Links:
Erica’s Sweet 16 Photo Album

Congratulations to Sororities Phi Sigma Sigma and Sigma Delta Tau who were crowned the overall winners of the event, which consisted of a variety of contests that began Sunday November 6th and ran until Saturday, November 12th raising $167,000 total.

DJ Strato left the event saying, “I don’t always get to play to a crowd that enjoys exactly the kind of music I love to spin, and I get to do that that here at Derby Days, Dance Marathon, and pretty much every other Rutgers event that is orchestrated by the Greek community.  When you get a group like this all working toward such a great cause, the energy is unparalleled.  You can feel it as soon as you come into the room.”

For more information on Sigma Chi’s Derby Days at Rutgers check out this article via Rutgers Daily Targum - ‘Derby Days’ surpasses $100K goal

To see nearly 400 photos from the event, please visit our Facebook album - Derby Days 2011 – Part 1, Derby Days 2011 – Part 2.

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Rutgers alumnus and Hurricane Productions owner Vincent Velasquez will host the event for the fourth consecutive year.

The event will feature performances by the Rutgers Dance Team, Cheerleaders, Glee Club, and the Queens Chorale.

Festitives start at 10am and will last until kickoff at 2pm when the Scarlet Knights take on Navy at the annual Homecoming game.

“We feel that Hurricane Productions is part of a new traditions at Rutgers University,” Velasquez said. “So many of our peers associate our company with entertainment and production at Rutgers and in New Brunswick.”

Aside from Homecoming, Hurricane Productions produces Rutgers University Dance Marathon and provides entertainment for many Student Life events.

More importantly, Hurricane Productions distinguishes itself as the wedding entertainment company of choice for Rutgers alumni.

“We want to the entire Rutgers community to know that we entertain all types of events,” Velasquez said. “But we truly specialize in wedding entertainment.”

You can learn more about Hurricane Productions and its entertainment brand at Facebook.com/YourParty

For photos of recent Rutgers related weddings, please check out the following albums:

Robert and Lisa – 8.12.11
Ashley and Ben – 9.2.11
Jodi and Ken – 9.17.11
Wedding Portfolio for 2012

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).

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

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.

“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.

Hurricane Productions is no stranger to working with children. The New Jersey-based DJ entertainment company also donates time and energy Rutgers University’s Dance Marathon every Spring.

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.

• View photos from Rutgers Football Homecoming on Hurricane’s Facebook fan page

The company posted pictures from the event that included performances by the Rutgers Dance and Cheer teams and the Glee Club.

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.

The Daily Targum, the school’s daily newspaper, featured Hurricane Productions in an “In Focus” piece.

You can view all of these events in pictures and video and more on Hurricane Productions’ Facebook fan page.