At A Glance -
Type of Event: Employee Appreciation Party
Number of Guests: 150-200
Preferred Genres: Top 40/Latin/Hip-hop
Load In/Load Out: 4:30pm/11:00pm
Equipment: 400W Mains, Mixer/Controller, Microphones, Light Tree/Uplights/Dancelights
In September I DJed at the Santa Cruz Civic Center for the FashionArt Fashion Show (FashionArt). A connection from that event contacted me for this amazing privilege: Come DJ for Align Technology's Employee appreciation party held at BNY Mellon Club West on the field level of the 49ers new Levi's Stadium! Coming from a family of 49ers faithful, it was a dream come true to DJ at their new home!
Not only was the club impressive in size and location, complete with several buffet options for food, a massive bar in the center, 49er portraits and memorabilia throughout, but when guests walked to the outdoor patio area they were field level, just steps from the 50 yard line! There were guided 45 minute tours of the stadium leaving every 15 minutes, and the whole night we were treated to an endless loop of 49er highlights on dozens of flat screens overhead.
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| Getting the night started |
As far as our set-up, we kept our reach to one side of the club designated as the dancefloor. That way our sound wasn't overbearing, and if guests preferred to have a quieter space for conversation, it was available. We placed uplights on the four corners of the dancefloor, and our light trees we mounted above our speakers. Folks were finishing dinner and ready to dance shortly after 8, so we turned on the lights and turned up the music!
The guests were not just from the bay area, there was a good part of the group in from Chicago as well, who were quite vocal about things when we turned on "California Love". So we made sure to appease them with some Kanye and Jeremih hits later in the evening. One thing is for sure, they really loved to dance! We had requests from covering everything from Bollywood, EDM, Funk, Latin to Taylor Swift. As always I did my best to honor their requests and keep the energy and mix smooth, challenging but fun!
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Before I go, I just wanted to give a shout out to this guy in the purple shirt above, his name is Guga (Goo-gah). He was ready to dance from the moment he walked in, to be honest he was on the dancefloor a good half-hour before anyone else. When we reached our last song, the floor was still full and he convinced the crowd to cheer us on for one more song. We luckily had the time to oblige him, it was a great way to end the night! |
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| Go Guga! |
A big thank you to Cindy Zver, CMP who was the point of contact for all the pre-planning, night-of organization and making sure I was in contact with the right people. Also to Leila and especially Ariana from AlignTech who initially reached out to me regarding this event. I would also like to thank Lauren Hall, CMP from the 49ers Stadium Management Company, and all the staff that helped us out. We were attended to for every need, from pre-planning schematics, load-in/load-out (yay golf cart rides!), tour schedules, security, electrical tech, and food too! Things could not have gone smoother, every detail was taken care of and most of all the guests got to cut loose and dance the night away.
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| This is one happy DJ! |
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