Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow? How it effects your party.

Yes, it’s pretty.  Yes, we all dream of a white Christmas.  Yes, a lot of people enjoy frolicking in it.  But for a deejay, it can be a total nightmare.

 With times the way they are (what with global warming, freakish weather patterns, etc.) booking parties anytime between the end of October through mid-April can be a source of much agita [N.B. for those of you unfamiliar with the Italian term, it means heartburn or distress.]  We deejays promise the client we will be there for him/her/them.  We have the deposit in hand.  We have the car/van/truck packed and we’re ready to entertain.  Then it happens.

IT SNOWS!!!  or IT SLEETS!!!  or there is FREEZING RAIN AND ICE!!!  Hellfire and Damnation!

Now, as a deejay, unless you have a dogsled, you may start to sweat profusely and get the beginnings of a migraine.  You take another look at your timetable and try to figure out how much earlier you should leave to get to the event location—taking into account, of course, for how quickly the snow is accumulating outside your door.

You arrive at the party.  Phew!  The party starts on time and you smile and joke and do your job – make sure everyone is having fun and enjoying themselves.  Are you having fun?  Hell no!  There are niggling little thoughts constantly in the back of your head … like “How am I going to get home from here?” or “Wonder if the roads have been treated?” or “Why didn’t I buy that dogsled when I had the opportunity?”   But do the guests know what is going on in that sometimes overly-neurotic brain of yours?  Nope.  Because, as the saying goes, “Don’t let them see you sweat.”

You may or may not be aware that PA and NJ were hit by a rather nasty nuisance of a winter storm yesterday.  Absolutely lovely to behold.  You know, that pretty fairy snow?  The stuff that sparkles as it lands?  It started in PA around 1:00.  Last evening John and I had the pleasure of deejaying a 40^th birthday party in Clinton, NJ.  It had an 8:00 start time and was to run to midnight.  We smiled.  We danced.  We (well, I) schmoozed.  [N.B.  John says to mention he schmoozed, as well.]  And we worried.  A LOT.

So - just remember party planners – your deejays really do everything they can to be there for you.  But, if you happen to book a deejay and it snows?  Just ignore the glaze in his/her eyes.  He/she is dreaming about a Laughing Husky Yukon Flyer.  (Now, I wonder where I put that link to their website.)