Archive for March, 2009

Hurricane Productions to use Facebook to give Rutgers Dance Marathon a full entertainment experience

Aside from providing Rutgers University’s Dance Marathon with entertainment for its 32-hour event, Hurricane Productions will be adding a multimedia experience to this year’s DM.

Through the Hurricane Productions Facebook Fan Page, all dancers and volunteers will be able to “tag” themselves and their friends in photos that will uploaded in real-time.

Also, Hurricane Productions will allow all dancers and volunteers to make music requests to the DJs on-stage via a website designed specifically for Dance Marathon.

Become a fan of Hurricane Productions on Facebook today to experience all the action from Rutgers University Dance Marathon on April 4-5.

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Rutgers Dance Marathon welcomes Hurricane Productions back for 2nd straight year

There are just a few days before Rutgers Dance Marathon 2009, April 4-5, and Hurricane Productions LLC proudly announces its involvement with this year’s 32-hour non-stop event.

For the second straight year – Hurricane Productions – a DJ entertainment company located in Manalapan, NJ, will provide the 11th annual Dance Marathon with its entire staff to help entertain an event that raised $318,989.08 for the Embrace Kids Foundation last year and over $1.6 million total over the past 10 years.

Along with co-owners Strato Doumanis and Vincent Velasquez, HP volunteers will include:

Ashley Best, Jonathan Brooks, Nicolas Dalfino, Kyle Gries, Eddie “DJ N9NE” Romani, and Alex Rosenkranz.

Also, the company would like to invite everyone to Club DM, a two-hour dance party during Dance Marathon. The event, which will include club/techno/hip-hop among other party favorites and a light show, starts a midnight and lasts until 2 a.m., April 4th into April 5th. Ed “DJ N9NE” Romani and DJ Strato will be providing music and Vinny “Vin DJ” Velasquez will host the two-hour party. (A $5 mandatory donation is required for admission to Club DM.)

To learn more about Dance Marathon and/or to make a donation, please visit:

http://marathon.rutgers.edu/

To visit Hurricane Productions on the web, please visit:

www.HurricaneProductions.com

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About Dance Marathon:

Rutgers University Dance Marathon is a 32-hour, student-run philanthropic event to raise money for the Embrace Kids Foundation, a non-profit organization that aids the non-medical needs of children with cancer and blood disorders. Over the past 10 years, DM has raised over $1.6 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation benefiting thousands of families in the tri-state area. DM is also the major contributor to the Embrace Kids Foundation, out of the many fundraising events dedicated to raising money for the Foundation.

For the past 10 years, DM has quickly become a community service tradition, showing the local and Rutgers community the type of large-scale public good Rutgers students can unite to perform. Planning for DM begins every May with the selection of the Central Planning Team/Board of Directors. Underneath the Central Planning Team are captains, student leaders, and committee members, student volunteers, dedicated to making DM the best yet. The culmination of yearlong planning and fundraising is the weekend-long DM, held April 4-5, 2009. Over 400 Rutgers students sign up as dancers, pledging money and committing to remain on their feet for the full 32 hours. While standing on their feet, dancers are entertained by live bands, DJ’s, professional and student performing groups. Dancers also have the opportunity to participate in numerous tournaments, theme hours, and prize giveaways.

About Hurricane Productions, LLC:

Hurricane Productions, LLC is a DJ entertainment company located in Manalapan, NJ.

The company is approaching its five-year anniversary. Owned by Strato Doumanis and Vincent Velasquez, Hurricane Productions prides itself with its involvement in the community just as much as it does for entertaining private affairs.

In the past, Hurricane Productions has made donations to the Keyport Public Library system, Knights of Columbus chapters in Englishtown and Sayreville, Rutgers University student organizations and Doumanis and Velasquez’s high school alma mater—St. John Vianney High School.

Hurricane Productions serves tri-state area, providing entertainment for weddings, Sweet 16′s, Mitzvahs, Anniversaries and more.

Aly’s Sweet 16 at Spanos at The White Sands in Pt. Pleasant NJ

Aly Jordon Sweet 16 ~ March 6th 2009 ~ Spano’s at the White Sands Pt. Pleasant New Jersey ~ Alyson
As promised, here are the pictures from Alyson’s Sweet Sixteen at Spano’s at The White Sands in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. (Friday March 6th, 2009)

You can view the Sweet 16 photos at the Hurricane Productions Facebook Fan Page. Even if you don’t have a Facebook account, it’s ok! You can still view the pictures by clicking the link above.

If you do have a Facebook account and you notice yourself in a few pictures, feel free to tag yourself in them.

DID YOU ENJOY OUR PERFORMANCE AT THE SWEET 16?

  • Interested in booking us for your next party or engagement? Take a look at our website http://www.hurricaneproductions.com/ and give us a call; we’d be happy to speak with you about our availability and entertainment options.
  • Does your class have a DJ for your prom yet? Recommend us to your school.
  • Become a Hurricane Productions FAN on Facebook

In the news: Hurricane Productions receives front page mention for Rutgers Dance Marathon in the Daily Targum

Hurricane Productions is in the news this morning after entertaining Rutgers Dance Marathon’s inaugural pep rally last night

Quoted from the Daily Targum:

Hurricane Productions’ DJ Vincent Velasquez, who will be at the actual event in a month, went over the theme hours, and kept the crowd lively by playing music and teaching them dances that could be expected at the event, Grimaldi said.

Read the full story here:
Hundreds rally for Dance Marathon

The Daily Targum is the official student newspaper of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. In its current form, it exists as a bi-fold tabloid-style paper featuring international, national, local, and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds, sports, and other amusements. The paper boasts a circulation of 17,000.

Will the iPod Replace the Sweet 16 DJ or Wedding DJ?

Did the turntable replace the DJ? Then why should the iPod pose any more of a threat? Both are tools in which DJs use to orchestrate the perfect party. Whether you are throwing a Sweet 16 party or celebrating your wedding day, a good DJ will know what to play and when to play it. The DJs at Hurricane Productions entertainment in New Jersey specialize in finding the perfect balance between music genres and tempos for all events including Weddings, Sweet 16s, and more.

There are countless situations where a good DJ needs to make important decisions throughout any event. Decisions about song choice, volume level, guest requests, equipment failure, timing issues, and so on. If apple releases and iPod that can do all that, we’re all in trouble.

The simple truth is that iPods CAN NOT fulfill all the abilities that a seasoned DJ possesses. However, some still argue that the iPod poses a true threat to the mobile Disc Jockey. For the most part, these people do not know what they’re talking about and won’t understand until they really try running an entire party off of an iPod.

The major negatives in attempting to replace your DJ with an iPod are as follows:

  • iPod will not mix your music for you!
    That’s right! You’ll have to listen to every second of every song on your playlist. That is, unless you run behind your makeshift booth and abruptly end the song by pressing the next song button.
  • iPod will not make good choices!
    A simple click of the shuffle button has very little chance of running a successful music set. And what happens if you accidentally added “Loving You is Easy Cuz You’re Beautiful” to your dance playlist? How embarrassing . . .
  • iPod has no concept of flow or party rhythm.
    DJs are born with a 6th sense for music flow and rhythm. I don’t think iPods ship with that feature.
  • Volume, volume, volume.
    Did you know that all songs are not recorded at the same volume level? Your iPod may try to compensate for this variability with its Volume Check function but this function is less than reliable, ESPECIALLY if you have pirated / stolen music on your iPod. The dirty people that rip original CDs don’t care about your Sweet 16 and that Flo Rida is now bumping at half the volume the previous song was.
  • Feedback anyone?
    Without someone manning audio levels you can run into some real challenges if you plan on hosting a speech or toast at your engagement. The only thing worse than feedback is a bad DJ and with using an iPod you risk the chance of having both occur.
  • VALUE!
    If you STILL feel like an iPod is a viable solution to your party’s entertainment needs then it must be a money issue. Please take a step back and think about what you will need to rent in order to supply your iPod with the necessary sound reinforcement. High quality audio equipment can cost as much as $500-$700 per day.Most DJ companies will supply experienced individuals to run your party, as well as all the equipment, for under a thousand dollars. Take a look at Hurricane Productions Super Sweet 16 Package for an idea of what true DJ entertainment value is all about. This package includes 3 staff members, web photo package, lighting show, high quality sound system and tons more. Your iPod certainly can’t do all that.

For now the iPod will remain nothing more than a music storage tool and private music player. Not a DJ replacement device.

Check out Hurricane Productions LLC, an affordable DJ entertainment company based out of New Jersey that focuses on continuely adding value to their already fantastic product.

Related Content from other excellent entertainment companies:

<a href=”http://www.discjockey.org/iPod.html“  title=”iPod Wedding Guide”><B>iPod Wedding Guide</B></a> – Fourth Estate Audio shows you the pro’s and con’s of putting on an iPod wedding reception.<BR>

iPod Wedding Guide – Fourth Estate Audio (Chicago) shows you the pro’s and con’s of putting on an iPod wedding reception.

Video: Karaoke night “highlights” from Rutgers Dance Marathon Spirit Week

Outtakes from Rutgers students singing karaoke
Rutgers University students gear up for Dance Marathon on April 4-5 with karaoke night. Students sing (or attempt to sing) songs like “Love Shack,” “Wake me up before you go-go,” “I will survive,” and more. Dance Marathon is a 32-hour event that raises money and awareness for the Embrace Kids Foundation in New Brunswick. The event raised nearly $320,000 last year, bringing its total to $1.3 million raised over 10 years.

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Hurricane Productions to entertain Dance Marathon Pep Rally on March 5
Video: Hurricane Productions visits RWJ Children’s Hospital

Hurricane Productions to entertain Rutgers Dance Marathon Pep Rally


Hurricane Productions will entertain Rutgers Dance Marathon’s first-ever Pep Rally at 8 p.m. Thursday March 5 in the College Avenue Gymnasium – the site of the 11th annual Rutgers Dance Marathon.

Entertainment will be provided by emcee Vincent Anthony and DJ Strato Doumanis. Sound will be provided courtesy of DJ Nick Dalfino.

This is the second year that Hurricane Productions will be providing entertainment for the 32-hour marathon. The marathon will be held on April 4 -5.

Dance Marathon raises awareness and money for the Embrace Kids Foundation.

Last year the event raised nearly $320,000 bringing its total to $1.3 million over the past 10 years.

To learn more about Dance Marathon, please visit: http://dm.rutgers.edu

And to learn more about Hurricane Productions, visit them at HurricaneProductions.com or any of their associated website:

NewJerseySweet16.com
NJSweet16DJs.com
djstrato.com

Related Rutgers Dance Marathon content:

Hurricane Productions visits the RWJ Children’s Hospital

Hurricane Productions donates time, $500 to Rutgers Dance Marathon 2008

Alexandra’s Sweet 16 at La Reggia in Secaucus NJ

Alexandra Lentini Sweet 16 ~ La Reggia Restaurant & Banquet ~ Secaucus, NJ
As promised, here are the pictures from Alexandra’s Sweet Sixteen at La Reggia in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Saturday February 28th, 2009)


You can view the Sweet 16 photos at the Hurricane Productions Facebook Fan Page. Even if you don’t have a Facebook account, it’s ok! You can still view the pictures by clicking the link above.

If you do have a Facebook account and you notice yourself in a few pictures, feel free to tag yourself in them.

DID YOU ENJOY OUR PERFORMANCE AT THE SWEET 16?

  • Interested in booking us for your next party or engagement? Take a look at our website http://www.hurricaneproductions.com/ and give us a call; we’d be happy to speak with you about our availability and entertainment options.
  • Does your class have a DJ for your prom yet? Recommend us to your school.
  • Become a Hurricane Productions FAN on Facebook