Limelight in the Limelight

On Friday, September 1st, Rita of Limelight catering had her birthday party at Chicago Illuminating Company. The party was amazing. We played great music, there was great food, and there was great dancing. On one end of the room was a 3 foot high stage where we (the deejays) were set up. On either side of us, go-go dancers did their thing on white and lime colored cubes. Yellow and orange stage lighting illuminated the stage.

I played some of my best sets that night. We started off with some head-bobbing background music and around 9:00, we kicked into dancing. The go-go dancers came up, Dave (Rita's husband) gave a thank-you over the mic, and I threw the party into some disco with Disco Inferno followed up by You Should Be Dancing, Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, and Funky Town. The dance floor was packed. After mixing up some 70's and 80's, I did Bamboleo, Marc Anthony's I Need to Know, Sexy Back by J.T., and then Billie Jean. The night was about mixing things together creatively, seamlessly, and energetically.

The crowd was amazing. Everybody was feeling the music and dancing the whole night. When the go-go dancers would take a break, people from the crowd would come up onto their platforms and take their place. There was also people dancing on the bar. So many great stories from the night, but many of them must be kept in confidence. What happens at the party stays at the party.

--Jonathan

Producer: Andrew Ettenhofer
Lead DJ: Jonathan Hood
Assistant DJ: Brian Carey