Kulbok/Carlson @ Swissôtel

Are you a fan of Chicago's 100.3, a.k.a. "LoveFM?" Jill Kulbok and Steve Carlson surely were. Countless hours of listening to "easy listening" led them to win a special contest in which various vendors would provide their wedding essentials for free. Free. Eff-are-eeh-eeh—free. Fig Media was one of the service providers of choice, and we gave Jill and Steve a Mod Deal that they would never forget.

My partner Tim and I provided a cool night of music for cocktails and dinner which included alternative/electronic and soft rock artists Sarah McLaughlin, Alphaville, Hooverphonic, the Cocteau Twins, and others. Going into dancing, Tim and I were all over the place, especially with 80s hits and classic hip-hop. In regards to the latter genre, our groom, Steve, was certainly a man of surprises: I remember playing "The Humpty Dance" and I saw Steve lip synching to it. The little wheels in my brain started to speed up at this moment. I thought, "Why not give Steve the microphone and let him rap to his crowd?" I did just that, and he blew us all away with his fly, fresh, uh…karaoke-ing. That was so unexpected, but it was a priceless moment that I wanted to create. An even bigger hoot was ending the night with the song that nobody puts in a corner, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' "I've Had the Time of My Life" (from Dirty Dancing, of course!) and the Chicago favorite, Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." Steve and Jill were highly gracious of all of our services, and the fact that we went all out to give them an unforgettable evening, even though it was a contest prize. Seems that there are rewards to bearing the sounds of easy listening, no?

– Brent Rolland, resident Fig deejay

THE TEAM:
Producer: Andrew Ettenhofer
Coordinator: Tobey Geise
Photo: Carl Wiedemann and Brian Carey
Video: Emily Hard and Keren Aronoff
Deejays: Brent Rolland and Tim Musho