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San Diego Wedding DJ At Admiral Kidd Club 3/11/12

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Mar 112012

San Diego Wedding DJ highlights and photos from a recent wedding reception at Admiral Kidd Club.

Cocktail hour was held outside on the large patio overlooking downtown San Diego.

The escort cards were displayed on various shaped black trays surrounded by two large floral pieces with hanging crystals.

The unique aspect to this wedding was the use of quite a bit of black. You do not see black as one of the main colors too often but they did it in a really stylish way that actually added drama to the space.

As their San Diego wedding DJ I tried to play a large variety of music tonight. The group truly had a good time with it!

San Diego Wedding DJ & Vendors:

Coordinator + Enchanted Dream Weddings

DJ + Positive Energy Productions

Photographers + Heather Pepin

Florist + Artquest Flower Studio

Cake + Sweet Cheeks Baking Co.

Groom’s Cake + Sweet Cheeks Baking Co.

Photo Booth + San Diego Photo Booth Rental

For more information about this event or to hire us as your San Diego wedding DJ or San Diego wedding and event lighting company please click here: Positive Energy Productions | 858.490.0445

El Cortez San Diego Wedding DJ 11/11/11

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Nov 112011

Today I was near downtown at the El Cortez to provide San Diego wedding DJ and lighting services for a ceremony & reception. It was in the forecast to likely be a very rainy day here in San Diego. Our bride and groom knew this was going to be a problem for their planned outdoor ceremony so they had a tent setup outside on the El Cortez patio. The ceremony and our bride’s uncle performed ceremony which was held facing the fireplace. He was really able to add a personal touch to the couple’s stories & vows.

Our couple met in high school and one memory that was brought up during the wedding ceremony was the fact that our groom always remembers his first kiss on the cheek with her. He graduated a few years before her & went on to college at USD. During this time they broke up for a while & moved on their lives. They both went their separate ways during college. Seven years went by… They didn’t totally lose touch during this time because when they were both in San Diego during holidays and summer they had a similar group of old friends. Our bride eventually moved back to San Diego. Once back they began to spend more time together and both realized they felt a little differently towards each other. They were a little older, wiser, more understanding, & slightly more mature. They learned how to value each other and eventually decided to get engaged & married. The bride’s uncle ended the ceremony with a great saying: “It only takes a few minutes to marry the one you love but it takes a lifetime to learn how to love the one you marry.”

Once inside the reception room our couple used lots of gold linens, candles, and manzanita branch centerpieces to complete their fall themed wedding. As a unique wedding favor our bride and groom decided to give each guest a personalized bottle of champagne. Our couple hired me as their San Diego wedding DJ but they also knew that they wanted to hire me to provide quite a bit of lighting for the reception ballroom inside the El Cortez. Our couple felt that the reception room tends to be on the darker side of things so it needed quite a bit of lighting to really make it look good. We were originally going to also add some lighting to the outside patio space and on the fireplace but because of the rain we had to pull everything inside. I used 20 uplights in various fall themed colors, cake spotlighting, and a gobo monogram projected down onto the dance floor to give the room a really warm and interesting look.

After the meal we kicked things off with the toasts. Our bride and groom made a very personal slide show that I projected onto an 8 foot screen as their “thank you” to family & friends. We then moved into the first dance and opened up the dance floor. Guests were a little slow to start dancing early on in the evening but after the cake they really warmed up and let loose. Everyone ended up having a great time.

San Diego Wedding Lighting & Extras Provided: 20 uplights, gobo monogram projection, cake spotlighting, and slide show projection equipment

SAN DIEGO WEDDING DJ MUSIC:

Ceremony Bridesmaid’s Song: Forest Gump Theme – Soundtrack

Ceremony Bride’s Processional Song: Canon in D – O’Neill brothers

Ceremony Recessional Song: The Prince of Denmark’s March – Wynton Marsalis

Wedding Party Introductions Song: Galvanize – Chemical Brothers

Bride & Groom Entrance Song: Sweet Child Of Mine – Guns n Roses

First Dance Song: Until – Sting

Mother/Daughter & Mother/Son Dance Song: I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

Bouquet Toss Song: Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cindy Lauper

Cake Cutting Song: Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leopard & Sugar Sugar – Archies

Last Dance Song: November Rain – Guns and Roses

SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDORS:

Photographers = Your Inner Song Photography

For more information about this event or to hire us as your San Diego wedding DJ click here: Positive Energy Productions | 858.490.0445

Park Manor Suites San Diego Wedding DJ 10/8/11

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Oct 082011

Tonight I provided San Diego wedding DJ and lighting services for a wedding at the Inn At The Park Hotel, otherwise known as Park Manor Suites, which is a historic 1926 all-suite boutique hotel and is a San Diego wedding venue that is located near Balboa Park and downtown. The reception space “Top Of The Park Penthouse” is located on the top floor.

There are two nice outdoor patio areas for a ceremony or cocktail hour which can be a perfect setting to enjoy great views of downtown. For some reason there are always amazing sunsets overlooking the water and city when I work here. There is a nice dining area and a permanent bar / dance floor. Jim Harmon is always great to work with. He is always attentive to every detail and truly cares about the outcome of each event.

As you can see in the photo below our bride and groom a made their grand entrance into the hotel from below. One unique wedding idea was to have all of the guests throw flower petals off the seventh floor balcony area as they arrived. It made for some great photos. As their San Diego wedding DJ and MC I then introduced our couple into the ballroom. They made their way directly onto the dance floor and started off immediately dancing (not the first dance) as the mariachi played. They were truly having a great time and I knew it was going to be a fun night!

After cocktail hour guests were seated in the dining area for dinner. As I mentioned earlier I was hired as their San Diego wedding DJ but they also hired me to provide lighting for the reception room. To really set the cake off I spotlighted it from a distance as you can see in the photo at the top. I also set 10 purple uplights throughout the space. After dinner I then invited everyone to gather around the dance floor for the couple’s first dance. This immediately lead into open dancing. They were ready!

It was mainly a Latin group tonight so as their San Diego wedding DJ I was able to play a huge variety of music. I enjoyed going back and forth mixing cumbias into hip-hop and merengue into faster 128 bpm dance music. They enjoyed the variety and it really kept everyone up on the dance floor.

San Diego Wedding Lighting & Extras Provided: 10 uplights, cake spotlighting, and slide show projection equipment

SAN DIEGO WEDDING DJ MUSIC:

Wedding Party Introductions Song: Raise Your Glass – Pink

First Dance Song: The Book Of Love – Peter Gabriel

Father & Daughter Dance Song: Y Cómo Es El – Marc Anthony

Mother & Son Dance Song: Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

Cake Cutting Song: Lucky – Jason Mraz with Colbie Caillat

Last Dance Song: Que Bonito! – Rosario

SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDORS:

Photographer = TLS Images

For more information about this event or to hire us as your San Diego wedding DJ click here: Positive Energy Productions | 858.490.0445

San Diego Wedding DJ at the Admiral Kidd Club 9/30/11

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Sep 302011

San Diego wedding DJ company Positive Energy Productions gives a real wedding recap of an outdoor ceremony and indoor reception at the Admiral Kidd Club. This San Diego wedding venue is located near downtown San Diego and Point Loma. Perfect weather and a great view of the skyline made for a great day. This wedding couple found me through a referral from their friends who used me as their San Diego wedding DJ back in 2007. It was great to bump into them again and speak with them for a few minutes.

When I arrived early to begin setting up equipment it seems that the military bases have all changed their vendor policies. They will only allow vendors to begin setting up equipment one hour prior to the start time of the reception. This makes things very difficult for vendors because it limits what we can do. Today I was also providing ceremony music so one hour before start time of the reception is exactly when I was supposed to start music outside at the ceremony. How am I supposed to set equipment up inside when guests are arriving and I am playing music outside? Doesn’t make sense and doesn’t make things easy for vendors. We will see how long this lasts…

The ceremony was held out on the grass overlooking downtown San Diego. I thought the flowers worked well with an early fall themed wedding. Our couple incorporated a unique wedding idea into the ceremony. At one point in the ceremony they sealed a bottle of wine in an engraved wooden box along with two personal notes. They plan on opening the box and the wine on their 1st anniversary.

Cocktail hour was held outside on the large deck. Guests were treated to a nice sunset before entering the Skyline ballroom. The table centerpieces had some interesting varieties of flowers, fruits, etc. and some rustic lanterns were also spaced out on multiple tables.

After dinner we opened up the dance floor. Guests quickly filled up the space and were ready to turn up the volume.

Dancing continued until the end and the floor was packed. They normally are very strict here about the ending time but guests were having such a good time they allowed me to play for an extra 20 minutes or so. A great way to end the evening!

MUSIC:

Ceremony Bridesmaids Entrance – “I’m Forrest…” (Forrest Gump) by Alan Silvestri

Ceremony Bride’s Entrance – “You Got What I Need” by Joshua Radin

Ceremony Recessional – “Everything” by Michael Buble

Bridal Party Introductions – “Yeah 3X” by Chris Brown

Bride & Groom Entrance - “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz

First Dance – “Custom Dance Mix” by Positive Energy DJ

Father/Daughter Dance – “Custom Dance Mix” by Positive Energy DJ

Mother/Son Dance – “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts

Cake Cutting – “You are the best thing’” by Ray Lamontagne

SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDORS:

Coordinator =Annika Stackhouse

For more information about this event or if you are searching for a San Diego wedding DJ click here to contact Positive Energy Productions or call us at 858.490.0445.

San Diego Wedding DJ at Park Manor 8/27/11

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Aug 272011

San Diego wedding DJ highlights from a ceremony and reception held at Park Manor Suites Hotel located near downtown. We started off the evening with the couples wedding ceremony held outside on the patio overlooking Balboa Park & the city. One unique wedding item was instead of having a guest book our couple had a wooden bench that each guest was able to write on and sign. They plan on putting this bench in the entryway of their new home.

After cocktail hour outside on the patio guests entered the reception and dining room. Instead of having one cake they had a small cake with other cakes and desserts all displayed together.

The tables were all uniquely decorated which added some interest to the room. There was a common theme throughout the tables with the same colors but each table had different centerpieces and different linens. Just before dinner we were treated to an excellent sunset.

Our couple hired me as their San Diego wedding DJ but they were also interested in having me provide some uplighting in the dining area and near the dance floor. As you can see in the photos below it really adds a lot of color and warmth to the room, as well as, the photos.

After dinner we kicked off dancing. We didn’t have too much time to work with at this point so as their San Diego wedding DJ I had to really try to fit as many songs in as I could in a short period of time. I mixed in and out of songs much faster than I normally would to really get a huge variety in there and play as many hits as possible. They definitely made the most of it! Dancing was non stop until we closed things out with our couple’s last dance.

San Diego Wedding Lighting & Extras Provided: 12 uplights

SAN DIEGO WEDDING DJ MUSIC:

Ceremony Bridesmaid’s Song: Don’t Stop Believin’ – Vitamin String Quartet

Ceremony Bride’s Processional Song: Con Te Partiro – Andrea Bocelli

Ceremony Recessional Song: Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap

Wedding Party Introductions Song: Barbara Streisand – Duck Sauce

First Dance Song: In My Life – Beatles

Father & Daughter Dance Song: Through The Years – Kenny Rogers

SAN DIEGO WEDDING DJ & VENDORS:

Photo Booth = San Diego Wedding Photobooth Rental

For more information about this event, to inquire about San Diego wedding and event lighting services, or to hire us as your San Diego wedding DJ click here: Positive Energy Productions | 858.490.0445

Omni San Diego Wedding DJ 7/2/11

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Jul 022011

Tonight’s wedding was held in downtown San Diego at the Omni Hotel. Typically the ceremony or cocktail hour is held outside on the Palm Terrace and then guests move inside to the main ballroom. Even though I have performed as the DJ for many weddings down at the Omni Hotel in the past this was actually my first wedding here that had their entire reception outside on the Palm Terrace. It was a perfect evening and a nice change of pace.

Our couple’s ceremony was held on Coronado Island so they hired me as their San Diego wedding DJ for the reception only. Even though I was only providing music and entertainment for the reception this event was a long one coming in at 6.5 hours.

The yellow flower centerpieces made for some dramatic contrast against the black and white patterned table linens. The fireplace and water fountains acted as a nice backdrop behind their head table.

A few unique wedding items were when our bride ended up surprising her new husband with a grooms cake. As they were ready to cut the wedding cake the staff wheeled out his cake that looked exactly like a large can of SPAM. He grew up in Hawaii so everyone got a great laugh! The couple then cut their wedding cake with his sword. Another unique item was when his grandmother performed a traditional hula dance for the new couple.

Our couple had their first dance outside on the terrace patio and we then invited everyone to make their way inside for the party. After all of the formalities and events were done we still had three hours of dance time left! They made it until the end…

MUSIC:

Bridal Party Introductions – “Sexyback Instrumental” by Justin Timberlake

First Dance – “When You Got a Good Thing” by Lady Antebellum

SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDORS:

Photographer = Courtney with True Photography

Florist = Rae Florae

Cake = Sweet Cheeks Baking Company

Linens = Concepts Event Design

For more information about this event click here: San Diego Wedding DJ

Positive Energy Productions | 858.490.0445

El Cortez San Diego Wedding DJ 5/28/11

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May 282011

I was downtown at the El Cortez for tonight’s wedding. This wedding was a referral from two past weddings. I provided my San Diego wedding DJ services for them back in 2007 and 2008. It is always nice to see past couples at an event!

The room looked nice tonight with the contrasting purple linens & yellow uplighting. Even though the photo below was taken while there was a lot of sunlight coming into the room you can see the warmth that they add to the space. The El Cortez tends to be one of the darker reception venues due to the dark wood ceiling, red drapes, and dark wood dance floor. Lighting in this space really helps to balance that out.

A nice personal touch to the wedding was our groom’s grandparent’s wedding cake topper on display next to the cake. I am sure it was fun for them to see this after all of these years. They also had a special San Diego Chargers themed groom’s cake since he is a big fan.

I provided the cake spotlighting tonight and you can really see in the photo below what a difference it makes in a room like this! It places some importance on the cake and helps it stand out from across the room (especially when we dim the lights down later on). We opened up the dance floor and guests were ready to get out of their seats.

It really is extremely important for all of the vendors to communicate with each other. A professional coordinator always helps with this process.There were a few hiccups in the schedule (the photographers taking the bride & groom outside right after I announced that we were going into the next event). This put things on hold for about 15 minutes and guests started lose their momentum. We picked things up once they got back inside and ended the night on a strong note.

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Extras Provided: Gobo Monogram Projection, Slide Show Projection Equipment, Cake Spotlighting

MUSIC:

Bridal Party Introductions – “Yeah 3X” by Chris Brown

Bride & Groom Introduction – “The Time (Dirty Bit)” by Black Eyed Peas

First Dance – “From this Moment” sung by Bride’s Mom & Step-dad

Mother/Son Dance – “The Perfect Fan” by Backstreet Boys

Bouquet Toss – “Holding Out For a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler

Garter Toss – “Pour Some Sugar On Me” by Def Leppard

Last Dance - “When You Got A Good Thing” by Lady Antebellum

SAN DIEGO WEDDING VENDORS:

Coordinator = Courtney

Catering = Ranch Events

Photographer = Pix Of Life

Videographer = Taylor Films

For more information about this event click here: San Diego Wedding DJ

Positive Energy Productions | 858.490.0445

The Bristol Hotel San Diego Wedding DJ 10/30/10

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Oct 302010

The Bristol Hotel in downtown San Diego has one of the most unique elements within it’s Starlight Ballroom reception space. The ceiling opens! Guests are usually totally surprised because most often this is kept as a secret before the big event. Most couples choose to open the roof during their first dance.

Tonight’s wedding couple decided to have their ceremony in the ballroom. A fun moment was when they opened the roof right as the bride was walking down the aisle.

Some unique elements to this wedding were the Halloween inspired cake complete with a red candied apple ontop, the personal first dance song that was sung by a friend, and the large “B” for the couple’s last name that I projected onto the dance floor.