Roach/Narbone at the Union League Club

The Union League Club hosted the wedding reception of Colleen Roach and Chris Narbone. The music for cocktails and part of dinner was provided by a piano player. Tobey and I picked it up where the piano player left off. We worked with Nina Lombardo of the club. Getting dancing started was a little challenging. I may have pushed it too hard. I started with some rat pack stuff, keeping it at a moderate pace, and then hit some motown with "Respect" and "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch." We had a decent dancefloor, and then I played "Uptight" by Stevie Wonder. People left the dancefloor, and I quickly transitioned into a different song. The next song didn't hit either, so I decided to slow it back down and then work the crowd back up. It worked. The dancefloor came back and everyone was dancing all night. I also rocked on the microphone. I was super confident and I used a little tip from Katherine Hart; I used the word "honor" while I was talking. "It's an honor to be here tonight." "It's an honor to introduce..." It felt good saying it, which probably meant it felt good hearing it. It's different than saying "privilige" or "pleasure." Honor has a different weight to it. Anyway, I was also more playful with them. We did a longest married couple dance and afterwards I went up to the longest married couple and started talking with them on the dancefloor, acknowledging their marriage and commitment. Tobey was awesome during dancing. She would take guests' requests and direct them towards her while I was focusing on the music and reading the room. I LOVE that in an assistant. She also had great rapport with the photographer, videographer, and staff at the club. One of the guests also danced with Tobey. We played great music and kept it varied the whole night. Unfortunately, the battery in my camera died and didn't get many photos.

--Jonathan "professor" Hood