Monday, May 19, 2008

Will the last Peruvian to leave Coyote Hills turn out the Lights! Kathleen and Renzo 5/17/08

This past Saturday I had an honor that I have been looking forward to for some time, I was serving as Host for Kathleen Price's wedding. She is the Director of Catering at Coyote Hills Golf Club. This was the place I had my wedding and a venue that has been very good to me in my entire DJ career. When she asked if I would DJ for her I immediately said yes.
Kathleen and her Husband have been together for 6 years, when I first met Kat, I was hearing stories about Renzo and how she knew they were gonna get married it was just a matter of when. When we met with her to book my wedding I believe she mentioned she was expecting it soon. Then when I was at the club setting up she told me to hold May 17th and then she sheepishly said "for my wedding".
I got meet Renzo in late March and learned he was born in Peru and that there would be a large contingent of Peruvians at the wedding. Kathleen told me I would have no problem getting people on the dance floor and this was an understatement. Peruvians love to dance and have a good time. I spotted one guy off the dance floor with his shirt covered in sweat. The air condition worked perfectly. Funny thing is I was making sure most my choices had some kind of Latin flair, when one lady who only spoke Spanish asked for YMCA, she even made the arm gestures. I played it and it was a hit. So I threw on a quick Disco set that brought the dance floor alive. This is unique to note cause this was at 11:20 after almost 3 hours of open dancing. I finished the night with a Salsa set that lasted 3o minutes. When the night was over they wanted more. I guess in Peru the nightlife doesn't start until 1 and here it was only 12:30. As I was just about finished tearing down at 1:15 or so, there were still people on the balcony talking having a good time. I however was off to Friendly Hills to tear down ceiling swag I set up that morning. It was the end of a long day that was fun and provided two of my top Coyote Hills memories, the ducks walking up the aisle during the ceremony and the guy who almost walked right through a large window wanting so badly to get back on the dance floor.
After catching up on some much needed rest I will compile a top ten Coyote Hills Memory list. This list will include favorites as fights that get the cops called, guns being pulled, cakes that almost never made it to being cut and the banquet captain and I having to hunt down the groom in the parking lost so we could do the money dance.
Congratulations Kat and Renzo, enjoy your honeymoon!

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