Continue reading »]]> Last Saturday, I had the honor of hosting the Kahala Mall Wedding Spectacular, providing DJ services, and serving as the “warmup act” for Sweetie Pacarro from KSSK Radio. We had a great time.

My dealings with the production actually started much earlier. Julie, the publisher from Hawaii Bride & Groom Magazine, asked me sometime in April if I wanted to participate, and of course I said yes! As we got closer to the date, my role evolved from simply having a booth to eventually helping the show producers create an entertaining and elaborate “stage show” that would keep the audience entertained for the duration of the event.

On Tuesday (May 5), I met Kelly & Jennifer from Kahala Mall to go over the presentation, and they gave me the main “bullet points” that I needed to cover. With that information, I “scripted” my part of the presentation, added musical cues to enhance the production, and prepared some wedding games to involve the audience in.

On the day of the event, I loaded in around 8am, quickly set up the sound equipment, ran through a soundcheck, got dressed in my tux, and mentally went over the production. At 10:00am, I started playing music from Mamma Mia, the hit Broadway musical and one of the sponsors to the event.

Around 10:30am, the party started! After welcoming the audience, I explained the first game we would play throughout the day: The Cell Phone Game. After getting my cell phone number, audience members would call in with correct answers to trivia questions I would ask, and the first caller won raffle tickets for prizes later that day. The audience also played through a version of the Anniversary Game (with the winner ultimately announcing that she has been married 52 years) and Last Man Sitting (a garter giveaway game).

I also introduced Jayne & Kahele, Hawaii Bride & Groom’s Wedding of a Lifetime sweepstakes winner, to say a few words, as well as Matt & Cara, the stars of Oceanic Time Warner Cable’s hilarious digital TV commercials.

At 11:30am, with the audience sufficiently primed and ready to go, I turned the microphone over to Sweetie Pacarro from KSSK, who continued the fun by announcing the KSSK Prize Wheel and hosting a Mamma Mia dance contest. Contestants strutted their stuff and showed off their best dance moves to win tickets to Mamma Mia.

In the end, it was a lot of fun! I enjoyed it because I got to work with some wonderful professionals. And the audience had a great time with the games, dance contest, prize wheel, and more!

Continue reading »]]> This Saturday, May 9, from 10:00am-2:00pm, I will be the “warmup act” and provide Hawaii DJ Services for a FREE bridal spectacular at Kahala Mall, produced by Kahala Mall & Mama Mia! (The upcoming musical at the Blaisdell) in partnership with Hawaii Bride & Groom Magazine and KSSK Radio. This is your invitation; come on down and join in the fun!

From 10:00-11:00am, I will present wedding games and activities that you can participate in and win great prizes. You can also meet Jayne & Kahele, Hawaii Bride & Groom’s Wedding of a Lifetime winners, and hear about their experience. You also will meet Matt & Cara, Oceanic’s HILARIOUS married couple (you’ve seen their TV ads promoting digital cable), as they talk about their own “wedding” and how life is like now that they are “married” and having to share the cable box!

From 11:00am-2:00pm, Sweetie Pacarro from KSSK will host a great dance contest to win tickets to Mamma Mia, Kahala Mall gift certificates, and more! KGMB’s weather anchor Guy Hagi and his wife Kim Gennaula will be the guest judges. Also, come meet the lovely contestants of the 2009 Mrs. Hawaii Pageant!

In addition, you will see display booths by Hawaii Bride & Groom advertisers, an awesome sidewalk sale/trunk show by Kahala Mall merchants, and much, much more.

Get more info by visiting http://www.kahalamallcenter.com/cms/index.php?page=mall-promotions

I’ll be there serving as the “warmup act” and also providing Hawaii DJ services as well. I’ll see you there!