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		<title>The Black Cat Tavern &amp; WWE Nasty Boys in Cohoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DJ Kenny Casanova's take on former WWE Champions Nasty Boys making their way from Nastyville to The Black Cat in Cohoes, and IYF Wrestling Gym.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2108" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Picture.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Picture-300x200.jpg" alt="Kenny Casanova &amp; The Nasty Boys" title="Kenny Casanova &amp; The Nasty Boys" width="300" height="200" class="size-medium wp-image-2108" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kenny Casanova &#038; The Nasty Boys</p></div>As many of you know, before becoming a DJ, I was a ring announcer with experience at WWE wrestling. This past weekend, I had the &#8220;pleasure&#8221; of having dinner with The WWE Champions The Nasty Boys in Cohoes, New York on Sunday, January 8th, 2012, at The Black Cat Tavern. Let it be known, The Black Cat was not so nasty!</p>
<p>After a fun autograph signing and successful training seminar at the &#8220;<a href="http://www.iyfwrestling.com/">In Your Face</a>&#8221; Wrestling Gym of Cohoes, we gathered up the former WWE Tag Team Champions, Brian Knobbs &#038; Jerry Saggs, for some wings and Polish food at the famous sports bar.</p>
<p>The Nasty Boys enjoyed the homemade perogies smothered in onions and downed a massive nasty-size order in record time. Then we enjoyed the Giants game before they headed out for the airport.</p>
<p>The food at The Black Cat was great. At $3.99 for about a dozen wings, $5 for steamers, and great deals on pub fair and Polish food, The Nasty Boys found themselves right at home. While it is a small bar, it does have a bigger eating area in the back that I am sure would work well for an engagement party, or wedding rehearsal party.</p>
<p>Many of The Black Cat bar&#8217;s older patrons recognized The nasty Boys for their former WWE Tag Team championship reign back in 1991. Some of the younger people recognized Brian Knobbs for his many more recent appearances on VH1&#8242;s reality series &#8220;Hulk Knows Best&#8221; &#038; spinoff &#8220;Brooke Knows Best.&#8221;</p>
<p>Aside from my business partner, Marty &#8220;The Party,&#8221; having to provide the ravished 320 plus pound Nasty Boys with Hot Sauce on demand, a good time was had by all.</p>
<p>In Your Face Wrestling will also be having one of their own shows featuring WWE Legend Tony Atlas this Saturday in Ballston Spa, NY. See <a href="http://www.iyfwrestling.com/">http://www.iyfwrestling.com/</a> for more information.</p>
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<a href='http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2012/01/wwe-nasty-boys-in-cohoes/picture/' title='Kenny Casanova &amp; The Nasty Boys'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Picture-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Kenny Casanova &amp; The Nasty Boys" title="Kenny Casanova &amp; The Nasty Boys" /></a>
<a href='http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2012/01/wwe-nasty-boys-in-cohoes/1-2/' title='Marty Carbone &amp; Jerry Saggs'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Marty Carbone &amp; Jerry Saggs" title="Marty Carbone &amp; Jerry Saggs" /></a>
<a href='http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2012/01/wwe-nasty-boys-in-cohoes/attachment/2/' title='Black Cat Waitress May &amp; Former WWE Tag Champ Brian Knobbs'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Black Cat Waitress May &amp; Former WWE Tag Champ Brian Knobbs" title="Black Cat Waitress May &amp; Former WWE Tag Champ Brian Knobbs" /></a>
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<a href='http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2012/01/wwe-nasty-boys-in-cohoes/photo/' title='Brian Knobbs, DJ Kenny Casanova, In Your Face Promotor Scott Scarsdale &amp; Jerry Saggs'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Brian Knobbs, DJ Kenny Casanova, In Your Face Promotor Scott Scarsdale &amp; Jerry Saggs" title="Brian Knobbs, DJ Kenny Casanova, In Your Face Promotor Scott Scarsdale &amp; Jerry Saggs" /></a>

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		<title>TheCoolTV &#8211; New Music Video Channel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kennycasanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out TheCoolTV; a new local music video channel owned by WXXA that plays a mix of retro stuff with today's hits.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_1918" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/watchthecooltv_175x175.png" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/watchthecooltv_175x175-298x300.png" alt="" title="watchthecooltv_175x175" width="298" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-1918" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Channel 423 - or &quot;08-2&quot; on HD TVs with no cable box.</p></div>Two Sundays ago during Hurricane Irene , I was fortunate to still have electricity, so I installed hardwood floors in my master bedroom with my buddy Justin. We did a great job, but the new furniture wasn&#8217;t in yet. (It comes this weekend.) Therefore, my wife and I moved into our spare bedroom.</p>
<p>I put up our sweet flatscreen TV and had to run a channel update on it, because I do not use a cabble box for it. I had never ran the channel program scanner on it before and it actually found new channels. One of them, I thought was MTV2 (a channel that actually still plays some music videos,) but I was wrong&#8230; It is called <a href="http://www.thecooltv.com/">TheCoolTV</a>, and it plays really cool retro music videos mixed in with today&#8217;s modern hits; just like MTV would have done. It also has the underground feel that MTV used to have, before they went mainstream. You will love it!</p>
<p>Since it is listed as a WXXA product under 08-2, I called WXXA&#8217;s program director, Paul Pelliccia, and he gave me the low-down. </p>
<p>A few months back around May or so, WXXA Fox ditched their Hunting Channel affiliate on the digital channel 8&#8242;s, which nobody really watched anyhow. (It was pretty much all fishing and hunting shows, and I guess it was pretty lame.) In looking for a replacement, they decided to go with something hip, in totally the opposite direction. They replaced it with an all music video channel that really is great. </p>
<p>HOW TO FIND IT &#8211; In case you didn&#8217;t know, with the advent of digital channels, local netwoks have additional channels available to them for alternative programming now. Networks like CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC can now opt to have two more channels of programming under their banners. Most opt to use the &#8220;-1&#8243; channel for news, and the &#8220;-2&#8243; for cheap retro programming for now that doesn&#8217;t cost the company very much money to make some extra advertising dollars.</p>
<p>If you have a HD flat screen without a cable box, when you put it on channel 8, bump up the channel button twice. You will see it go, &#8220;08&#8243;, &#8220;08-1&#8243;, and then finally &#8220;08-2&#8243; and there is T<a href="http://www.thecooltv.com/">heCoolTV</a>. If you have a cable box set up, it is now channel 423.</p>
<p>WXXA&#8217;s program director, Paul Pelliccia, said the &#8220;HD &#8211; 2 channels are often a tough sell,&#8221; and sometimes people don&#8217;t get to see them well, because they are kind of hidden. Hopefully, people will watch this and enjoy it like I did and let WXXA know.</p>
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		<title>Wedding DJ &amp; Photographer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyhow, out of all of them, I took what could be one of my new favorite wedding pictures of all times at Crystal Cove in Averill Park. The couple booked me to DJ and do pictures as their photographer, so DJ Maria came to back me up during the shoots. (We make an awesome team!)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! What a crazy weekend, June 24-26th, 2011 turned out to be. We had a union party, three graduation parties, two bar gigs, three weddings and a school&#8217;s end party. Nuts!</p>
<p>Anyhow, out of all of them, I took what could be one of my new favorite wedding pictures of all times at <a href="http://crystalcoveweddings.com/">Crystal Cove in Averill Park</a>. The couple booked me to DJ and do pictures, so <a href="http://www.djmaria.com/">DJ Maria </a>came to back me up during the shoots. (We make an awesome team!)</p>
<p>Many brides wish for a wedding outside in bright a bright ray of sunshine for their backdrop. Though many say that they don&#8217;t want it to rain on their wedding day, some people and cultures believe it is good luck.</p>
<p>Many people don&#8217;t know that as a wedding DJ, I also do photography.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_1581" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_0304a-SMALL-BLOG.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1581" title="DJ Kenny Casanova, Wedding Photographer" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_0304a-SMALL-BLOG-300x200.jpg" alt="DJ Kenny Casanova, Wedding Photographer" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">DJ Kenny Casanova is also a Wedding Photographer in Albany, NY</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>From a photography point of view, rain at your wedding isn&#8217;t be ideal, but sunshine isn&#8217;t either. I actually very much like a bit of overcast clouding with a hint of rain approaching. Here are a few shots I have taken to help illustrate what I mean.</p>
<p>The first one is with the dock is from a wedding at Crystal Cove, just this past weekend.</p>
<p>This other shot is one of my personal favorites from my portfolio, a twelve our wedding celebration in Fonda from 2009. It was a blast, but this photo wasn&#8217;t taken later at night. It was between the ceremony and the reception.  It actually rained a little during dinner, but nobody cared. It stopped soon after.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_1587" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p51.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1587" title="A chance of Rain ain't bad." src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p51-300x200.jpg" alt="A chance of Rain ain't bad." width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A chance of Rain ain&#39;t bad.</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The cute kid below, Logan, was the bride&#8217;s son from the Crystal Cove wedding. He caught me trying to get a candid of him taking candy from a bowl. His response turned out to be better than the original shot I had hoped for&#8230;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_1582" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/candy-boy.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1582" title="candy boy" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/candy-boy-300x200.jpg" alt="DJ Kenny Casanova, Wedding Photographer" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This little guy had an evil sweet tooth.</p></div>
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<p>Good times!</p>
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		<title>Jay Z &amp; Pee Wee Herman &#8211; My New MashUp Music Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DJ Kenny Casanova's new music video for his Jay-Z &#038; Pee Wee Herman MashUp. "99 Problems with Tequila."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1515" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jay-z-pee-wee.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1515" title="Jay-Z &amp; Pee Wee Herman MashUp - DJ Kenny Casanova" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jay-z-pee-wee-300x220.jpg" alt="Jay-Z &amp; Pee Wee Herman MashUp - DJ Kenny Casanova" width="300" height="220" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;99 Problems with Tequila.&quot; DJ Kenny Casanova&#39;s Jay-Z &amp; Pee Wee Herman MashUp.</p></div>
<p>A buddy of mine sent me an email after seeing my new mashup on YouTube. &#8220;Wait, a Jay Z &amp; Pee Wee Herman Mash up? Really? Are you kidding me?&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah. I meant to do that.</p>
<p>Jay-Z meets Pee Wee. I decided to blend two things together that really shouldn&#8217;t go together. Technically, it was a surprizingly easy thing to mix. I had to cut up a few lines for only brief split second intervals to make it fit well and keep Jay-Z&#8217;s flow over The Champ&#8217;s &#8220;Tequila&#8221; track made popular by Pee Wee Herman. I only switched around a few of Jay Z&#8217;s words to make it fit. It still has flow and if you know the words, you can still totally sing along.</p>
<p>There is something really fun about mixing two things that don&#8217;t really go well together. There is an added shock value that makes people stare. It is kind of like when you see a bride wearing flip flops. The contrast is interesting. I like that.</p>
<p>There is definitely contrast to be had here. Jay-Z rapping over The Champ&#8217;s &#8220;Tequila&#8221; doesn&#8217;t sound very gangsta, but the finished product is pretty smooth and creamy. Here it is:</p>
<p>~DISCLAIMER: Jay-Z brings forth a bit of filthy gangsta language in this mashup and it may not be suitable listening material for Pee Wee, Chairy, or Miss Yvonne. (Jambi, however, would be down because he is a straight up pimp and keeps it real.) Therefore, to the kiddies out there, we ask that you do not be a Mr. Bungle and and watch this track, or speak like Jay-Z in the lunchroom cafeteria.~</p>
<p><center><iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t75P_CGyFD4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br />
Please share this on twitter and facebook, if you can&#8230; The video mix is simple, but gives you something interesting to watch. (I hate youtube audio tracks that just have you stare at one image the whole song. Pee Wee&#8217;s got the mad steps, yo, anyhow, so I had to share.)</p>
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		<title>How We Got Our Outside Wedding Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two wedding DJs get married. Here is the story about our very different wedding, and how we were able to have our ceremony outside, even after we were told it wouldn't happen. This story is a testament to faith, never losing hope, good karma, and keeping around plenty of plastic coins...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a wedding DJ and so is my wife. Here is the story about our very different wedding, and how we were able to have our ceremony outside, even after we were told it wouldn&#8217;t happen. This story is a testament to faith, never losing hope, good karma, and keeping around plenty of plastic coins&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Too Bad There Are No Pirates On Venus&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>I once read a classic award-winning piece by sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury called “All Summer in a Day.” The setting of this story is a futuristic space colony on the planet Venus, where the rain never stops. By the end, the reader is heartbroken for a young girl trapped in a closet, who missed the only day of sunshine the planet had seen in seven years. </p>
<p>Fast forward to the year 2011. The setting is the night of our wedding rehearsal at Birch Hill Catering Hall in Schodack, New York, on the planet Earth, where it had been raining without break for many weeks. The bridal party was there, helping us decorate, abuzz at the forecast predicting 75 degrees and sunny for our wedding day, tomorrow. However, despite the perfect timing, the event planner explained we would still be trapped inside for our ceremony.</p>
<p>Actually, she wasn’t really our planner. She was number two. The first event planner we were originally assigned to by the hall had taken another job last minute. It was her replacement, “Number Two,” who had to tell the teary-eyed bride that she had to have her outside dream ceremony, inside, during the first day of sunshine in months.</p>
<p>We walked around the grounds to look at all the potential sites for the ceremony, and Number Two was right. The grass was a mess. Mud and puddles are no friends of high heels and chair legs. Normally, we would have had access to a number of beautiful backdrops provided by nature at this location, but because of the wetness, the ground was not an option. But there was concrete…</p>
<p>At Birch Hill, there are two event rooms fit for wedding reception; one smaller room in the front with a large concrete patio outside and our huge room with a narrow patio outside. We couldn’t effectively use our room’s deck for an outdoor ceremony, because it was too narrow and right near the highway. </p>
<p>Just when we thought all hope was lost, Number Two offered us a moment of hope. </p>
<p>The planner took us back outside and showed us the front room’s patio.  She suggested that we should just use that, because the party booked during our timeslot in the front room was not using it. “We can just put up a curtain by the window and everything should be fine,” she said.</p>
<p>Why the hell didn’t you just show us this before, I thought. The patio place was perfect and perhaps better than any of the other sites on their grounds!</p>
<p>We could picture it easily. It was still set up from a wedding that braved misty elements, a few days before. The area was surrounded in greenery, had a classy arch way for the vow exchange in the front, and nice white chairs all in rows. The trellis was even still decorated with fresh red roses.</p>
<p>We were ecstatic, that is, until, of course, Number Two came back and changed her mind. “Whoops, sorry about offering that. I didn’t have the power to do that.”</p>
<p>The power? But you are Number Two, I thought.</p>
<p>“The owner says that he doesn’t want us to use that patio because the ceremony still might distract the first communion party,” she explained.</p>
<p>That was understandable, seeing how we would be dressed, but offering something then retracting only made the bride more upset. Plus, they said they had drop curtains they could put up outside to hide us.</p>
<p>I shifted gears to defense mode. Who the hell is the owner?!  I immediately wanted to power-bomb the invisible Wizard of Birch Hill, who was hiding somewhere behind his curtain.</p>
<p>I went back into the room to see some of bridal party was there helping us decorate for our theme wedding. Then I noticed the Birch Hill staff setting up rows of ugly tan chairs that made it look like a funeral wake was being prepared in the corner. </p>
<p>Maria looked depressed and sat on one of the seats, as if waiting to pay her respects to the deceased. Seeing Maria upset on the eve of her wedding was not cool in my book when there was an empty space that would work just well.</p>
<p>My friends knew I was ticked, and tried to talk me out of finding the owner.</p>
<p>I went and found the owner, anyhow. </p>
<p>I argued with him. “We didn’t pay $500 to have our on-site ceremony inside in what looks like a wake, when it’s going to be nice out and there is a place we can use.” </p>
<p>“My hands are tied,” he said. “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you use that site. It belongs to another party that time, whether they choose to use it or not.” </p>
<p>“But your planner said they can just put up divider curtains and that they have done it before.”</p>
<p>The owner didn’t budge.  </p>
<p>We were trapped again in a closet on Venus.</p>
<p>The next day, I rode over with my groomsmen to the hall to do some last minute pirate decorating. Did somebody say pirates?</p>
<p>As I might have failed to mention before, we were having a big budget, realistic pirate theme wedding. We called it, “Ken &#038; Maria’s Pirate Wedding Extravaganza.” The concept came out of the fact that, both being wedding DJs, we wanted our wedding to look different so we could remember it.</p>
<p>We had twenty pirate flags, a canon, a parrot, a boat, treasure chests everywhere loaded with massive crystal jewels, coins and beads, and even real swords. We did not use any cheesy cartoony decorations that you would see at a kid’s birthday party. </p>
<p>Everything looked so great that I figured it would be best to try not to worry about the ceremony which would only be 15-20 minutes of the day. I can’t lie though. I still wondered if there was a way for us to secure the patio that the hall initially offered to us for the ceremony.</p>
<p>We jumped back into decorating. None of the flags were up yet and the centerpieces were not completely finished. A delegated a few odd jobs and we got to work. My best man, or should I say, my First Mate, Marty “The Party,” helped me put the last minute touches on the head table’s treasure chest centerpiece when the flowers arrived.</p>
<p>“So, Marty. You are a successful lawyer,” I said.</p>
<p>“And?”</p>
<p>“What do you think about talking to someone in the other room about borrowing their patio?”</p>
<p>“You are still on that?” Marty laughed. “I’ll ask if you like.”</p>
<p>“Would you?”</p>
<p>“Sure. What do we have to lose?”</p>
<p>The two of us grabbed up our mechanical talking parrot and brought him out to the hallway.</p>
<p>As we set up our entrance way, we saw some little eyes in the front of the hall. In lieu of tuxedos, we had rented professional Broadway play pirate costumes with all the trimmings, so odd looks were appropriate. A few of the kids from the front room that had the cool deck had ventured out of their room for a peek. One of the kids whispered something to a friend, before they disappeared back to their party.</p>
<p>“I’ll go ask in a few minutes,” Marty laughed. “Let me finish this up.” Then he disappeared, too. He was in search of some more gemstones to place around our seating cards. </p>
<p>A minute later, the void was filled. Sweet Pete Waters, another one of my groomsmen, came out into the hall. I told him that the kids were amused at us and that maybe we could win them over. Before he could say anything, a few more of the first communion kids came running out the door. They looked even more excited to check out the “legendary pirates of Birch Hill hallway.”</p>
<p>“Look a different one now!”</p>
<p>Game on. </p>
<p>Sweet Pete Waters and Captain Casanova put on a funny pirate decorating show, in front of our room, throwing gold coins around and hamming it up. One brave first communion boy moved towards us for a better look, so I extended out a symbolic peace offering, in hopes that they may let us dock on their land. (Maybe I should have called it a “piece” offering; a piece of eight that is. </p>
<p>“Arghhhh, don’t be afraid boy. Here’s a gold coin for you, my scurvy dog friend.”</p>
<p>The kid grabbed it and ran.</p>
<p>Pete laughed and whispered. “So, are you going to bribe them with plastic money, now?”</p>
<p>I hadn’t thought of it that way, but, “why not?” As Marty had said, I had “nothing to lose.” In a karma frame of mind, if we were nice to the kids and maybe something nice will happen to us, in return, right? And in a barter mindset, we had a pirate gimmick that their party might really enjoy, and they had an extra patio our party might want to pirate. It was a win-win, either way.</p>
<p>After handing the young boy a fake gold coin from our seemingly endless decoration supply, I saw our outside ceremony materialize in my mind’s eye. I started thinking about how to ask for it. I knew I had to craft the request to use their patio in such a way that they would help us fight for us to use it. </p>
<p>Having planted a golden seed, I hung in the hall a minute to see the kids’ reactions instead of going back with Pete to decorate the big room, and diddled around with the seating cards. (The seating cards were just fine, mind you. My lack of supervision was an investment in achieving the outdoor ceremony that Maria had dreamed about since she was young.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Kenneth-Marias-Wedding-086.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Kenneth-Marias-Wedding-086-199x300.jpg" alt="Albany NY Wedding" title="Saratoga Wedding Dj" width="199" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1498" /></a>I pictured how beautiful my bride would be in her traditional wedding dress, outside among the trees and open air. You see, to keep up with the feel of a wedding, she was not going to be in pirate attire. She chose to still dress the part of a bride. She still wanted to walk the aisle and look like a beautiful princess. That way it still felt like a wedding and not just a big party with a bunch of pirates running around. Little did she know, while she was getting her hair and make up done with her bridesmaids, the outside dream was no longer out of the realm of possibility.</p>
<p>Then, a magical thing happened. The first communion girl’s father came running out with two of his children. “Hey mister pirate,” he said with a smile. “Can my daughter have a picture with you?”</p>
<p>I smiled and said, “Aye.” I took a few shots with kiddies and gave them a couple of fake diamonds. </p>
<p>“Thank you, Mister Pirate!” he said, rushing back to the party to show the others the picture he had just taken.</p>
<p>I rushed back into my room myself, and bustled up my motley crew. “Listen guys, I think we are going to get that ceremony after all. Follow my lead.”</p>
<p>Four of us, all in full pirate gear, marched back into the hallway. It was only moments before the same father came back out. “Hey Pirates, would you mind coming in and meeting the other kids for us?”</p>
<p>“Sure mate. It would be me pleasure,” I said in my best Jack Sparrow impersonation.</p>
<p>It was a riot. We all marched into the first communion party singing “Fifteen Men on a Deadman’s chest, just as we had practiced it a few hours ago for a camera in our limo on the way to the wedding hall. </p>
<p>The guests ate it up and cheered! </p>
<div id="attachment_1495" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/First-Communion-1aSMALL.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/First-Communion-1aSMALL-300x150.jpg" alt="Wedding DJs Albany" title="Albany NY Wedding DJ" width="300" height="150" class="size-medium wp-image-1495" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">We all marched in singing a pirate song to pose with the kids.</p></div>
<p>Then, we posed with all of the kids like characters at Walt Disney World. We even had the first communion girl pose holding a sword in one of the shots.</p>
<p>We handed out a few more little goodies from out centerpiece treasure chests and everyone had a good laugh. Before leaving, we led them all together to sing along in chorus with us, “Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum.” </p>
<p>We really did put on a great show. </p>
<p>“Congratulations on your first communion,” I said. “But we have to go get to decorating the ship for our own party, now.”</p>
<p>“Thanks soooo much guys!” the father said, as we began to leave. “What party are you here for? Is there like a vendor party in the back?” </p>
<p>Finally, my window of opportunity opened. I knew that I had to be careful how I responded, so my secret agenda didn’t come off like begging.</p>
<p>“No, no, matey. We are having a pirate theme wedding in the back. About to get married real soon to a real nice wench, I am.”</p>
<p>The father laughed hysterically. “Well congratulations to you, then! Perfect day for it too!”</p>
<p>Bingo, I thought. </p>
<p>“Aye. That it is, lad, that it is.” I paused. “Too bad we can’t have it outside though,” I said dropping the character a little for sympathy.</p>
<p>“Well, why not?”</p>
<p>I pointed out the window, conveniently where their room’s patio was. “The ground out there is too wet and there is no site available for us to have the ceremony where the chairs won’t sink in.”</p>
<p>The father paused for a second and I watched the invisible light bulb turn on above his head. “Hey, why don’t you use that space right out there?”</p>
<p>Dramatic pause. </p>
<p>“We would love to, but the hall won’t let us,” I replied. </p>
<p>“Why not?”</p>
<p>“That was the original plan, but the owner said it might distract you,” I said. “We understand.”</p>
<p>“Really?”</p>
<p>“Yeah. As much as we want it outside, we don’t want a bunch of pirates to take the spotlight away from your daughter at the same time.”</p>
<p>“No, it wouldn’t! They love you guys!” He said.</p>
<p>“Well, if you don’t mind…”</p>
<p>“I insist!” At that the man followed us out into the hall. “What can I do to help?”</p>
<p>“Maybe tell the planners upstairs?” I suggested.</p>
<p>“Done.” The man disappeared. I ran into the backroom and helped one of my crew hang up one of the last Jolly Roger flags. </p>
<p>Five minutes later, one of the waitresses ran in with a big smile. “Congratulations, you got your outside wedding!”</p>
<p>A few of the staff came in and quickly removed the chairs from the makeshift funeral parlor. They actually did a great job, rushing to make it happen, as we had less than a half hour before show time.</p>
<p>In the corner of our reception hall, I snatched up my DJ friend Jason, who just started setting up his DJ gear for the ceremony music. </p>
<p>I ran out the door with Jason, his brother and their friend all in pirate gear, as well. We rushed down the hall and around the front to get them situated with their ceremony DJ set up and to do some touch ups on the patio we had just pirated for our ceremony. (Jason’s brother actually did a great job getting the trellis into nice condition. Once they were set, I ran around the front to head back into the hall.)</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1493" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/First-Communion-2aSMALL.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/First-Communion-2aSMALL-300x183.jpg" alt="DJ Kenny Casanova Wedding Ceremony" title="Wedding DJ Albany" width="300" height="183" class="size-medium wp-image-1493" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The First Communion Party Loved the Pirates!</p></div><br />
I stopped and posed for a few more pictures with the first communion partiers and thanked the father one more time. “You don’t know it, but that is one of the best wedding presents anyone could have given us.”</p>
<p>The father smiled, “no problem.” I shook his hand, feeling triumphant and a little guilty. He turned out to be a real good guy. “We are happy we could help.”</p>
<p><div id="attachment_1501" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Kenneth-Marias-Wedding-105a.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Kenneth-Marias-Wedding-105a-300x199.jpg" alt="Albany NY DJs" title="Albany Weddings" width="300" height="199" class="size-medium wp-image-1501" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hacksaw Jim Duggan Appeared to be The Mystery Guest Groomsman</p></div>At this point, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, the special emcee for our pirate reception came up the walkway, laughing at the scene of all the pirates. Not having a whole lot of time to really greet him, I posed for a picture with him and ran back to the front room to retrieve his costume and pirate flag from our other www.TheDJserivce.com family member, DJ/JD. (Having four wedding DJs in the house made things a heck of a lot cheaper for entertainment.)</p>
<p>“Now, you are one of us, too!” I said, returning and handing the gear over to the WWE Hall Of Fame wrestler. </p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, I love this hat,” Hacksaw said, putting it on and moving up off of the curb. In the distance and over his massive shoulder, I could see Maria’s limousine pulling up, so I moved out of sight.</p>
<p>Less than fifteen minutes later, we were all smiles. Our outside ceremony layout was a success. </p>
<p>Our friend Todd, was dressed in full pirate regalia, as well. He had been ordained online and wrote us the best pirate ceremony that anyone could ask for. He was about to perform a ceremony that no one would ever forget, in complete character.</p>
<p>The music hit. My groomsmen came down the aisle to a gothic battle song called, “Carmina O Fortuna” and just before it ended, I came up last with a great, “Arggg!!!” The crowd responded with the same war cry. </p>
<p>Soon after that, the music switched over to the traditional bridesmaid music, “Air of The G,” and was soon followed by The Mendelssohn Wedding March from Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream, or what some call, “Here Comes The Bride.”</p>
<p>Maria looked beautiful in her gown, which was modern, but had a tinge of Victorian flavor to it. The thing that was even more beautiful was that she was all smiles. Her outdoor ceremony came together with only about 20 minutes, just before the guests had arrived.</p>
<p>I have since learned that Maria had no idea that her ceremony was to be outside until about ten minutes before they actually led her to walk down the aisle. She said she had to keep from crying.</p>
<p>We are very thankful that we were able to have the ceremony outside and were not trapped inside on such a beautiful day. After weeks and weeks of planning in the rain, everything came off perfectly and everything came off without a hitch.</p>
<p>As for that little girl locked in a closet in a space colony on the only day of sunshine in seven years, my heart goes out to her. All I can say is, “Too bad there are no pirates on Venus.”</p>
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		<title>Pictures of The New Flintstones on Fox by Seth MacFarlane</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 21:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pictures of The Modern Stone-Age Family The Flinststones in 2011 for production in 2013. The Flintstones are set for a returns in a new Animated Series for 20th Century Fox Television and WB Television, by Seth MacFarlane.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1437" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/488386-flinstones_super.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1437" title="The Flintstones 2011 - Seth MacFarlane" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/488386-flinstones_super-300x150.jpg" alt="The Flintstones 2011 - Seth MacFarlane" width="300" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Flintstones 2011 by Seth MacFarlane</p></div>
<p>May 17, 2011 &#8211; Pictures of &#8220;The Modern Stone-Age Family&#8221; The Flinststones are here in beta form, and this is how they could look in 2013. The Flintstones are set for a returns in a new Animated Series for 20th Century Fox Television and WB Television, by Seth MacFarlane.</p>
<p>People are shouting &#8220;Yabba dabba dooooooo!&#8221; Since FOX decided to revamp THE FLINTSTONES.  In a cross-studio collaboration, Fred &amp; Barney will be brought back to us courtesy of Fred&#8217;s two feet and jointly by 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros. Television.</p>
<p>THE FLINTSTONES will begin its new production inthe  fall of 2011 and will  join the FOX schedule in 2013.</p>
<div id="attachment_1435" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3963913694_13f2184a4b.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1435" title="New Flinstones on Fox by Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3963913694_13f2184a4b-300x187.jpg" alt="Ppictures of the new flintstones 2011 by Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane" width="300" height="187" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Here is a picture of how The New Flinstones may look</p></div>
<p>“The very first cartoon character I drew at age two was Fred Flintstone,” said Family Guy&#8217;s creator MacFarlane. “So it’s appropriate that events have come full circle, allowing me to produce the newest incarnation of this great franchise.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company said, “FOX has long been home to iconic families like the Simpsons and the Griffins, so I have no doubt that the Flintstones and the Rubbles are going to fit right in.”</p>
<div id="attachment_1450" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/flintstones-620_1897751c.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-1450" title="New Flintstones by Seth MacFarlane" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/flintstones-620_1897751c-300x187.jpg" alt="The New Flintstones by Seth MacFarlane " width="300" height="187" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">According to Fox, The New Flintstones by Seth MacFarlane may have a modern twist.</p></div>
<p>The (pre)historic return of THE FLINTSTONES will feature MacFarlane’s modern-day take on the lives of the Flintstones and the Rubbles, two hard-working middle-class families living with contemporary conveniences in the dinosaur-era town of Bedrock. The series centers on hard-headed patriarch FRED FLINTSTONE and best friend and sidekick BARNEY RUBBLE. Fred’s Stone-Age clan includes wife WILMA, daughter PEBBLES and pet dinosaur DINO, while Barney’s brood consists of wife BETTY and son BAMM-BAMM.</p>
<p>MacFarlane’s jam-packed lineup of  cartoon series continues to rule the waveson Sunday nights. Everyone’s favorite families from FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD and THE CLEVELAND SHOW have been renewed for new seasons next year.</p>
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		<title>My New Video Remix&#8230; The Gourds &#8211; Gin &amp; Juice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gourds, an independent band out of Austin, TX, never released a music video for their Snoop Dogg cover, Gin &#038; Juice. Therefore, I made my own, enlisting a few friends from Jim Henson's house of Muppets. Here it is...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_1251" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lens4266482_1240711345ginandjuice.gif" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lens4266482_1240711345ginandjuice-150x150.gif" alt="DJ Kenny Casanova - Albany Weddings" title="Gin and Juice" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1251" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Gourds needed a video for their Snoop Dogg cover, so Kenny Casanova stepped up.</p></div>DISCLAIMER: Before viewing&#8230; There is some adult language in this song. </p>
<p>The Gourds are an alternative country/bluegrass band that have been playing since 1994. Out of Austin, Texas, they are best known for playing a song that is not even theirs. &#8220;Gin &#038; Juice&#8221; is a Snoop Dogg &#8220;gangsta&#8221; rap. The lyrics of the song discuss sex and drugs in the hood.  I think what made this cover an underground success is that the content and familiarity of the lyrics to some makes for a whimsical and fun experience when performed over a bluegrass backdrop.</p>
<p>Anyhow, The Gourds are an independent band and did not release a music video for this Snoop Dogg cover. Therefore, I made my own, enlisting a few friends from Jim Henson&#8217;s house. Here it is: <center><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AFmFb9QBjoA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center></p>
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		<title>DJ Kenny Casanova, “Burning Down The House!”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when a fire alarm is pulled at a wedding?! This is a funny story about how DJ Kenny Casanova saved the day when a fire alarm went off for 30 minutes and would not stop durning a wedding reception in Lake George, NY.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_654" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 209px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mini-Burning_Wedding_Frame_by_aperture1.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img class="size-medium wp-image-654" title="Albany Wedding - Burning Down the House" src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mini-Burning_Wedding_Frame_by_aperture1-199x300.jpg" alt="DJ Kenny Casanova - Albany Weddings" width="199" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">DJ Kenny Casanova saves the day! LOL!</p></div>
<p>True story… Last weekend, I had three weddings; a Mexican Salsa Reception in Saratoga at Tiznow, a Pakistani Wedding at Best Western in Albany, and a Six Flags Lodge Reception in Lake George, NY. There is a first time for everything.</p>
<p>First off, my first time experience was doing a DJ gig at The Six Flags Great Escape Lodge. It is a really nice place and good people. At the Six Flags wedding reception, the guests settled into their seats for dinner right after the cocktail hour and the intro. They were just about to enjoy their salads, when all of the sudden a loud siren sounded with a blinking white strobe light from wall.</p>
<p>Whhhhoooop! Whhhhoooop! Whhhhoooop! A recorded voice followed the shrill alarm. “The fire alarm device has been activated. All guests, please evacuate the building.”</p>
<p>At this point, the hotel wedding coordinator ran up to me to inform me that all was okay. “A 5-year-old boy pulled an alarm,” he said shouting over the siren. “False alarm. However, the alarm is going to have to run its course.”</p>
<p>“Ugh,” I replied. “How long is that going to take?”</p>
<p>“I am not sure,” he replied. “Maybe fifteen minutes? Can you make an announcement and ask the guests to stay seated?”</p>
<p>“Okay. I will try.” I said. For one, one of the piercing alarms was right behind me over my head, and for two, there were others around the room annoying the attendees.</p>
<p>I grabbed the mic and people who were gathering objects looked over at me. “Ladies and gentlemen, do not worry it is a false alarm,” I said. “The cake is not going to melt and my equipment is not going to burn, so let’s try and make the most of it.”</p>
<p>I quickly browsed through my computer and found “Burning Down The House” by The Talking Heads and pulled it up. A few faces started to laugh.</p>
<p>Now, mind you, you usually do not want to play loud dance music while people are eating, but I needed a way to entertain and cover up the annoying backdrop and the salads weren’t cutting it. The talking heads was a good start. The next step was to get the people on the dance floor to make them forget that a peaceful first course probably wasn’t going to happen for the moment.</p>
<p>Shift gears to a hot set… “Disco Inferno” by The Tramps, “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis, “Burning Love” from Elvis, and Buster Poindexter’s “Hot, Hot, Hot.”</p>
<p>The guests had a blast. Somewhere in the middle of the last song, the alarm ended and everyone went back to their meals.</p>
<p>Later on, the manager said, “Kenny Casanova saves the day!”</p>
<p>Also, the Lodge was really cool about everything. They gave the guests a free hour of open bar, that they wouldn’t have had otherwise, as well as an extra half hour of hall time at the end of the night.</p>
<p>In my opinion, it made the night better and a fun memory.</p>
<p>Good times.</p>
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		<title>New Laser set up a big hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kennycasanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tested out our new lazer show last night at a wedding at the Berkshire Country Club in Pittsfield, MA. The research paid off. The different laser projectors that I purchased were high-end Chauvet and, indeed, produced high-end effects. Immediately on flipping the switch, hundreds of laser pin points flooded the massive room from wall<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2010/07/new-laser-set-up-a-big-hit/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_650" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ChauvetEclipseLaserLightingEffect.jpg" rel='prettyPhoto[gallery1]'><img src="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ChauvetEclipseLaserLightingEffect.jpg" alt="DJ Kenny Casanova Intergalactic Laser Light Show - Great for Sweet 16&#039;s and Modern Weddings" title="DJ Kenny Casanova Intergalactic Laser Light Show" width="250" height="250" class="size-full wp-image-650" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">DJ Kenny Casanova Intergalactic Laser Light Show - Great for Sweet 16's and Modern Weddings</p></div>I tested out our new lazer show last night at a wedding at the Berkshire Country Club in Pittsfield, MA.</p>
<p>The research paid off.</p>
<p>The different laser projectors that I purchased were high-end Chauvet and, indeed, produced high-end effects.</p>
<p>Immediately on flipping the switch, hundreds of laser pin points flooded the massive room from wall to wall with an outerspace galaxy-effect, highlighted with a blue rolling LED. Then, trippy designs of laser blasts and shapes changed with the music over the backdrop.</p>
<p>This new package was totally it. After the first song, which incidentally I think was Just Dance by Lady Gaga, two people came up and asked for a business card!</p>
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		<title>New BOSE stick DJ set up&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2010/05/new-bose-stick-dj-set-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 14:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kennycasanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredible to say the least&#8230; Look at this picture. This new system is all about projecting music further. This means that people hear a song at table four in the front of the room at the same volume that people at table 24 hear it! It is perfect for weddings! The black 2&#215;4 looking thing<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/2010/05/new-bose-stick-dj-set-up/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incredible to say the least&#8230;</p>
<p>Look at this picture.</p>
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<p>This new system is all about projecting music further. This means that people hear a song at table four in the front of the room at the same volume that people at table 24 hear it! It is perfect for weddings! The black 2&#215;4 looking thing in the center is a speaker! Compact &amp; sleek, but packs a major punch, with better projection than peavey. Crazy right?!</p>
<p>I love it!  (Maybe I am a techie geek!)</p>
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