Custom theme display for Sweet 16s from Hurricane Productions

An upcoming Sweet 16 client told us that they wanted a beach theme for their daughters party. So we started by coordinating our intelligent uplighting to match the color of our guest of honor’s dress. The walls will have a blue and turquoise hue while the Sweet 16 dias will match the color of her dress.

As guests walk into the room they will treated to an extended movie of various beach scenes during the late afternoon hours progressing into dusk and sunset – corresponding with the same time they will be traveling to the event and arriving at the Grand Marquis.

By the time our guest of honor is introduced into the room, the sun will be set and guests will be ready to party the rest of the night away.

The logo, “Brianna’s Sweet 16,” is the same one that will appear in lights on the dance floor throughout the night.

This concept can be applied to any and all Sweet 16 themes. If you can dream the theme, Hurricane Productions can create the atmosphere in your banquet facility. Each element of entertainment can be customized for your party.

Hurricane Productions also created a custom baby photo montage which will be shown on the screens documenting the guest of honor’s life from birth until her special. Our staff scanned the photos, edited in professional software, and created a beautiful presentation for the evening set to music selected by the client.

All of the multimedia and entertainment was created by Strato Doumanis and Vincent Anthony – the two individuals who will be the main entertainers at the Sweet 16.

For more information on Hurricane Productions, please visit the company’s Facebook page.

Believe it or not, there’s no secret to a packed dance floor at a high school prom. As a prom advisor and prom committee you need to find a DJ company that stays current with social media trends just as much as they stay current with music. You should expect three media and music elements from your prom DJ:

1. Recent and edited music: Ask your DJ if they have the most recent songs on the radio. But more importantly, make sure that they have edited music so that your principal and other school administrators will be pleased with your choice of DJ entertainment. Prom DJs should build relationships with the prom committee and the school administration so that everyone involved has an understanding of the school’s goals for prom night and weekend.

2. Uplighting: School spirit and pride extends beyond the sports fields and hallways once students experience a prom. Ask for uplighting options which will transform your ballroom. Uplighting allows the DJ to make the room the same hue as your school colors or compliment the theme of your prom through lights. You should also be looking for a DJ that can add your school’s name “in-lights” on the dance floor to add a personalized feel to the event.
[Watch an uplighting video testimonial]

3. Music videos: Imagine 200-500 students packed on your dance floor. You’ve already added a visual experience with uplighting. Now it’s time to add plasma screens and music videos. Not only should your DJ be playing recent and edited music, but those songs should have a music videos to coincide with them. Your students will love seeing their favorite music videos on the 50-inch plasma screens by the DJ booth.

Hurricane Productions and NewJerseyPromDJ.com make all of these features and more available to all high schools. Students will also be treated to the company’s next-day Facebook photo service. Along with watching music while they dance, students can view the photos simultaneously on the plasma screens. Pictures taken at prom will be made available to the school and students the following morning on Facebook.com/YourParty. This is a great way for students, teachers, and parents to share the prom experience together.

Between the music videos, edited music, Facebook photos, uplighting, young and professional entertainers, there is no other choice than Hurricane Productions and NewJerseyPromDJ.com

Need more proof? Watch the video below which tells the story of four students at Brick Memorial high school who brought Hurricane Productions to their prom. These four girls used Hurricane for their Sweet 16s. As you can see from the video they needed just two things to make their prom just as special as their Sweet 16s – a beautiful dress and Hurricane Productions:

There is an endless amount of value you can place on a any type of company that handles projects with vision, creativity, and personalized service.

One of the most personal services that you’ll ever hire is DJ entertainment. Despite countless DJ companies springing up all over the tri-state area, it’s hard to find talented and skilled individuals to trust with your memories.

Some DJ companies around New Jersey boast similar features to Hurricane Productions like photo and video packages, plasma screens, uplighting and more. But the difference between Hurricane Productions and it competition is that every single detail of your party is handled by the owners of Hurricane.

Competitors outsource your photos and videos to other paid professionals. There is nothing ethically wrong with that but why let your projects be passed through so many hands? Too many ideas and opinions interfere with your initial vision of your project.

Every single picture of your photo montage is digitally scanned and then edited into a professional quality montage by Hurricane Productions owners and lead entertainers Vincent Anthony Velasquez and Strato Doumanis.
The duo also produces each of the videos and presentations you’ve viewed on Hurricane’s YouTube and website.

The Next-Day Facebook photo albums are edited and posted by Vincent and Strato before you grab a cup a coffee the morning after your event.

Vincent, a Journalism and Media Studies graduate of Rutgers University, is also a videojournalist for the Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ. His daily routine includes going out into the field, shooting video and editing into video packages that are used on NJ.com and on Cablevision’s MSG Varsity network.

Here is an example of a video piece Vincent put together for the Star-Ledger and NJ.com’s High School Athlete of the Week:

Now he takes that same set of skills and is able to put together video highlights from your party as well as create photo montages for your family.

Strato designed the entire Hurricane website that you’ve used to view pictures of us, watch videos, and even fill out a price quote request form. He is well-versed in all video and photo editing programs. In fact, the Paparazzi montage in this blog post was created by Strato as a demo to show to potential clients.

When you come to Hurricane Productions there is no doubt that you can trust our entertainers to deliver an unforgettable performances but we also give you the opportunity to relive those memories with the photo and video packages we create for you.

You can view pictures, videos, demos and more at Hurricane Productions Facebook page located at facebook.com/yourparty

Mally wanted all the trimmings to make her Sweet 16 live up to its Cinderella theme – From her blue dress, which carefully matched her Disney counterpart to the uplighting around the Dome Room at the Grand Marquis.

Hurricane Productions planned this special evening with Mally and her family via phone consultations, email and a one-on-one meeting at her home two weeks prior to the event.

Mally’s party included all the best features from Hurricane Productions’ Paparazzi package to make her Cinderella theme a reality. Hurricane Productions matched the uplighting of the room with the color of her dress. Guests read “Mally’s Sweet 16″ in lights on the marblefloors of the Grand Marquis’ Dome Room as they walked into the room. The light shined down on the black marble and reflected into the dome ceiling to add an elegant enhancement in an already impressive a ballroom.

During dinner, Mally’s friends and family watched a montage presentation carefully crafted by Hurricane Productions. At the sit down meeting prior to the event, Mally’s mom handed 100 of her daughter’s baby photos Hurricane Productions. Each original original photo was scanned, enhanced and edited. All guests watched in awe on a 42-inch plasma screen as the montage documented Mally’s life from when she was a baby all the way up to her Sweet 16.

Working so closely with Hurricane Productions allowed Mally and her family to personalize every detail of her event – from her grand introductions, her dance with her father, her Sweet 16 candles, the music request … the list goes on!

In the video embedded above Mally said that Hurricane Productions is “one of the best DJ I’ve ever..EVER seen.”

Pictures from her party were available as soon as the clock struck midnight. You can view them at facebook.com/yourparty

The Verdict brought life to the Rutgers College Ave Gymnasium with its reggae, soca and calypso style music.
In the last few hours of the 32-hour Dance Marathon, The Verdict made students jump around, dolla wine, and conga line around the gymnasium.

The Verdict, just like Hurricane Productions, are mainstays of Dance Marathon – the largest student-run philanthropic event in New Jersey.

Rutgers Dance Marathon is a 32-hour, non-stop event that raises money and awareness for children with cancer and blood disorders. All proceeds go towards the Embrace Kids Foundation which is located in New Brunswick, NJ.

Hurricane Productions is in its third year of entertaining DM. Hurricane provides entertainment but also trains students to be emcees and DJs during the event.

Vincent Anthony Velasquez spoke to Magic 98.3 – a local NJ radio station – about Rutgers University Dance Marathon and Hurricane Productions’ involvement with the event.

Vincent joined his good friends from the station Debbie Mazella and Chris McCoy during Dance Marathon weekend on March 27-28.

This is Hurricane Productions third straight year involved with Dance Marathon – a 32-hour non-stop event that raises money for children with cancer and blood disorders. All proceeds go to the Embrace Kids Foundation located in New Brunswick, NJ.

Hurricane Productions trained 11 student DJs and emcees to work alongside its professional staff. It also launched RutgersDJ.com – a website dedicated to all of the company’s entertainment work at Rutgers University.

Dance Marathon is Hurricane’s marquee event but the company also entertains Rutgers football Homecoming, Guinness Book of World Record events and other RU Student Life affairs.

Hurricane Productions has been featured on SNY, in the Asbury Park Press, Star-Ledger and on Magic 98.3 among other NJ/NY area media networks.

Hurricane Productions is owned and operated by Rutgers College Alumni (class of 2009).

It’s time for Rutgers Dance Marathon and for the third straight year, Hurricane Productions is involved with entertaining over 1,000 students at the College Ave Gymnasium.

DJ Strato of Hurricane Productions edited the line dance music mix. Hurricane Productions also filmed and edited the line dance music video. The video and the dance are performed once and hour, totaling 32 performances.

DJ Strato, DJ N9NE, and Vincent Anthony trained a group of student emcees and DJs to work alongside Hurricane Productions for the entire 32-hour event.

Students can also make music requests on Hurricane’s new network site: RutgersDJ.com

Pictures and video will be available on both nj.com/videos and facebook.com/yourparty

About Rutgers Dance Marathon:

Rutgers University Dance Marathon is a 32-hour, student-run philanthropic event to raise money and increase awareness 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 11 years, DM has raised nearly $2 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation, benefiting hundreds of families in the tri-state area. DM is also the major contributor to the Embrace Kids Foundation.

Courtney and Dominic

When a family decides to have a party – whether a Sweet 16 or a wedding – it always brings all different types of relatives and friends together in one location. As you can tell from our blog and our websites, Hurricane Productions prides itself in being able to work in this versatile atmosphere.

You can shop around to other DJ entertainment companies but before you do, take a look at the video in this post. This is proof that we can get all ages, genders and ethnicities together on the dance floor through music.

Courtney (our Sweet 16 guest of honor) had her friends on the dance floor, her parents (Mike and Denise) enjoyed dancing with their relatives and friends and even Courtney’s grandfather got up with all ages to join in the fun.

That’s not all. Pay close attention to the music in the background. Grandpa danced to songs like “Tik Tok” by Keisha and “Don’t Stop Believing” by George Lamond.

How did we do it? We met with the family at their kitchen table a week before the Sweet 16. We didn’t send a sales person or a Hurricane representative. Courtney’s entertainers – Strato and Vincent – traveled south from their office in Manalapan down Route 9 to Courtney’s kitchen in Howell, NJ.

We take vested interest in personalizing each event and it’s not just something we say on the phone – we act on our words!

At Courtney’s kitchen table we went over everything that was going to happen at her Sweet 16 – her grand introduction, her father/daughter dance guests, her older sibilings, grandparents, and her Sweet 16 candle lighting ceremony.

And after it was all over, Courtney’s dad says it all in the video, “You guys just made it so high energy and everything we talked about tonight…it all came true. It was as great as we could have imagined.”

The most memorable element of a Sweet 16 is watching the guest of honor share a dance with her father or any other close relative to start off the evening. It’s elegance and importance to the affair is unmatched at any other point of the night.

But you can’t trust these moments with just any DJ company. Too many of them pride themselves by producing cutter-cutter events. A Sweet 16 is a personalized affair. In order to properly plan these moments and to professionally capture them, there is no other choice than Hurricane Productions DJ entertainment.

With Sweet16CandlesSongs.com – a Sweet 16-specific planning website geared for special events – Hurricane clients can choose songs for the Sweet 16 candle lighting ceremony and spotlight dances.

Hurricane Productions offers Next-Day Facebook photos and video highlight clips available within hours of your party.

All of these features are carefully created and produced by YOUR emcees and DJs. After your party, Hurricane staff works at the office until the early morning hours to produce videos and photos. You wake up the next morning being able to relive your party.

Each photo is professionally edited to look its best. The video is created to show-off the best moments of your daughter’s perfect evening.

Hurricane Productions uses Facebook – the world’s largest social media networking site – so you can share the Sweet 16 experience with all of your family and friends … even ones who couldn’t make it the party itself.

From planning your first dance and candle ceremony, to playing your daughter’s and family’s favorite music, to capturing your party with professional quality photos and videos, there is no other choice than Hurricane Productions.

An example of a video highlight clip is below:

Alexa and Michele

Hurricane Productions created an unforgettable night for Michele and her family. Here’s the best part about her party – Hurricane Productions entertained her sister Alexa’s Sweet 16 just two years earlier!

The company offered Michele’s family its “Paparazzi Sweet 16 Package” which includes all the elements to make the night a success.

Zap Photos were available immediately on the 42-inch plasma screens. Hurricane Productions posted those same photos on Facebook right after the party.

With high-definition cameras in hand, Hurricane Productions filmed video clips and then produced a video highlight clip for Michele and her family. Just like the photo album, this video was posted on Facebook just hours after the party.

Immediately after Hurricane Productions packs up its setup at any Sweet 16, they head back to their office and edit photos and video in the early morning hours. When Michele woke up from her party the next morning, she got to relive it with all of her friends on Facebook – the world’s largest social networking website.

Everything you see on HurricaneProductions.com from its own website, to the video and pictures of its clients are solely created by the Hurricane Productions staff. None of the material is handled or produced by a third-party company so hiring Hurricane Productions means that you’re getting a personalized service for your event.

Hurricane Productions loves reconnecting with all of its past Sweet 16 families. That’s why the company started a brand called NewJerseyPromDJ.com.
It gives Hurricane Productions the opportunity to entertain its former clients in front of all of their friends at their junior or senior proms!

So if you know a teacher, faculty member or PTA member looking to book a prom DJ, look no further than the company that was there for the Sweet 16!