Wayne: All 70's? That's you off my Christmas card list!
Gavin: Requests? Fingers of one hand.
Christmas party covering for Matty DJ50 at Holiday Inn, Doncaster. Humorously, although I've been there before, and know where I'm going, I ended up at the wrong one.
Only ten minutes away, and I was wildly early, so no issues.
I had a party of fifty in a lovely little building, while Matthew had three hundred in the main hotel, and another lad had a party in the restaurant, so it was all hands on deck! I got mine rigged and running, in a very small room between the dining room, and the bar. To be honest, my lights were a tad excessive, but I saw what Matthew uses in there, so didn't want to let the side down.
When I saw his rig in the ballroom, well that was just something else. Wow!
He had set up the day before, and with two in a row, could leave it in situ. Bloody good job, in my opinion, even though he said he could do it in an hour. The other lad and myself had to pack up as normal.
Mine were a lovely crowd, dancing halfway through the meal. My little room was the access point for the bar and the toilets, so I caught them quite a bit. Once the meal finished, we were away, and joy of joys, the action came from the " over 21s ",
We thuis enjoyed a selection of Classic tunes, and many of The Usual Suspects. Very few requests, perhaps five, I think, they seemed very happy with what I was playing.
I was down for a twelve thirty finish, and with low guest numbers, and only a hardcore of dancers, I was worried that they'd burn themselves out early. We had a slump, around last orders, and then a revival after midnight, with Xmas songs and uptempo sing alongs, Brown Eyed Girl, Sweet Caroline, Daydream Believer, et al. The requests for Mr Brightside and Sex On Fire had cleared the floor, earlier, surprisingly.
A great night for me, lovely appreciative crowd, nice venue and staff, with a very laid back attitude, thanks Matthew. ( PS, don't pass me any for the Ballroom, I can't match that lightshow.
I do like the little room a lot though.
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