An awesome night that nearly wasn't
I'm a brilliant DJ.....my client told me so :)
So....that's the overview of the night at the office - down to the details.
Peter will know from talking to me the other day that I was looking forward to this one in sooooo many ways.
Twas a 60th party in a village hall, a seventies theme (fancy dress...the works), and of course my Retro Roadshow rig. What's not to like about a gig like that?
The young lady had sent me no more than a couple of dozen favourites to play, and mentioned when I got there that if they didn't look like they were going to work, then to do what I do best. Hokey-dokey :)
We started off on a little Grandmaster 70s whilst the guests arrived whilst I mingled and got an idea of who was there. This was promising to be a good one. Even Rod Hull and Emu were present :o
As soon as I announced the opening of the buffet - the floor filled with dancers :daft:
Things died off after a couple of hours as people started to tire of the 70s, so I went into a little 80s, cheese, a couple of charts for the kids there (how does Despacito appear at a 70s night?!?!?!), and kept the floor nice and healthy for the duration.
After the wedding last week with very few dancers - this was a massive relief....I needed that one and lapped it up by the bucket load.
Even better, the license for the hall only went to 11pm - so I was home by 12:30 and drinking a well earned beer :beer1::beer1:
Why was it a party that nearly wasn't....you'll have to be a fully paid up member of the private boards to read that part.
Grrrrrrr, how I hate this job at times!!!!!
Friday and Saturday saw young Twinspin and me working together. Friday was a walk in with some " interesting " kit at a seaside venue. Curate's egg of a night, started well with splendid fish and chips from Papas on the pier at Cleethorpes, then three hours of apathy while John played the bilge from the playlist. An hour to go, and somebody threw the switch, and we then had non stop requests and a packed dancefloor.
Wonder if perhaps it took that long for the drink to take effect? :whistle: Ah yes, the demon drink. We were treated to liquid all over the floor, with a fair smattering of broken glass, to make it more interesting for any barefooted ladies. The guests did however manage not to damage themselves to any significant extent, nor the kit we were using.
And then Saturday! Started well enough, arrived early, as room turn round was starting, and got the kit in no problem. It's a very nice venue, and it looked superb for the wedding. The kit wasn't too shabby either, DSB in the corner, John's Wizards on the poles, and my new VBars on the uprights below them. The Mauis complemented them beautifully, and all was set fair for a pleasant night.
First dance went very well indeed, a passable number of guests visited the dancefloor, and the requests were for very acceptable stuff. I was playing as the order came in for Cheese/Party and I duly obliged, with pleasure. :) I handed back to John, who kept the floor very busy, and that was part of the problem.
There wasn't a lot of space ( not helped by some gigantic LOVE letters along the wall next to us ), and as the floor got fuller, and guests more lively ( as in a blind Hippotamus on roller skates ) the kit started to get whacked. :mad:John and I ended up defending our position as best we could, and I actually spent three hours just standing by the speakers protecting them! :eek:
At one point, the groom stood on a chair, fell off it backwards, and would completely have taken out one Maui, had I not been between him and it. The only problem we didn't have was broken glass, but there was a lot of liquid on the floor, and multiple glasses of it being waved about. An absolute nightmare.
Eventually, the finish time arrived, but as you can imagine, I drove home completely on edge. I hate this job at times.
