In Italy, Sunday weddings are the luckiest…. well in Lisa and Anthony’s case: they were extra lucky– it was the day right after Valentine’s Day!

As an MC, I was in awe of the massive orchestration of this wedding. I knew that a party with 150 Puerto Ricans and Italians, half who are from the Bronx, would be out of this world… I just wasn’t prepared on how elaborate everything was.

Hosted at Disney’s Atlantic Dancehall, the route there (Boardwalk) was breathtaking and had that typical Disney charm. A string quartet played music while my assistant, Kyle, and myself got ready for the evening. We spoke with Joe, the lead singer of The Benjamins. This wasn’t some rinky dinky band… hailing from NJ with over 250 shows a year, and opening for major acts such as Lifehouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, amongst others, this was a band that promised a big show.

And they delivered! Tag teaming between their music and mine, we kept the floor packed.

From the DJ’s side, they danced to EVERYTHING Lisa requested…however we did a spin on her music and did the electro/house versions and they LOVED IT! This was a high-energy crowd and slow songs wasn’t cutting it for them– that was all done during dinner. My favorite part of the night was when Lisa requested Snoop’s “Nuthin’ but a G Thang” and I saw Grandma out there dancing! SWEET! Being a bi-lingual Hispanic DJ really helped here!

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When this school decided to do the very first dance in their gym instead of a hotel, they wanted to do something special… so they used their favorite DJs from Orlando *ahem ahem* and created an amazing Valentine’s Day dance featuring Orlando Superstar group, TREAL.

What NO ONE expected was that Cupid was going to make a surprise appearance. But that’s what happens when you’re rockin’ with the best.

You already know how much we can rock school dances, so we’ll just talk about the concert.

3AM opened up for TREAL, and the ladies LOVED them! Their choreography was phenomenal and they really had a great stage presence. They set the right tone for TREAL to come out to! They opened their first set with songs about the special ladies in the fella’s lives. I could see teachers dancing in their position as the students sang along with the group.

The second set consisted of extremely hyped up songs– no grinding here, that’s for sure! TREAL’s a clean, all-ages group who puts out school approved shows that will get even the pickiest student jumping. They have the most unique stage presence I’ve seen– as much as I love rap, I’m not a fan of rap concerts but I’d line up to see TREAL any day!

Then the lights flash quickly as they jump to their smash hit, Not Locked Down. The lights shut off for a second and when they reappeared Cupid was on stage as they all performed the live remixed song! The students couldn’t believe their eyes!

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The stage lit up!

My wife with Elisio and T-Sick.

TONS of LED floods and one heckuva laser show!

Elisio on MySpace… I told him we’d catch him!

Poetic waits for the dance to begin.

The first student catches the laser’s liquid sky about to begin!

DJ CraziAce AKA The Crunk Speciali$t

TREAL had fun interacting with the students and showing everyone that grinding ISN’T the only way to dance!

Leanin’ and Rockin’

The stacks of speakers were HUGE!

Poetic and Cheeze.

Eliseo, Cupid, and Poetic!

The guys posin’ with my wife.

VIDEO!

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Cody & Kristen Guengrich.

They’re a wonderful couple with a family that “gets it!” What I mean by “gets it” is that all eyes were on Cody and Kristen. No side conversations, no eyes astray; the entire focus was dead-on the new couple.

You can’t get energy like that anywhere else but a wedding.

They were a real participative family… I really wish I had a video of the intro. The energy level was through the roof. The uncle sang Frank Sinatra’s Way You Look Tonight and he was DEAD ON. Awesome performance…

The best part? It was at Lake Ashton Golf & Country Club.. amazing venue with amazing service (and great food!)

I also learned an important lesson about the iPhone, you’ll see it in a minute.

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The system looks real obvious from here, but it was hidden from everyone else. This is what Geminis are good for… a quick ceremony system with an on-board mixer. Normally I use the BOSE, but setup would not allow it.

Large-scale chess pieces and the rest of the lake.

Ceremony view from my spot. My wife and I coordinated via bluetooth headsets. She was dismissing the bridesmaids as I did music. Using the headsets looked nicer than having a cellphone attached to our head. Haha.

Half of the room before guests came in.

Sweetheart table and cake table. Cake was made by It’s a Piece of Cake by Maggie. She’s a local vendor celebrity here– her cakes are amazing and set the standard in our county.

My setup BEFORE cleanup.

Slideshow…

Monogram in the middle of the day… still visible.

First dance.. all eyes on Cody and Kristen.

Monogram at sundown….

…and at night.

So we were invited to eat. And apparently you do not touch the iPhone lens with greasy hands. The lens gets smudgier than the screen.

See?

First slow song of the evening.

Electric slide.

Wiki-wiki-ing.

Cupid Shuffle…

And yes! The Train!

W00t!

We went longer than expected.. some of the older guests left. However the rest that stayed had a great time! 50s and 80s music went great! We even played some newer stuff such as Low and Don’t Stop the Music.

Last dance…

Myself, my wife (Monica), Kristen, Cody.

Monica hurt her foot as did I… not sure how.. but we smiled.

*****

Cody reminds me of Michael Buble, he has a slight resemblance… both of them were sweet people and I wish them nothing but the best!!