Not a dry eye at the Skyline Lodge at Highland Forest

Skyline Lodge

This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of assisting my colleague [DJ] Gary Rainbow, as the Master of Ceremonies at a wedding at the Skyline Lodge at Highland Forest.

I handled announcing, coordination, and provided low-profile speakers for ceremony sound for the wedding of Renee and Chris Fuller. It was a beautiful day, although a bit chilly, and I must say, the food was delicious. Alicia, the banquet manager, was very pleasant and the entire event went smooth as could be. A fun group of guests made it easy!

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At this ceremony, I had the opportunity to use a new speaker system specifically for ceremonies. These self-powered,  low profile 10" speakers were well out of the way, and performed magnificently. A beautiful selection of prelude and ceremony music reached every guest with rich, sonic detail . I'm very happy with the results and looking forward to doing more ceremonies with this system! Such a nerd for these things! ;)

 

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One of the big highlights of my day, was the Father-Daughter dance. These are always special, to me especially because as the dad of a 5 year old little princess, I know someday I'll share this dance with my little girl. I see so many dads hold their little girls so tight. For this particular dance, I asked Renee to go out and stand in the center of the dance-floor until the end of the current song. When the song ended, I stood next to her father's table, and asked if I could put him on the spot for a few questions. Ed is a tall, cool, kinda tough guy who earlier before introductions told me (jokingly) how much he detests the "pomp & circumstance" of weddings. With his back to the dance floor, I asked him "do you remember the very first time you held your daughter in your arms?" He shyly acknowledged with a proud nod. I then asked "How about the first time you put her on a school bus?"... Again, not a man for public speaking, he turned to his wife and joked that he wasn't sure, "did she?" Then I asked if he remembered the first time a boy called the house for her.. His eyes got wide, he sure did! And finally "How did you feel the day your little girl told you she was getting married?", Ed blinked a long blink, and stood silently. I gestured to the dance-floor and said "There she is Ed, I want you to think deeply about all of those moments as you make your way to the dance-floor". As he turned around, he teared up as he gazed his beautiful daughter, waiting for the dance they probably danced 100 times when she was five years old.  He held her so tightly, and there was nary a dry eye in the house.


I sincerely feel blessed to have been a part of this day. Thank you Gary Rainbow for inviting me to MC this wedding. I don't care how corny it sounds. I absolutely love my job. It is not a "gig", and it is so much more than playing music. I feel truly blessed to help families experience moments they'll cherish for the rest of their lives. I leave feeling positive, and happy, and when I get home, I plant a huge wet one on my wife.

So she kinda digs it too! ;)


All the best!

-Kirk
CNY Select DJs
Syracuse Wedding DJ




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Behind the scences

As usual, we were invited to eat. I was very impressed with the food. Baked chicken, ham, ziti & meatballs, squash, potatoes.... A yummy "schmear" (as Jerry's mom would say on Seinfeld).
As we sat in a side break-room during dinner, I had to laugh at the multitude of DJ business cards that decorated the refrigerator. Among them were: Top Shelf Entertainment, Black Tie Entertainment, Music and Memories, Jones Tones, DJ Express, DJ John Adams, Jammin Beats DJs, Shotime Entertainment and of course CNY Select DJs. Since potential clients certainly wont ever see this refrigerator, and banquet staff is surely not going to "call-on" their break-room fridge when a bride-to-be mentions in passing that she still needs a DJ... No, this is simply the DJ's equivalent of graffiti. I couldn't resist adding our cards to say- "CNY Select DJs" and "Shotime Entertainment" were here too.