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This last weekend, I had two Proms, one in Canistota, SD and the other in Parker, SD.  I love DJ’ing Proms and school dances, so I was very excited about both events.  However, I was little nervous about DJ’ing on Friday the 13th!  Turns out, I should have been more afraid of Sat the 14th!

The Canistota Prom was on Friday, and everything went off without a hitch.  The students were very lively, and I had plenty of requests to go off of the entire night.  The big songs were Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne (which I mixed Footloose into - it goes really well,) Glamorous by Fergie, and 2 Step by DJ Unk.  Of course all of the “classics” were big hits as well:  Baby Got Back, Cha Cha Slide, Cotton Eye Joe.  I loaded all of my gear up at the end of the night and started to head home.  My trailer lights did not come on at first, and I started to get a little worried, but they soon flickered on and stayed on the rest of the way home.

After getting about 3-4 hours of sleep, I was up the next morning working my other weekend job - being a dad!  I was able to sneak in a nap later in the day, and then it was off to Parker, SD, which is only about a 45 minute drive. 

I left my main lights assembled on the T-bars (the top part of the light stands) so my setup time was a little quicker.  I was set up in no time on the gym’s stage, and was able to start organizing a song list in Serato.  I was also able to get Audacity ready to record the night’s mix.  The dance began and everything was going great, but then I started to hear voices coming over the speaker.  I was puzzled at first until I realized somebody’s cell phone or radio was bleeding over on my mic frequency.  I switched to a corded mic and everything was fine - no one even noticed.  Later on in the evening, I unplugged my headphones to plug into my cd mixer, and to my surprise, only half of the mic plug came out!  Half of it was still lodged in the mixer!  I was able to plug it back in and make it work for the rest of the night. 

The rest of the dance went great and I loaded up at the end of the night.  The usually trailer light flicker happened again, and the lights came on.  I was almost home when I smelled a burnt wire and my dash and tail lights went out completely!  I made it the rest of the way home on the back roads (I couldn’t see how fast I was going,) and put my daughter to bed.  Sunday was going to be a nice, relaxing day!

Sunday I was able to chill out all day.  I easily removed the headphone jack with a long screw, and I located the short on my truck/trailer.  This coming weeked I have another Prom in Parkston, so I have to make sure everything is ready to roll………….I can’t wait!

This is going to be a busy yet fun weekend for me!  Tonight, I’ve got a Prom in Canistota, SD and Saturday night, I have another Prom in Parker, SD.  Last year, I DJ’ed the Proms for both of these schools, and am honored to be chosen again.  I must be doing something right! 

 I think I will go ahead and record my entire set both of these nights, and find a way to upload it on the internet.  I’ll use a program called Audacity and run it at the same time as my music program, Serato.  It should work just fine, and my laptop should have no problem handling the load.  I’ll also announce my Myspace address at both dances, and hopefully make some “friends” out of the deal!  After uploading the mixes, I’ll email the link to the contact person at each school so they can forward the address to the students.

It should be a great weekend, and I’ll blog again after the dances.