Jamie and Catie’s Palm Springs Wedding - Lautner Compound

Catie and Jamie’s share their first dance to Chris Stapleton’s, “Millionaire.”

Catie and Jamie pronounced husband and wife at the Launter Compound in Palm Springs.

Ain’t no party like a Palm Springs party. Such was the case for Catie and Jamie who brought a host of family and friends to the swanky Lautner Compound for their April 6, 2019 wedding celebration.

While the beginning of the evening celebrated the love these two have for each other, the evening was all about fun and a great dance party. There were even unicorn and gorilla heads on the dance floor.

For their special dances, Catie and Jamie choose “Millionaire” by Christ Stapleton for their first dance. And then it was time to open the dance floor, Jamie and his mother got things started by dancing to Olly Murs’ “Dance With Me Tonight.” The upbeat tune was a fun one for mother and son, and a great way to get their guests onto the floor.

One other special moment we worked on was to be sure to salute Catie and Jamie’s love of SEC football and more specifically the Alabama Crimson Tide. Prior to the wedding, I worked on a mix of “Dixieland Delight” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” two popular songs that are always played at Alabama football games. This turned out to be one of the highlights of the night.

Check out the rest of the setlist and, of course … ROLL TIDE!

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First Dance
Chris Stapleton - Millionaire

Father/Daughter Dance
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World (Live)

Mother/Son Dance
Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight

Open Dancing

• The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

• Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

• The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (DJ Smerk 24k Magic Blend)

• Usher - Yeah

• Party Break - Montel Party Break

• Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

• Spice Girls - Wannabe (Acapella Out)

• Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison

• Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Acapella Out)

• Lady GaGa - Just Dance

• Kacey Musgraves - High Horse

• Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye - Ain"t No Mountain High Enough

• Natalie Cole - This Will Be an Everlasting Love

• Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is

• Al Green - Let's Stay Together

• Queen, Notorius B.I.G. - Fat Bottom Girls Hypnotize (Acapella In To Instrumental)

• Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize

• Rent - Seasons Of Love

• V.I.C. - Wobble

• Miley Cyrus f. Jay-Z - We Can't Stop (DJ Scooter Twerk Remix)

• Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.

• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (Select Mix Remix)

• Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

• Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

• Cardi B - Money

• J Balvin & Willy William f./Beyonce - Mi Gente (Single Remix)

• Casper - Cha Cha Slide

• Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

• Otis Day & the Knights - Shout

• Billy Joel - Piano Man

• Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

• Pitbull f. Kesha - Timber

• Flo Rida - Low

• Run D.M.C. vs The Scene Kings vs Aylen - It's Tricky Wild Style (LOCZI Show Edit)

• Salt N Pepa - Push It (Mayeda Remix)

• Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower (Jacked Remix)

• Earth Wind and Fire - September (Fuseamania Short Re-Drum)

• Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till Get You Get Enough (Hot Classics Remix)

• Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried

• Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

• Journey - Don't Stop Believin’

Vendor Team
DJ/Master of Ceremonies: Justin Kanoya, DJ Kanoya Productions
Venue: Lautner Compound
Event Coordinator/Designer: After The Engagement
Photographer: Tony Wodarck Photography (all photos in this blog, courtesy of TWP)
Catering: Harvest Kitchen

Yoga Under The Sails - San Diego Convention Center

Yoga Under The Sails Took Place on February 12, 2019 at the San Diego Convention Center.

The one hour session was taught by a trio of instructors from Corepower Yoga.

Yoga Under The Sails returned for a second round at the San Diego Convention Center. This time I teamed up with Corepower Yoga, as they brought out a team of three instructors to guide attendees through the flow.

With the sunset happening much earlier in the evening than the last event (August 2018), the lights of the Sails Pavilion illuminated over the attendees to add a nice visual element to the hour long yoga class.

Here’s a look at the setlist

Arrivals
Eve - Who's That Girl (Stavros Martina Moombahton Bootleg)
Mya - Case Of The Ex - Moomba Bros Remix
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life - Rick Wonder Remix
Zapp - Heartbreaker
Chromeo - Old 45's
Marshmello & Bastille - Happier
SZA & Calvin Harris - The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)
Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
Gorillaz ft George Benson - Humility
Jason Mraz ft Meghan Trainor - More Than Friends
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Full Phatt Remix)
DJ Snake f./Lauv - A Different Way
Charming Horses feat. Grace Grundy - Higher Love
Kris Kross Amsterdam & The Boy Next Door ft Conor Maynard - Whenever
Alex Adair - Casual
Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive
Alesso - Heroes (Basic Tape Remix)
Fatboy Slim - Praise You (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Safety First! Remix)
Kool and The Gang - Celebration - Metro Remix
Florida - Low (Anthem Kingz Big Room Party Starter)
Shawn Mendes & Zedd - Lost In Japan (BPM Remix)
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) - Craig Knight & James Jay Remix
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Anne-Marie - 2002
Jason Mraz - Might As Well Dance
Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
Felix Cartal - Get What You Give
Mr. Belt & Wezol ft Aevion - One More Day
Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse (The Clarstone Remix)
Disco Incorporated - Fire Groove
Snakehips & MO - Don't Leave (Kue Remix)
Seinabo Sey - Younger

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Yoga Session with Corepower Yoga
Be Still The Earth - A Song For You
Petit Biscuit - Sunset Lover
Fugees - Killing Me Softly with His Song
Justin Caruso ft James Droll - Caving
Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely (Kenyi Remix)
Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside (Miles Away Remix)
Odesza ft WYNNE & Mansionair - Line Of Sight
Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends (BPM Supreme Jump Off Edit)
Coldplay - Magic
Aaliyah - Rock The Boat (In The Night Remix)
Taylor Swift - Delicate (Sawyr & Ryan Tedder Mix)
Ashanti - Rock Wit U (Le Boeuf Remix)
Pala - Moody Manchester
Klingande - Jubel
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Lauv f./Julia Michaels - There's No Way
Prismo - Breathe
Marshmello ft Khalid - Silence (Illenium Remix)
Anna Kendrick & Justin Timberlake - True Colors
Florence & The Machine - Stand By Me
Disclosure ft Eliza Doolittle - You & Me (Flume Remix)
Josh Leininger - The Evening Breeze Lulled Us To Sleep

Sophie and Josh’s Puerto Vallarta Party - Beach Wedding in Mexico

Sophie and Josh make their grand entrance at their beachside wedding in Puerto Vallarta.

What a wedding experience this was!

I’ve DJ’d numerous beach weddings, all beautiful and filled with energy and love. But this one might be the best.

Sophie and Josh orchestrated a destination wedding that brought them, their friends and family to the warm sands of Puerto Vallarta. The ceremony and dance party took place on December 1, 2018 on a private beach at the Hyatt Ziva Resort.

They kicked it off by dancing to the Ed Sheeran’s, Perfect, which emulated exactly what the entire weekend was.

At the end of the evening, Sophie wanted to dance to Lady Gaga’s,“You and I,” a song that I’ve always thought is a great way to end a wedding. But even better, fireworks were scheduled to go off during the final dance.

To make the moment extra special, I researched different versions of the song, trying to find a live version that would work better than the radio version. And I found a version that Lady Gaga performed on the Jimmy Kimmel Show.

At the climax of the song, the fireworks shot off and aside from Gaga being there on the beach with us, I don’t think the moment could have been better.

This dance party was one of my all time favorites, for a couple that means so much to me. Having the trust of a client so much that they will fly me to their wedding is the great endorsement I could ask for.

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Here’s a look at the rest of the setlist.

First Dance
Ed Sheeran & Beyonce - Perfect

Father/Daughter Dance
Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful

Open Dancing First Set

• Prince - Kiss

• Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (Promo Only Clean Edit)

• Usher - Yeah

• Party Break - Montel Party Break

• House of Pain - Old School Jump Off

• Aretha Franklin - Respect (Select Mix Remix)

• KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes (Hot Classics Remix)

• Earth, Wind & Fire - September

• Lady GaGa - Just Dance

• Pink - Raise Your Glass

• Flo Rida - Low

• Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine

• Avicii - Wake Me Up

Open Dancing Second Set

• Al Green - Let's Stay Together

• Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

• Beyonce - Crazy In Love

• Queen, Notorius B.I.G. - Fat Bottom Girls Hypnotize (Acapella In To Instrumental)

• Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize

• Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Tupac - Next Episode To California Love (DJ Ragoza Segue)

• Mariah Carey f./ODB - Fantasy (Intro Edit)

• Miley Cyrus f. Jay-Z - We Can't Stop (DJ Scooter Twerk Remix)

• Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.

• Britney Spears - Baby One More Quickie (Acapella In)

• Spice Girls - Wannabe

• Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

• Pitbull, Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives (Select Mix Remix)

• Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Aylen & Dani Deahl Remix)

• Metallica - Enter Sandman

• Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live)

• Sister Sledge - We Are Family

• K.C. & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight

• Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine

• Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

• Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Select Mix Remix)

• Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle

• Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life (Pat C's Mashup) (Clean) (Short Edit)

• Lit - My Own Worst Enemy

• Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory

• Rihanna ft Calvin Harris vs Tiesto & Dzeko - We Found Jackie Chan (BPM Supreme Bootleg)

• LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem

• KiD CuDi feat Steve Aoki - Pursuit Of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix)

• Bingo Players - Cry (Just A Little) (A-Trak & DiscoTech Remix)

• Flo Rida - I Cry

• Salt N Pepa - Push It (Mayeda Remix) (Short Edit)

• David Guetta - Sexy Chick

• Kesha, Pitbull - Timber (Select Mix Remix)

• Don Omar ft Lucenzo - Danza Kuduro (BPM Supreme Break Intro)

Last Dance

Lady Gaga - You And I (Live From Jimmy Kimmel)

A stunning fireworks display caps off an amazing wedding day for Sophie and Josh.

Fitbit Local San Diego Takes Over Alexan

Sheri Matthews Kimmel leads the June 2019 Fitbit Local Workout

For the June 2018 installment of Fitbit Local San Diego, ambassadors Mike Sherbakov and Sheri Matthews Kimmel brought the crew to downtown San Diego and the swanky Alexan residential complex. As an added bonus, this event took place on a Tuesday, so there was tacos after the workout and dance party.

I’m all for that! Here’s a look at the music.

Workout
Boogie Vice - Bel Air
Destiny's Child - Say My Name (Robin Riccio Remix)
Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (Luca Schreiner Remix)
Holt Blackheath - Nuthin But A G (House Thang)
Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
Mr. Belt & Wezol ft Aevion - One More Day
Cheat Codes ft Demi Lovato - No Promises (Hook & Sling Remix)
Justin Timberlake ft Clipse - Like I Love You (NVOY Remix)
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Alphalove Remix)
Rihanna vs Riggi & Piros vs Sidney Samson & Tujamo vs La Roux - S&M Bulletproof (BPM Supreme Edit)
Icona Pop & Charlie XCX vs Sick Individuals vs Twoloud, DJ Kuba, & Neitan - I Love It (BPM Supreme Edit)
Disco Incorporated - Fire Groove
Chromeo ft DRAM - Must've Been
Quad City D.J.'s - C'mon 'N' Ride It
Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind (Joey Negro Disco Mix)
ZEDD, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle
Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life (Pat C's Mashup)
Quad City D.J.'s - C'mon 'N' Ride It
Flo Rida - Low
James Brown - Soul Power

DJ Justin Kanoya at the Fitbit Local workout.

Post Workout Set
Kanye West - Good Life
Naughty By Nature - Jamboree
Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg, Kurup & Nate Dogg - The Next Episode
Missy Elliott - Work It (Mayeda Remix)
Tiny Island - Le Valse Petit
X Ambassadors - Unsteady (Stash Konig Remix)
Kygo ft Sasha Sloan - This Town
Ingmarlo f./DJ Taz Rashid - Invoke Within (feat. DJ Taz Rashid)
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
MC Fioti, Future, J Balvin, Stefflon Don & Juan Magan - Bum Bum Tam Tam (Jax Jones Remix)
Color Me Bad - All 4 Love
Katy Perry - Birthday
Beatles - Happy Birthday
Bebe Rexha f./Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be
HAIM - Want You Back
Toto - Africa
Angie Martinez ft Sacario & Lil Mo - If I Could Go
Shaggy ft Samantha Cole - Luv Me (Sex Machine)
N.E.R.D. ft Rihanna - Lemon (Mr. Collipark Remix)
Usher f. Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah (Acapella Out)
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
Beyonce - Love On Top

Kayla and Gino’s Wedding Dance Party at the San Diego Rowing Club

Kayla and Gino with their wedding party at the San Diego Rowing Club.

The San Diego Rowing Club offers one of the nicest “hidden” event venues in San Diego. And that’s the location that Kayla and Gino celebrated their September 15, 2018 wedding with family and friends.

The location right on Mission Bay, allow for a beachside ceremony and then a great space to put on a great dance party. For their first dance, Kayla and Gino chose the classic, Coming Home, by Leon Bridges.

The rest of the night was filled with great dance tunes for a crowd that wouldn’t leave the floor.

Here’s a look at their setlist, as well as more pictures from Ashley Strong Photography.

First Dance
Leon Bridges - Coming Home

Dinner
Colbie Caillat - I Do
Lauv - I Like Me Better
Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts
Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Full Phatt Remix)
Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me off My Feet
Maroon 5 ft SZA - What Lovers Do (Slushii Remix)
Taylor Swift vs Lauryn Hill - Blank Space (DJ Skillz Throwback Blend)
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Beyonce - Naughty Girl
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
George Ezra - Budapest
Marshmello ft Khalid - Silence (Illenium Remix)
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (Gryffin Remix)
RedFoo - Brand New Day (Instrumental)
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Childish Gambino - Redbone
Maroon 5 f./Cardi B - Girls Like You
Natalie La Rose f./Jeremih - Somebody
James Brown - Soul Power

Father/Daughter Dance
Tim McGraw - My Little Girl

Mother/Son Dance
Van Morrison - Days Like This

Open Dancing
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance
Salt N Pepa - Push It (Mayeda Remix)
Flo Rida - Low
Cardi B f./Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It
Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is
Jess Glynne - Ain't Got Far To Go
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Drake - In My Feelings (Mr. Collipark Remix)
Miley Cyrus f. Jay-Z - We Can't Stop (DJ Scooter Twerk Remix)
Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
Usher - Yeah
Party Break - Montel Party Break
House of Pain - Old School Jump Off
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till Get You Get Enough (Hot Classics Remix)
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Otis Day & the Knights - Shout
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
Quad City D.J.'s - C'mon 'N' Ride It
Cupid - Cupid Shuffle
Mark Ronson f. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Select Mix Remix)
Bel Biv Devoe - Poison
ZEDD, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle
Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life (Pat C's Mashup)
Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (Rock It Scientists Hype Edit) (Dynamiq Cutdown)
Ying Yang Twins Feat. Lil' Jon - Salt Shaker
Juvenile ft Lil Wayne & Manny Fresh - Back That Azz Up
Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg, Kurup & Nate Dogg - The Next Episode
Queen, Notorius B.I.G. - Fat Bottom Girls Hypnotize
Too Short - Blow The Whistle (BPM Supreme Break Intro)
Eastside Boyz - Get Low
Kesha - Tik Tok
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem

Last Dance
Journey - Don't Stop Believin’