Awesome! You did an amazing job with the music. We received so many compliments throughout dinner of the song choices. The volume was perfect. and the up lighting and monogram was a hit. Thank you so much for making our day so special and perfect. Hopefully my cousin didn't step on your toes! You both did awesome together!!!
I appreciate everything you did for us. I am so happy I picked you and you made the night!!!! Thank you so so much!!!!
In addition to my DJ/MC services, I supplied the uplighting and the monogram on the wall over the head table.
I also placed uplighting under the head table skirting and the cake table skirting as well to enhance the effect.
Below, there was an empty wall space here featuring a photo table. I placed the uplights at an angle to fill the space and to emphasize the table.
The material hanging from the ceiling and the chair covers were supplied by the House of Treasures.
What you don't see is a projector blocking guests or traffic. It is off to the side on a tall stand above people's heads and uses horizontal keystone technology to keep the projected monogram image symetrical.
Music: It goes without saying that a significant amount of the music should be from the years close to the graduation. But the DJ should still avoid the clunkers and stick to the hits of that era. As the evening progresses, (depending on what year of graduation) guests will start to request newer songs for dancing.
Volume: Class reunions have a very strong social element (meaning people want to be able to talk while the music is playing) so the music volume should reflect that. Yes, the volume should raise as the dance-floor fills, but people who haven't see each other in years (or decades) want to talk when they are not dancing.
Activities and Ice-breakers: Don't put them all together, sprinkle them throughout the evening to keep it interesting for guests.
A blessing before the meal for parochial schools.
Passing the wireless microphone from alumni to alumni – this works best while everyone is sitting – the person with mic stands up so everyone can see them and then say their name, introduce their date if the have one- and then say a few details about their life (what they say is optional) but, when I am the MC for this activity, I encourage them to say where they live, what they do or did professionally, and then finish off with a personal detail or two. The mic is then passed to the next alumni. Works well during coffee service while people are still sitting -or even in between courses (depending on the type of meal service you have) Obviously this would be prohibitive if you get more than 100 or so alumni.
Door prizes are always fun.
Class of (insert year of graduation) trivia is always fun: questions made up that only people who went to the school would be able to answer. ie, what was the name of the math teacher who taught ______ . Name one of the novels you had to read for 12th grade English. What team was played against for homecoming that year. Who was the Prom King and Queen. what was the name of the principal of the school… You can do that activity unstructured (which means the MC asks the question and then confirms the answer after somebody shouts it out/no score kept.) Or you can do it structured, where there is an answer sheet. Scores are kept track of and prizes given after drawing randomly from all the correct answer sheets.
Uplighting around the room in the school colors is always nice.
Consider the school logo or mascot projected on the wall or dancefloor.
Depending on availability, pictures from the year book can be digitized and put on a plasma screen or projected on a screen.
A Photo Booth would be great fun too! It is the perfect icebreaker. The pictures make a fantastic party favor and what better time than a reunion for lot's of pictures!
My dancing lights are in the foreground of this picture. They liven up the dance floor by moving, changing color and 'dancing' to the music.
The uplights are in the background. You can see the plasma screen on the left.
A photo of Johnny's dancing lights. Uplights in the background and plasma screen on the left.
This was the Maine Endwell High School Prom. We showed photos of the seniors, courtesy of the yearbook committee, on the plasma screen and projected their "Spartan" mascot emblem on the dancefloor.
The uplights ran patterns of blue and gold to match the school colors.
It was huge success! Administrators told me it was the best prom they'd had in years.
Johnny Only did a fantastic job as the DJ and MC for our High School Prom. He played a great mix of both our requests and popular hits. Johnny Only knew his audience and kept the Prom rocking for hours with music that we really wanted to listen to and dance to. His speaker system is very powerful and easily filled our large venue with sound. His system has an excellent range, with crystal clear vocals and deep pounding bass. It was everything that one would expect out of a professional DJ and more. As an MC, Johnny did an excellent job of announcing our Prom Court and kept the Prom flowing smoothly all night. His up-lighting synchronized with the music and created a really cool unique atmosphere that changed for each song and served as the perfect backdrop to our simple decorations.. The projected monogram and TV picture slide show were cool additions that also really helped to personalize and commemorate the event.
Thank you Johnny Only; you made our Prom night the best that it could be.