Category Archives: Private Parties

A New Year’s Eve party is the one event where every guest knows the exact second the high point is due. Here is how a Dallas DJ plans the countdown, the midnight moment and the hour after it, for family parties, adults-only nights, house parties and community halls.

A godh bharai, an annaprashan and a first birthday are three different rooms with three different jobs for the DJ. Here is how sound, music and the MC change when the guest of honour is under one.

A Griha Pravesh is a puja followed by a party, held in a house that was never built for amplified sound. Here is how to plan the music, the setup, the power and the neighbours for a housewarming in Dallas–Fort Worth.

A Shashtiabdapoorthi or Sathabhishekam is a priest-led ceremony followed by a reception, not a birthday party. Here is how the sound, music and running order actually work for a 60th or 80th birthday celebration in Dallas.

A silver or golden anniversary party is thrown for the couple rather than by them, which changes how the music, the program and the dance floor have to be planned.

A milestone teen party has two clients in the room: the guest of honor and the adults her parents invited. Here is what that changes for the DJ.

You’ve got the balloons ordered. The cake is booked. The venue (or backyard) is decorated. And then someone asks the question that trips up half the parents planning a birthday party: “What are you doing for music?” For a lot of families, the answer starts as “oh, we’ll just plug in a Spotify playlist.” And […]