Congratulatons Josh and Elonda!

It was our first full weekend of shows and Saturday, we drove to Iowa to celebrate with Josh, Elonda, and their family. They had a beautiful daughter and a really nice family. We got there a little late, but got set up in record time, we are getting faster at this! Teardown was even faster than that.
They had a really varied taste in music, so it was a challenge keeping everyone happy, but I think we lived up to that challenge and jept the party going for most of the night. We found out later that the Groom's mother had died a few weeks earlier, so it was surprising that anyone was in a good mood, but I am sure she would have wanted her son to enjoy their special day together. Their daughter was especially cute and danced all night long. I'm surprised she didn't collapse into a little heap by the end!

Their photo gallery is here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kristen.cline/JoshAndElondaVliestra

Our first Rodeo Dance!

A former client of our called us up and asked if we would provide the entertainment for the Minnesota Rodeo Finals Dance. We gladly accepted this new challenge and made the drive to Minnesota Friday night. The event was held at the I-90 Expo Center which is a pretty cool facility. We started playing in the bar/concessions area while the rodeo was still going on, so we tried to play some good drinking music, which is what we ended up doing most of the night. We were treated to some great two-steppers and country jitterbugging, and then the kids got rowdy a little later. It was funny to see the line of cowboy hats by the bar and the younger people dancing to hip hop. We had a great time and are really enjoying all the new and exciting opportunities we have been offered.

The photo gallery is here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kristen.cline/MinnesotaRodeoFinalsDance

We will have video up of the jitterbug soon!

Congratulations Paul and Beth!

Saturday, we travelled to Yankton, South Dakota to celebrate with Paul and Beth. Her mother called us earlier in the week to see if we were available for a last minute reception she was throwing for her daughter. Beth and Paul travelled to Las Vegas and eloped on August 31st and their families wanted to give them a party. We thoguht is sounded like a great idea and we were happy to be available for them! It was a very intimate reception at the Moose Lodge downtown. We had a lot of fun with their family and we hope they enjoyed themselves as well!

The photo album as well as a few vidoes are posted here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kristen.cline/PaulAndBethCuneo

Our first college party!

The Universty of Sioux Falls called us this week needing a DJ for their Freshman Mixer. We have never done anything like that and it fit into our schedule perfectly, so we accepted the gig. We are getting pretty good at narrowly avoiding disaster, however! Kelly borrowed a van from a friend so we could haul our new subs their a little easier. However, when he was loading it up, it locked him out somehow! He had to drive to Crooks to get a spare key, but Kristen managed to get it open and finish getting it loaded while he was gone (if this DJ thing doens't work out, we can apparantly steal cars!). Crisis averted and we got to the Student Union and set up in record time! The Student Body VP approached us and was very concerned about the dance. Apparantly in the past DJs have not performed the way they had hoped and students have not traditionally stuck around very long for this event. She was very concerned that we play lots of fun music that would keep people dancing all night long. Well, we accepted the challenge and mahanged to keep the dance floor crowded for almost the entire night! (we forgot out camera in the midst of the GTA, or else there would be photographic evidence!). They seemed happy with the way the dance went and indicated that they would like us to DJ their Homecoming Dance this year! This is very exciting and hopefully we will be available!

Congratulations Bill and Myra!

We had a last minute booking that was very close to home (were I work when I am not DJing). We also had an accident (Kelly cut his hand) which resulted in a little bit of improvising, but it didn't affect the dance at all. Kristen did much more DJing than she was used to, but everyone had a great time and, 10 stitches later, Kelly came back good as new to finish the dance. As a result, we did not get to take pictures this time :(

This dance ran longer than most we have done, but it was a great crowd with a varied taste in music so it was easy to keep them dancing all night long. We tested out some new equipment this weekend also that is going to really help us out in bigger venues. Its also nice to know we hae backup equipment in case something breaks! Of course more equipment means that our car is not big enough to haul it all. We are working on a cargo van, which will be very nice to have.