Congratulations Shannie and Chad!

It was quite a busy weekend for us! We helped Shannie and Chad celebrate their marriage on Saturday at the Holiday Inn City Center, a venue we had never played before. They are a lovely couple and friends of ours, so we were honored to be included. Even though it rained all night, everyone stuck around and had a great time. The funniest part of the evening came when Chad had to crawl across the room to Shannie for the garter toss. It was so funny that one of his groomsmen paid him $80 to do it again! That is definitely a first for us.
Also a first for us was a cd player decided to malfunction (one side would not read cd's, we kind of need both sides to work!) The very nice people at Guitar Cebter stayed open late for us so we could pick up another one to switch out during the dollar dance (Kelly is very sneaky). Things could have been worse, but we managed to get everything under control. The most aggrivating part of it was that CD player just came back from being serviced, so Numark is going to hear an earful from us!

See you on Sunday!

This Sunday we will be making our first appearance at the Black Tie Bridal Show at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls. It is one of the largest Bridal planning event in the area and we are very excited to take part! We hope you will stop by and talk to us personally!

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.

Congratulations Zach and Meg!

On Saturday, we went to to the Oaks Hotel in Sioux Falls for the wedding reception of Zach and Meg. When we got there, we found out there was another reception right next door to us that we would be competing with, soundwise! The DJ was very nice though and we agreed to be considerate of each other. It was more of a low key dance as the bride did not want any party starters or really anything specific done. We ended up just playing to the tastes of their friends as the night wore on. All in all, it was a pretty unremarkable evening, but we hope they were happy and had fun.

One result of the dance was our decision to redesign our event planning guides, so look for those to be uploaded onto the website soon.

Congratulations Andy and Tiffany!

Yesterday we had a wedding in town, which was very nice. We were able to get into the reception hall very early and get everything set up exactly the way we wanted to. It is a rare luxury and one we definitely took advantage of! This was our first dance at the Sheraton and it is a very nice facility. The staff were very nice and helped us out a lot. We heard they had seven weddings that day! We both sat up a few hours beforehand, but then Kristen had to go to work, which was luckily only a few minutes away. Kelly was on his own for most of the dance, which went very well.
It was quite an amazing reception, we haven't seen one yet that was so unique. It was very obvious that the families had put a lot of time and effort into each and every detail. It was all very personal, and we were pretty honored to be included. The family had lots of little prizes that were given away throughout the night during trivia contests and such. We also gave away our first t-shirt, which was pretty exciting. They come out really nicely and we are so happy, we love CafePress!
After Kristen got off work, she came back to help finish the dance and tear down. It was close to midnight by this time and the reception had wound down to just a handful of people. The happy couple had already gone to bed, but we played a special request for the bride's parents and they were very sweet on the dance floor. Kristen brought our camera along to experiment with different settings and get some pictures of our new lights. Some of them are pretty cool looking!
Next weekend is the demolition derby in Cherokee, Iowa. Kristen's mom and step dad are heading up from Colorado to check it out, and then we are all heading out to the Black Hills for a few days. We have never been there, so we are pretty excited to spend a few days relaxing and seeing what the other end of the state has to offer. After that, we will be at the Oaks for a country-free wedding reception (who knew such a thing existed in South Dakota!)

Check out the photo album from last night: http://picasaweb.google.com/kristen.cline/LarsonBaumannWedding