Hinda Incentives on the Anita Dee 2

On Saturday, June 2nd, the employees of Hinda Incentives were treated to a night out on the Anita Dee 2. The Anita Dee 2 is a 3 tier cruise yacht docked on Chicago's Navy Pier. The boat set off at 7pm for a 2 hour cruise. I worked with Patty and Connie at Hinda to work out the details of the night. Musically, these two hours were filled with live piano and cocktail tunes. The music flowed through out the boat by way of the house audio system. Employees were celebrated and thanked for all of their hard work by the Michael and Brad, the COO and CEO of the company. Alvin, my assistant, and myself found that we were short one XL cord-the cord that I was going to use for speeches. I did some trouble shooting and was able to use a shorter cord for the mic. The cord was about 5 feet, so I made sure to instruct speakers to "sorry your going to have to stand right here and not move". If they move out one more foot the cord would be yanked out. I used quick humor to deflate the embarrasement of the situation. It worked! At 9pm, the boat docked in it's slot on the pier. Some guests got off of the boat, calling it a night, and the majority stayed aboard. We played off of the employees and their requests the whole night. We played a lot of current hip-hop, some disco, some Motown, and one requests that stick out are Miami Sound Machine songs. Thanks for reading.


Brian Carey
deejay/photographer