Orange County DJ company Music Man Event Professionals was the DJ of choice for the Mission Viejo High School Class of 1980 reunion at the Renaissance Club Sport Hotel in Aliso Viejo.

The reunion planning committe had some concerns about their reunion.  They wanted it to be a reunion that people would really enjoy and remember.  In all honesty, they wanted it to be a great party!  So they came to Orange County’s favorite DJ company Music Man Event Professionals to see how we could help.

After spending some time really getting to understand what they were looking for we were able to use our extensive experience to make some recommendations on how we could make this reunion really stand out.  You see, the committee had been to other school reunions recently and were shocked at how many people didn’t participate in the event and instead wandered to other parts of the hotel to entertain themselves.  They were insistent that this not happen at their event.

Gobo and some Uplighting

First we needed to make the room inviting.  So we put together a lighting set up that would encourage a “party” mentality among the guests.  In this setup we included up lighting, a custom gobo and club style dance floor lighting.  By the time the sun went down and the lights were able to pop, the room looked great.  We received a lot of compliments on how good the room looked with the red uplighting (their school colors) and the gobo.

So next we had to work on a time line and we used our vast experience to counsel the committee on how the timeline show run in order to keep things moving and get people engaged quickly and out on the dance floor before we would lose them.  We had some announcements that had to be made and then also had to incorporate a live performance from a member of the class who is a musician and was going to play his guitar and sing.  (We provided sound support for him too!)

Another busy dance floor

Our timeline worked flawlessly, we were able to get through all of the formalities that needed to happen and get them out on the dance floor!  After that they were hooked!  We had people engaged the entire night with people on the dance floor, making request and just having a great time!

At the end of the night we were greated with a thunderous applause and then had most of the remaining guests (by then it was midnight!) approaching us to tell we we did a phenomenal job.  This is exactly what we work extremely hard to hear.  We were glad to be a part of the Mission Viejo Class of 1980 reunion and were extremely glad we could contribute so much to the reunion’s success.

We also look forward to making your next event a success so please feel free to contact us at (949) 940-8998 to check our availability for your event or use the applet to the right.

Questions and comments are always welcome.

UPDATE:  Recieved communication from the committe chair with the following testimonial:

Vicki Koren Garrett

Our Mission Viejo High School Class of 1980 30th Reunion was the best reunion we have had to date! We owe much of it to Mark and Mark. The lighting in our school colors was perfect and really set off an elegant yet festive atmosphere in the ballroom. The DJ set up and towers looked like we were in a great nightclub. The music was …perfectly paced throughout the cocktail hour, dinner and after dinner dancing. Mark’s emceeing had everyone’s attention, created applause and even a few whistles. It can be a little hard to get a crowd to the dance floor during an event like this but, our’s was packed before dinner was even over! I don’t think I have ever seen an event where that many people hit the floor so fast. It can only be the result of a truly talented DJ professional. Thank you both for a perfect evening. Everyone has been raving about it. You made my job easy, and made me look good