June 23rd: Wedding

The Old Ebbitt Grill was the site for Mindy & Nick's special evening. Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, & Billie Holiday were among the artists played for cocktails and dinner. The wedding party was introduced to U2's "Beautiful Day" and Buble's "Home" was our bride & groom's 1st dance. Plenty of 80s, disco, classic r & b, and current hip/hop fueled the remainder of the evening. Gloria Estefan's version of "Everlasting Love" closed out the evening.

June 17th: Wedding

Congrats to Lauren & Peter as they had their post-wedding celebration on father's day at the Portico at DAR in DC. Lauren's parents are involved with Greyhound Rescue Inc and my support of greyhounds sealed the deal when it came time to book me.
The wedding celebration was pushed back from May 5th after Lauren & Peter went on an elopement cruise to Greece! This was referenced as the wedding party was introduced to Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin". A special butterfly release was accompanied in song by Mariah Carey's "Butterfly". Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come" highlighted the 1st dance. A mixture of disco, dance, and 80s music complemented the rest of the evening. The evening appropriately finished with Donna Summer's "Last Dance". A special thanks to the very talented Erica Tait from Innova Photography for capturing many wonderful moments on camera.

June 16th: Wedding

For the 2nd time this month, I was treated to an early afternoon wedding - giving me Saturday night off! Congrats to Jaime & Colin as they celebrated their wedding at the Bethesda Hyatt Regency. After a wedding party intro to U2's "Beautiful Day", Jaime & Colin danced to Norah Jones' "The Nearness of You" for their 1st dance. Everyone danced the afternoon away to Justin Timberlake, ABBA, Rihanna, and everyone strutted their stuff while doing the Cha-Cha Slide. The afternoon was capped off by Anberlin's "Inevitable" and a Billy Preston/Syreeta tribute to Jaime's parents "With You I'm Born Again". Floral arrangements were done by Matt Aspey and photography was provided by a longtime colleague of mine - James Roy.

June 9th: Wedding

The "Br's" have it - congrats to Brett & Brooke! The weather cooperated and a wonderful ceremony & reception were held at Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, MD. Before the ceremony, a few of Woodend's residents (two deer, a bunny, and a squirrel) stopped by and checked out the festivities. Some guests took out their cameras to capture "Woodend"s finest" on film while Gerry from Petals Edge provided the wonderful plant arrangements for the ceremony. Brett & Brooke started things off with "Bring It On Home To Me" by Sam Cooke with some help from the smooth soulful Lou Rawls. Jennifer Domenick provided photography and got some memorable shots including an intense "dance-off" between Brett and one of the guests - Brett's "worm dance" sealed his victory. Interestingly enough, Jennifer has been the photographer at my last three appearances at Woodend.

June 8th: Wedding

A huge congrats goes out to Courtney & Chris as they celebrated their ceremony & reception at Swan Harbor Farm in Havre de Grace, MD. The bridal party was introduced to "Let's Get It Started" and later on, Courtney & Chris danced to Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us" as their 1st dance. A powerful thunderstorm put a wrinkle into the dancing, but the storm soon passed and order was restored. A few "socials" were shouted out by the guests and everyone sang along to David Allen Coe's "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" with drinks in hand. The evening wrapped up with Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" as the last dance. Photography was provided by Peter Barnett.

June 3rd: GPA Reunion

Despite a rainy day, we still had a strong showing at the 17th Annual Reunion for the Greyhound Pets of America - MD Chapter. There were numerous pet vendors selling greyhound/pet related products from signs, pocketbooks, pictures, leashes, and more. There was a caricature artist who made drawings of your greyhound and a local vet stopped by to discuss the health & care of your greyhound. I also led the greyhounds in a "roo-ing" session which signaled the start of lunchtime.

Greyhound games included "musical greyhounds" and "can your greyhound eat that?" We also had greyhound contests for the tallest, smallest, longest nose, cutest hat, and barest buns.

This is my 3rd year donating my music and emceeing services at this event and I look forward to coming back for many years.

June 2nd: Wedding

The heat was definitely on for Bethany & Andy as they celebrated their wedding at Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, MD. Everyone survived the 90+ degree heat as our bride & groom exchanged their vows by Montpelier's circular garden. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a delicious brunch and had plenty of beverages to keep themselves refreshed - all provided by Main Event Caterers. Bethany & Andy started off the dancing with Van Morrison's "Someone Like You", but I was resigning myself to the fact that the heat would probably prevent alot of dancing afterwards. To the crowd's credit, they hung in there and packed the floor throughout some sets of motown, disco, current top 40. With Andrew Reilly providing photography, Bethany & Andy's special day wrapped up with Nina Simone's "Here Comes The Sun", an appropriate finish to a hot sunny day!