New Wireless Uplighting Puts YOUR Wedding Colors Where YOU Want Them!

With our new wireless uplighting option, we can place accent anywhere in your venue, regarding of proximity to electricity and without the tripping hazard of wired lights.

If you're considering under table lighting, or lighting in hard-to-reach areas, we have you covered!

In addition to infinite location flexibility, these have wireless DMX as well. in English, this means that at any given time throughout the course of the evening, we can change the color of your lights!

If you'd prefer subdued colors during dinner, and something more lively during dancing, it is 100% possible. 

As always, our lights are modern LED lights which are always cool to the touch, and safe around the curious little hands of your younger wedding guests.

The venue seen here, is the Arrowhead Lodge, in Brewerton, NY, with a lavender accented stone fireplace, rather than gray, (per the client's wedding colors).

Please see our Uplighting Page for more information about our lighting, and don't hesitate to Contact Us with any questions about uplighting for your Syracuse, CNY area wedding!


All the best,
-Kirk Rothrum
Select Receptions by CNY Select DJs
Syracuse Wedding DJ Services

A Breast Cancer Fundraiser to Remember

Today we had the honor of donating services for the benefit fundraiser in memory of Jeanelle Cross and in honor of Dr. Sheila Lemke for the Upstate Cancer Center. Dr. Lemke, together with the staff at the Upstate Cancer Center, provided exceptional care to Jeanelle during her 18 month battle with breast cancer.

John calling another lucky number

I was asked by my longtime friend and DJ colleague, John Parolin, who was helping his sister, a close friend of Jeanelle. John and I did the event together, and it was a great success. The benefit was hosted by Sharkey's Sportsbar and Restaurant of Liverpool, owned by Jim Nichols, who kindly donated the space.

Hundreds of people attended and enjoyed a pizza buffet, dozens of great gift basket raffles, door prizes, a bake sale with a giant selection of delicious treats, plant sale, T-Shirts and much more.

Basket Raffle Winners!

The benefit was fitting for me personally, because in December 2012, my grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer. I've spent many a long day in the ROC (Regional Oncology Center) over the past 5 months with her in Chemotherapy, and the folks who work there are second to none. They are kind, caring, professional, and always eager to explain the process.

The entire event was a lot of fun, and a great opportunity to play a truly diverse list of music catering to all ages.

I'm glad to offer my services for any such event. If I'm not booked and am available to do it, and there isn't a pressing family event that day, I am more than happy to be a part of any event like this. Please don't hesitate to ask! :)



*To donate to the cause online, please visit: http://www.foundationforupstate.org/jcross.

Best of luck to Jeanelle's family and the folks at the Upstate Cancer Center!

-Kirk Rothrum
CNY Select DJs Syracuse, NY

Gearing Up for a Great Season Ahead!

After a month long break from blogging, I decided to post an update, looking to the future. The past few months of the "off season" are full of non-wedding DJ highlights. Aside from meeting with many couples planning their wedding, I've had fun DJing everything from corporate Christmas parties, to benefits for Habitat for Humanity, and many club gigs. The club work has tough hours, but it's fun packing a dance-floor.

We booked a wedding at Greystone Castle, and the groom wondered if I could *mix* music. He read the "About Us" page, and mentioned seeing me in a "How to Pick Your Wedding DJ" video featured on youtube, and commented that I was well-spoken and professional. After a couple minutes of feeling me out, I let him know where my roots are. In a nutshell, I began with 2 turntables and cut my DJ teeth mixing crates of records, (which I still have a wall of). I never impose any music style on anyone's day, ever. That said, when I'm playing a set of modern music and your dance-floor is packed, beat-mixing is imperative to keep things flowing. When the end of one song seamlessly transitions into the next, creating an on-the-spot remix, it energizes the dance-floor, rather than the usual "downer" when a great song ends. My client knew it, he just wasn't sure how to ask :).

That's a good example of why during off-wedding season, working in bars and clubs here & there is important. Many of my clients envision an evening that will begin as an elegant cocktail hour, turn to a classy dinner party, and (later) after the cake is cut and grandma goes home... It's the Bride & Groom, and a bunch of their closest friends & family with an open bar and their own DJ! Time to party! The Chicken Dance is usually not part of their vision. Their actual favorite music is.

Best of luck with your planning.

-Kirk Rothrum
Select Receptions, Syracuse Wedding DJ