticket sales.

This year, the committee worked extra hard with us and tickets surpassed expectations! The students did a great job bringing some neat décor elements to carry in the Jungle Nights theme. With out iShowstopper featuring Source 4 projections of their two favorite animals coupled with 1000 glowsticks and a 20′ video screen the night was unstoppable!

On OUR side of things, we opened up a fresh new surface for our monster-sized 20′ screen…. there is NOTHING out there like a brand new screen!

Check out the amazing photos and videos below!

Package: iShowstopper CUSTOM
Crew Roster:
Arnoldo Offermann – DJ/MC/Crew Cheif
Monica Offermann – Lighting Design / Lead Tech / Special FX
Derek Rosenberg – Media Tech / Lighting Tech
Carlos Santana – Spotlight Tech / Roadie

First video showcases the setup:

And the overall view of the night:

Wow– am I behind on posts!

Lyman High School was one of our original tour stops, and they’re back again to be bigger and better than ever. After 100% polled complains on last year’s entertainment, they decided that 4SchoolsOnly is the only choice in Central Florida for amazing school dances!

Two dance floors were going to be set up, but the outside dance floor was cancelled by rain. No worries, we just doubled up inside and played a huge variety of requests. The lighting, lasers, uplights, and 12′ video screen with live video were a smash hit! Add 2000 glowsticks to the mix and Lyman got a homecoming they’ll never forget! Check out the photos and video below!

Package: Shock ‘n’ Awe CUSTOM

14′
20′
14′
70′

Those are the measurements of the screens and the truss rig. Needless to say, it was huge! They chose a circus theme this year and wanted it to be very visual. As students walked in, images and videos of the circus scrolled through the video screens as a spotlight (up over 25′ in the air) highlighted anything exciting going on in the dance floor.

Unfortunately, no haze is allowed in Pasco County Gym (yet) due to the alarms and air conditioners being tied together. Props to John Caniford for the Catwalk stage idea– EVERYONE LOVED IT!

Per request, here’s the package name and team roster:

Package: ShowStopper TripleDecker
Arnoldo Offermann: DJ/MC & Crew Chief
Monica Offermann: Media Specialist, Lighting Designer, Senior Tech
Derek Rosenberg: Tech, Lighting Operator
Brandon Franklin: Roadie, Dance Hypeman
Patrick Sullivan: Roadie, Photobooth Operator

Check out the amazing photos and video below!

And video below:

Florida Southern College’s annual Mocsquerade Ball had to be moved to the inside because of rain, but that didn’t stop the party. Quite a few unique costumes, including a crew of Officer Dangles, showed up. Lighting was simple, but effective for this room! Check out the pics and video below!

Sebring chose a GREAT theme this year that involved black lights, lasers, glowsticks.. “Glow Crazy.” Unfortunately, the emergency lights couldn’t be off the entire night, but that didn’t stop the students from rocking out all night.

Even our smallest package, with a few upgrades, surpassed everyone’s expectations of what a school dance company should bring out. Everyone had a blast dancing this year, including the teachers who had to join in on the fun!

Check out the video and awesome photos below!