Michelle and Cameron’s Destination Wedding at the San Diego Botanic Garden

Michelle and Cameron pose by a fountain after their wedding ceremony at the San Diego Botanic Garden.

Michelle and Cameron made their special day a destination wedding for them and many of their guests. And there’s not much of a better place in North County San Diego than the San Diego Botanic Garden.

There were some great musical highlights as well, which included a Polynesian dance (led by Michelle) and some interesting covers for their first dance and the father/daughter dance.

Michelle’s musician dad, and a total rocker, chose to dance with his daughter to Sweet Child ‘O Mine. This would have been epic with Gun ‘n’ Roses, but he found a sweet, acoustic, mellow version. A version I had never heard before.

And for their first dance, Michelle and Cameron chose the classic Elvis Presley tune, Can’t Help Falling In Love. However, it was a version performed by 21 Pilots.

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Some great moments and great music. Here’s the rest of the setlist.

First Dance
21 Pilots - Can’t Help Falling In Love

Dinner
Bruno Mars - Marry You
Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun
HAIM - Want You Back
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
Bay Ledges - Safe
Charlie Puth - Some Type Of Love (Select Mix Remix)
Bastille - Pompeii
Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me off My Feet
Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mamma Jamma
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Foster The People - Sit Next To Me
Backstreet Boys X Jonas Blue - I Want It That Way X Fast Car (DJ Ragoza Bootleg)
Jonas Blue f./Dakota - Fast Car
Mr. Belt & Wezol ft Aevion - One More Day
Colbie Caillat - I Do
Sia f./Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Mother/Son Dance
Mark Masri - A Mother’s Love

Father/Daughter Dance
Jasmine Thompson - Sweet Child Of Mine

Open Dancing
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Pacific Soul/Marina lyrics - O Le Taualuga
Willie K. - You Ku'uipo
Archies - Sugar, Sugar
The Temptations - My Girl
Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
Cupid - Cupid Shuffle
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Flo Rida - Low
Silento - Watch Me
Usher - Yeah
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle
Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Truffle Butter (Jester Remix)
Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Select Mix Remix)
J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
Casper - Cha Cha Slide
Jay Sean - Do You Remember
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine
Beatles - Twist & Shout
B-52's - Love Shack
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse
Scratch Sample - Ahh, Fresh, Aww Yeah
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
DJ Khaled f./Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts
Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning

Last Dance
Lumineers- Sleep On The Floor

A highlight for me was the coffee bar Michelle and Cameron set-up at their wedding.

Vendor Team
DJ/Master of Ceremonies: Justin Kanoya, DJ Kanoya Productions
Catering: Bottaro
Venue: San Diego Botanic Garden
Photography: True Photography

Asian Business Association Organizes Second Taste of Asia - Four Points Sheraton

Tajima wins the award for best dish of the night at the 2018 Taste of Asia.

DJ Justin Kanoya spins at the 2018 Taste of Asia.

For the second year in a row, the Asian Business Association of San Diego organized the Taste of Asia on May 15, 2018. This event brings various San Diego restaurants under one roof to delight the taste senses of the more than 200 attendees.

Attendees enjoyed delicious sips and bites from breweries and spirit purveyors to established and up-and-coming restaurants. Samples included everything from poke, ramen, Kalua pork tostada, pad thai, hot oil wontons, chocolate liquor, dumplings and ube cake.

I played music throughout the night. Here’s a look at the setlist:

• Halsey - Colors (Blonde Remix Radio Edit)
• Sia f./Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Le Youth Remix)
• Lost Frequencies f./Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life
• Christina Aguilera - Telepathy (Rare Candy Radio Edit)
• Hotel Garuda - Smoke Signals
• Maroon 5 - Wait (Chromeo Remix)  
• Route 94 ft Jess Glynne - My Love (Instrumental)
• Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Pretty Pink Edit)
• Charlie Puth - Attention (PeteDown NuDisco Remix)  
• Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (Zhu Remix)  
• Boogie Vice - Bel Air
• Mr. Belt & Wezol ft Aevion - One More Day  
• X Ambassadors - Unsteady (Boehm Remix)  
• Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
• Chromeo - Old 45's
• Dua Lipa - IDGAF (Clean Radio Edit)
• Kygo ft Justin Jesso - Stargazing (Kaskade Remix)
• Foster The People - Sit Next To Me
• Sam Feldt & Alex Schulz - Be My Lover  
• George Michael - Careless Whisper (DJ Amor & DJ O'Neill Sax Remix)  
• Felix Jaehn ft Jasmine Thompson - Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (The Rooftop Boys Remix)  
• Clean Bandit ft Sean Paul - Rockabye (Majestic Audio Remix)  
• Chris Malinchak ft Mikky Ekko - Stranger
• Adina Howard X Big Pun - Freak Like Me vs. Still Not A Playa (Acapella Out)
• A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It (Select Mix Remix)
• Lauv - I Like Me Better (PeteDown Flavor Mix)  
• Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (Starting From Scratch)
• Fetty Wap ft Monty - Way You Are (Instrumental)
• Bee Gees vs Bruno Mars - Stayin Alive (Serafin Finesse Edit)  
• Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be (Mighty Mi & Slugworth Twerk Mix)
• G-Eazy & Halsey - Him & I (BPM Supreme Future Bass Remix)
• Camila Cabello ft Young Thug - Havana (BPM Supreme Moombah Remix)
• Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life (Pat C's Mashup)  
• Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Truffle Butter (Jester Remix)  
• Alanis Morisette X ODB - You Oughta Know X Got Your Money (DJ Ragoza Blend)
• Maroon 5 ft SZA - What Lovers Do (A-Trak Remix)  
• Alex Adair - Casual
• Blackstreet - No Diggity (Figgy Remix)
• Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive  
• Backstreet Boys X Jonas Blue - I Want It That Way X Fast Car (DJ Ragoza Bootleg)
• Jonas Blue f./Dakota - Fast Car (Promo Only Quick Edit)
• Justin Timberlake ft Chris Stapleton - Say Something (twoDB Remix)  
• Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (Dark Intensity Remix)  
• Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine (Nejtrino & Baur Remix)  
• Ed Sheeran vs Oasis vs Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs Martin Garrix - Shape Of Wonderwall Grenno Mashup)  
• Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (Michael Wayne & Teletanko Remix) (Clean Short Edit)
• Ivan Jack - The Dock Of The Bay  
• Chachi & Paige - Land Down Under  
• Seinabo Sey - Younger (Kygo Remix)  
• Clean Bandit f./Zara Larsson - Symphony
• HAIM & BloodPop - Little Of Your Love (Remix)
• Chris Malinchak - Magic
• Snakehips & MO - Don't Leave (Throttle Remix Edit)
• Halsey - Colors (Blonde Remix Edit)
• Sia f./Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Le Youth Remix)
• Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
• Lost Frequencies f./Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life
• Christina Aguilera - Telepathy (Rare Candy Edit)

Denise and Kevin’s Lodge at Torrey Pines Wedding

Kevin and Denise share a post ceremony moment under a tree at the Lodge at Torrey Pines.

Kevin and Denise were married at the Lodge at Torrey Pines on April 28, 2018.

Denise and Kevin celebrated a beautiful wedding at the Lodge at Torrey Pines in San Diego. For their first dance, they choose “Lights Down Low” a sweet pop song that was a perfect start to the evening.

It was clear their guests were ready to dance as soon as dinner wound down, because they actually did just that before the floor was officially opened up. I certainly was not going to stop them.

Here’s a look at the setlist.
First Dance
Max - Lights Down Low

Father/Daughter Dance
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight

Mother/Son Dance
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

Dinner
Colbie Caillat - Fallin For You
Chris Malinchak - Magic
HAIM & BloodPop - Little Of Your Love (Remix)
Snakehips & MO - Don't Leave
Halsey - Colors (Blonde Remix Radio Edit)
Sia f./Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Le Youth Remix)
Lost Frequencies f./Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life
Christina Aguilera - Telepathy (Rare Candy Radio Edit)
Hotel Garuda - Smoke Signals
Solange - Cranes In The Sky
LP - Lost On You
HAIM - Want You Back
Bay Ledges - Safe
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
Bee Gees vs Bruno Mars - Stayin Alive (Serafin Finesse Edit)
Calvin Harris ft Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feels (Fabian EWF Mix)
Destiny's Child - Jumpin' Jumpin' (Jean Tonique Remix)
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
Capital Cities - Safe And Sound
Noah Cyrus f./Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
Justin Timberlake - Senorita
Maroon 5 ft SZA - What Lovers Do (Slushii Remix)
Blackstreet - No Diggity (Mayeda Twerk Remix)
Kygo f./Justin Jesso - Stargazing (PO PopRoXxX Intro Edit)
Ed Sheeran vs Joe Maz - Shape Of You (Dynamiq Edit)
Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be (Mighty Mi & Slugworth Twerk Mix)
Backstreet Boys X Jonas Blue - I Want It That Way X Fast Car (DJ Ragoza Bootleg)
Jonas Blue f./Dakota - Fast Car

Open Dancing First Set
Boogie Vice - Bel Air
Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Select Mix Remix)
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
Flo Rida - Low
Avicii - Levels
Flo Rida - Good Feeling
Mariah Carey - Emotions

Bouquet Toss
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (Seize Where The Ladies At Edit)

When the music is good, everyone dances!

Open Dancing Second Set
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Meghan Trainor f./John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Young MC - Bust A Move
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T (remix)
Salt N Pepa - Push It (Mayeda Remix)
Pink - Raise Your Glass
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (Select Mix Remix)
Lika Morgan - Hit Me
Klingande - Jubel
Dua Lipa - New Rules
J Balvin & Willy William f./Beyonce - Mi Gente (Single Remix)
Lionel Richie - You Are
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Usher - Yeah
Party Break - Montel Party Break
Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Truffle Butter (Jester Remix)
House of Pain - Old School Jump Off
N.E.R.D. ft Rihanna - Lemon (Mr. Collipark Remix)
Queen, Notorious B.I.G. - Fat Bottom Girls Hypnotize
Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Biggie vs Young MA - Hypnotize vs Ooouuu (DJ EDiT Mashup)
DJ Snake & Lil jon Vs Finatticz - Turn Down For Thun Thun (Acapella In To Turn Down)
Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
Flo Rida f./Robin Thicke & Verdine White - I Don't Like It, I Love It
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
DJ Khaled f./Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts
Luniz - I Got 5 On It
Blackstreet ft Dr. Dre - No Diggity
Biz Markie - Just A Friend
50 Cent - In Da Club
DMX - Party Up In Here
Elvis Crespo - Suavemente
Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
Tupac - California Love
Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg, Kurup & Nate Dogg - The Next Episode
Britney Spears - Baby One More Quickie
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live)

Last Dance
Avicii - Wake Me Up

Yoga Sculpt With Katie B; April 2018 - Corepower Yoga

When I’m scheduled to DJ a yoga sculpt class just a few days after the tragic death of Avicii, then it only makes sense to sing more than a few Avicii tracks during the class.

Here’s a look at what I played with Katie B for April 2018 class.

This was another great class. But this text message I received after the class was even better!

• Lords Of The Underground - Funky Child (Instrumental)
• Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Full Phatt Remix)
• Foster The People - Sit Next To Me (Flipside Remix Radio)
• Chromeo - Old 45's
• Kygo ft Justin Jesso - Stargazing (Kaskade Remix)
• Sam Feldt, Lush & Simon ft INNA - Fade Away  
• Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be (Mighty Mi & Slugworth Twerk Mix)
• Ingmarlo f./DJ Taz Rashid - Crystal Garden
• Anjey Satori - Transition from the Shadow to the Light
• JR Castro f./Kid Ink & Migos - Get Home (Instrumental)
• G-Eazy ft ASAP Rocky & Cardi B - No Limit
• Migos - Stir Fry (Mr. Collipark Remix)  
• Dua Lipa - IDGAF (PeteDown Flavor Mix)  
• Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life (Pat C's Mashup)  
• Ministry Of Funk - Sax Machine
• ZEDD, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (BPM Supreme Remix)  
• Migos ft Lil Uzi Vert vs PBH & Jack Shizzle vs Laidback Luke & Twoloud - Bad & Boujee
• Avicii f./Zac Brown Band - Broken Arrows
• Avicii - Levels
• Flo Rida - Good Feeling
• MC Fioti, Future, J Balvin, Stefflon Don & Juan Magan - Bum Bum Tam Tam (Jax Jones Remix)
• Nirvana vs TJR - Smells Like We Wanna Party (Da Brozz Mashup)  
• Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (Michael Wayne & Teletanko Remix)
• Justin Timberlake ft Chris Stapleton - Say Something (twoDB Remix)
• Cheat Codes ft Demi Lovato - No Promises (Hook & Sling Remix)  
• Cher X Avicii - Believe X Fade Into Darkness (Ragoza Edit)
• Camila Cabello ft Young Thug - Havana (Pat C's Better On Me Mashup)
• Avicii - Wake Me Up
• Holt Blackheath - Nuthin But A G (House Thang)
• Jonas Blue f./Dakota - Fast Car
• Backstreet Boys X Jonas Blue - I Want It That Way X Fast Car (DJ Ragoza Bootleg)
• Wrek & LZRD Remix)  
• Luniz - I Got 5 On It
• L.A. Leakers f./Eric Bellinger, Wale & A.D. - Facetime (Instrumental)
• SZA & Calvin Harris - The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)  
• Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Full Phatt Remix)
• Ingmarlo f./DJ Taz Rashid - Crystal Garden

Logan and Crystal’s Ponte Winery Dance Party - Temecula Wedding

Crystal and Logan celebrated their wedding at Ponte Winery in Temecula on April 8, 2018.

Every so often I meet with a prospective wedding couple and the connection is instantaneous. It probably helped that Crystal and Logan are dog people and Crystal is a spin/cycle instructor at a studio that I’ve DJ’d a few ties (as well as the weddings for other instructors).

I greatly anticipated their April 8, 2018 wedding, which took place at Ponte Winery in Temecula. There was no shortage of dancing (Crystal, after all dances on a bike weekly). It even included a spectacular tandem maid of honor toast, which was more of a song and dance performance.

Overall it was a great celebration and I look forward to a continued friendship with them!

Here’s a look at the setlist and be sure to scroll to the bottom to see their wedding highlight film.

First Dance
Maggie Rose - Pull You Through

Dinner Hour

• Chris Malinchak - Magic
• George Ezra - Budapest
• HAIM & BloodPop - Little Of Your Love (Remix)
• Chris Malinchak - Magic
• Halsey - Colors (Blonde Remix Radio Edit)
• Sia f./Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Le Youth Remix)
• Lost Frequencies f./Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life
• Christina Aguilera - Telepathy (Rare Candy Radio Edit)
• Hotel Garuda - Smoke Signals
• John Mayer - Half Of My Heart
• Capital Cities - Safe And Sound
• Noah Cyrus f./Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
• Khalid - Location
• Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood
• Stevie Wonder - Superstition
• Toto - Africa (Select Mix Remix)
• Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Full Phatt Remix)
• Maroon 5 ft SZA - What Lovers Do (Slushii Remix)  
• Lauv - I Like Me Better (PeteDown Flavor Mix)  
• Justin Bieber vs Aaliyah - Let Me Love You vs Rock The Boat
• Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
• Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (Starting From Scratch)
• Duke Dumont f./Jax Jones - I Got U
• Blackstreet - No Diggity (Figgy Remix)

Father/Daughter
Bruce Springsteen - When You Need Me

Mother/Son Dance
Logan Johnston - Try and Catch the Wind

Open Dancing First Set

• Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
• Al Green - Let's Stay Together
• Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
• Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (Rock It Scientists Hype Edit) (Dynamiq Cutdown)
• Usher f. Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah (Acapella Out)
• Party Break - Montel Party Break
• House of Pain - Old School Jump Off
• Spice Girls - Wannabe
• Chris Brown - Forever

Cake Cutting
Maroon 5 - Sugar

Bouquet Toss
Beyonce - Single Ladies

Garter Toss
Ginuwine - Pony

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Ponte Winery’s Vineyard Pavilion with uplighting for Crystal and Logan’s wedding. 

Open Dancing Second Set

• The Game - How We Do
• Morris Day and the Time - Jungle Love
• Sugarland - Stuck Like Glue
• Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
• Griffith, Marcia - Electric Boogie
• Beyonce - Love On Top
• N.E.R.D. ft Rihanna - Lemon (Mr. Collipark Remix)  
• Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse
• Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
• Nelly - Hot In Herre
• Cupid - Cupid Shuffle
• Journey - on't Stop Believin’ 

Last Dance
Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning

The Vineyard Garden, set-up for a wedding, at Ponte Winery.

Vendor Team
DJ/Master of Ceremonies/Uplighting: Justin Kanoya, DJ Kanoya Productions
Venue: Ponte Winery
Event Coordinator: I Love You More Events
Videography: Ryan Films SD
Photographer: Half Full Photography (all photos in this blog, courtesy of Half Full Photography)