Did a mobile DJ gig today for the Bellwood Antis High School class of 1959. Played all late 1950s and early 1960s music for them. They enjoyed it and I had fun playing it and reminiscing along with them. I knew this music well, as Mom often played it on the record player and on the kitchen radio when I was a child.
Nephew Garrett transported me and the equipment to the Blairmont Country Club in Hollidaysburg, PA, and helped me set up. We left here at 3:00 PM, and everything was hooked up and working by around 4:15 PM.
Garrett hung around, playing some of the modern rock music that he likes until around 5:30 PM, as people began arriving. I paid him $30 for his work.
The official gig began at 6:00 PM, as people socialized and ate Hors D’oeuvres, which consisted of Bruschetta and breaded chicken balls. This part went until 7:00 PM, when they all went into the next room for the main meal. I had a break then, until 8:30 PM, where I listen to my messages on my currently-favorite social networking site, and admired the view as seen through the windows in the dance hall. These overlooked a big swimming pool and lots of mountains and hills off in the distance.
At 8:30, we began the “formal” part of the gig, and played lots of fast and slow dance songs in groups of three or four fast songs to three slow ones. The gig ended at 10:00 PM.
Then, I loaded all equipment into Mom’s car and we drove it to the storage place and put it away. It’s there now, ready for the next gig, which probably won’t be until next summer. I like the exercise I get from heaving around those speakers and amplifiers. I suppose DJing is my workout routine though I don’t do it very often. I like that too. 
Take care.
Tom Hesley
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