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Rick Caywood and I at the ADJA National Meeting

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend an annual National level convention for mobile entertainers that takes place in Las Vegas. The convention was held at the historic Riviera Hotel & Casino. I always have a great time out there networking with entertainers from coast to coast, as well as exchanging new ideas that we can all take home to implement into our business.

Each year, the show producers do a phenomenal job in producing the Mobile Beat Las Vegas show. Kudos to Ryan Burger and Mike Buonacorso for putting together a top notch show packed with valuable education, as well as an expo packed full of the latest technology available to Mobile DJ’s. Not to mention great entertainment each night that featured private parties with the dueling piano twins, Kimberley & Tamara Pinegar from Harrah’s hotel & casino, Vanilla Ice, Ron Dante of The Archies, as well as Otis Day & The Knights.

As always, I had a great time networking with all of my friends in Las Vegas, and although the weather was a little cool for my taste, I will definitely be looking forward to attending the show next year!

     As many of you know, in an attempt to continue to better serve my clients, I regularly travel to seminars all over the country. Doing this enables me to network with Wedding Entertainer’s from all over the country. This also gives me the opportunity to pick up some new ideas in order to provide the very best service possible to my clients.

     My most recent trip took me to Dallas, TX. The DFW chapter of the ADJA (American Disc Jockey Association) held a two day event that was top notch. I was able to pick up several new ideas that I am very excited to be able to begin implementing into my upcoming events.

Peter Merry

     The keynote speaker for the event was Peter Merry  who is the owner Merry Weddings, as well as the author of the book “The Best Wedding Reception Ever!!” Peter is well known by professional DJ’s all over the country, as he himself is one of the top wedding entertainers in the state of California. He is widely known for his unbelievable personalized grand entrances, and I learned quite a few new ideas that I can’t wait to begin to incorporate into what I am already doing for my clients.

(left to right) Roy Dueitt (Houston ADJA), Ron Brown & Ryan Funck (Central Kansas ADJA)

     I have seen Peter speak before on numerous occasions, and as always, he delivered a fantastic presentation that ended in a standing ovation.