The Verdict performs and starts conga line at Rutgers Dance Marathon
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).
The N Result performs "I Gotta Feelin" at Rutgers Dance Marathon
Good friends of Hurricane Productions and fellow Rutgers students and alumni, The N Result, performed live at this year’s Dance Marathon.
They opened the event with a cover of Black Eyed Peas hit song “I Gotta Feelin.”
This is not the first time Hurricane Productions and The N Result worked together. Just a few short weeks ago they shared the stage at Air Guitar at the Rutgers Athletic Center- an event produced by Rutgers Student Life in an attempt to break a Guinness Book World Record.
“The N Result and Hurricane Productions work so well together because we don’t only share the stage, we share the same goals,” said Rutgers College Alumnus and Hurricane Productions owner Vincent Anthony. “We’re both here at Dance Marathon ‘For the Kids’ and looking give back to a community that has given us so much.”
You can find The N Result on their new myspace page – myspace/thenresult.
Keep checking back to RutgersDJ.com and on Facebook.com/YourParty for updates from Hurricane Productions and Dance Marathon.
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
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.
Hurricane Productions will donate time and entertainment to the the New York City Housing Authority’s “Season of Sharing” – the department’s annual toy drive.
“Any cause or function that helps children is always high on our priority list,” said Hurricane Productions president Vincent Anthony. “Every entertainment company should find an event and give back to the community during the holiday season.”
The Annual Holiday Toy Drive is an opportunity for approximately 600 NYCHA resident children to celebrate the holiday season with donated toys (from Century 21 Department Stores, NY Giants, NY Knicks and Toys for Tots), refreshments (provided by Maramont Corp), and photo opportunities with Santa Claus (Community Coordinator Cornell Hampton). Other family entertainment will be provided by the Big Apple Circus, Agostino Arts Face Painters, The Lion Dancers Group, and The New York Chinese Free Mason Athletic Club.
Dance Marathon is a 32-hour event that raises money and awareness for the Embrace Kids Foundation located in New Brunswick, NJ. It is New Jersey’s largest student-run philanthropic event.
Hurricane Productions, official DJ company of the Rutgers Alumni Association, Rutgers Student Life and other campus organizations provided entertainment for this year’s Homecoming festivities located at the Scarlet Square outside of Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, NJ.
A two-minute wing bowl and “Craziest Scarlet Knight fan” competitions highlighted the afternoon.
“It was great to come back to Rutgers University to see old friends and make new ones too,” said Hurricane Productions owner and Rutgers College (Class of 2009) alumnus Vincent Anthony said. “I always look forward to any events at Rutgers.”
You can view over 60 pictures from the Homecoming event on the Hurricane Productions Facebook fan page.
Aside from the Homecoming festivities outside of Rutgers Stadium, there was a football game being played, too. Rutgers football defeated Texas Southern 42-0. You can read complete coverage from the game via the Star-Ledger on it’s Rutgers football home page.
That same weekend, the NJ DJ company provided sound and music for a charity event at Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick, NJ. St. Peter’s Hospital “Walk in the Park” benefits the Shelia Lore Memorial Fund.
Hurricane Productions is the official DJ company for Rutgers University’s Dance Marathon. The company entertained Rutgers Student Life‘s ‘Senior’ Prom for Rutgers University graduates last spring at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ. Hurricane Productions entertained a wedding for Rutgers alumni at the same venue.
Hurricane Productions, a premier New Jersey wedding DJ entertainment company, seeks out brides and grooms that want a personalized DJ entertainment experience.
“We’re interested in our clients beyond the wedding day,” Hurricane Productions’ lead wedding entertainer Vincent Anthony said. “We build relationships that help put their minds at ease .”
Vincent Anthony talked about the del Corral family as a perfect example of building loyalty and trust. Dave and Michelle met Vincent Anthony and the NJ DJ company through mutual friends at Rutgers University and Dance Marathon. After a dinner at Stuff yer Face, the couple choose Hurricane Productions to entertain their wedding at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ in September 2007.
When Dave and Michelle heard that two of their closest friends were getting married at the Highlawn Pavilion at the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, NJ in July 2009, they referred them to Hurricane Productions. Michelle was the maid of honor and Dave was a groomsmen.
Vincent Anthony with the del Corrals in 2009
To read the del Corral’s post-wedding testimonial from 2007, click to read more in this entry.
“The large room and high ceilings make the Carriage House an absolutely breathtaking venue,” said Hurricane Productions owner and entertainer Vincent Anthony. “It’s truly enjoyable to entertain any event at the Carriage House.”
I will say this about our six-year anniversary – These first five years of Hurricane Productions have been nothing more or less than research and development.
We’ve been able to learn about the DJ entertainment business in terms of what we like and what we want to change. All the while, we graduated high school and I recently graduated Rutgers University.
So here is my statement: I don’t believe that we’ve truly competed with our real competitors up to this point. Today is when we start.
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. 
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