Argentina comes to the Michigan Shore

Tango. Horah. Small champagne grapes. At the Michigan Shores Club, fig deejays Brian Carey and Alvin Black III rocked the house for the Shea+Smud (pronounced smoood) with a varied mix of music, paying homage to Argentina, the motherland of the groom. Dinner started off with a mix made by Alvin combining jazz, tango, and some bossa nova to set the mood for the evening. Place settings were made using bouquets of flowers flanked by champagne grapes, as was the wedding cake. A little Ella + Louie was used for the first dance, Can't take that away from me. Some Argentine rock was supplied straight from the shores of South America to the fig decks, adding something new to the mix. Brian kicked off dancing with some some Motown classics, mixing in a bit of funk, which flowed into some 80's, then exploded into a short latin set by Alvin, which had a lot of the Argentine delagation singing along. The crowning achievement of the night however, was a brilliant, yet unorthdox idea from Brian -

while playing Shout, the brothers/cousins of the groom started to do a Horah. Quickly he pulled up a Horah, flowed out of Shout, did the Horah which got crazy - small children spinning, people almost falling over, all kinds of fun
- and then brought Shout back in.
The crowd goes wild.

Alvin played a pair of Tango songs, letting the dancers show their stuff. David, the groom, danced with one of his younger nieces for the second song, much to the enjoyment of everyone present. Ending the night, Brian started to play a rock set which went over well with both sides of the newly formed family. Finally, David had a special request to play Lily Allen's LDN, for his new wife, which Brian and Alvin gladly obliged. After that, a few slower latin and jazz songs completed the night.

Summing up the night muically:

• Shout
• Hava Nagila
• La Vida Es Un Carnival, Ceila Cruz
• LDN, Lily Allen
• You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC

Thats all folks.

written by Alvin Black III, assistant deejay