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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!