My MetroMix 311 concert review and pics :)

http://dc.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/311s-unity-tour-at/2752188/content 

311 at Jiffy Lube Live

Credit:Katie MacGregor, Special to Metromix

Metromix Street Teamer Katie MacGregor filled in for our Pop Insider music blogger Jody Taylor for this week's 311 "Unity Tour" show:
My friend Natasha and I packed up the mini coop and headed towards Virginia with 311’s CD "Evolver," recovered from my high school days, playing on the stereo. 

Walking through the stadium at Jiffy Lube Live, Sublime with Rome had the crowd singing the classics like “Santeria”  and “What I Got”  and I couldn’t help but join in  . . . "love issss , it’s what I got , said remember that..." 

The crowd for 311 was electric and the heat and excitement intensified with a mix of shirtless, sweaty, tatted guys, bikini topped girls, adolescent boys and 311 T-shirted girl groupies yelling as the lights went on and 311 started their set with “Hive”, “All Mixed Up” and “You Wouldn’t Believe” and then the appropriate “Sunset in July”  from their latest CD “Universal Pulse."

While in the press pit, I dodged crowd surfers and rowdy fans getting bounced trying to get close to the band. I don’t blame them, lead singer Nick Hexum is a very handsome man who managed to keep shedding clothes during the concert and ended up shirtless holding a guitar at the end.

No special effects needed for this concert with an awesome bass solo by crowd-chanted favorite Aaron "P-Nut" Wills .

Lighters and cell phones flickered throughout the venue for "Amber," and you couldn’t help but jump for “Beautiful Disaster” and “Come Original”.  The show ended in an encore performance that had the crowd cheering for more with “Down”. 

Add these songs to your end of summer playlist from 311 and Sublime with Rome:
“Down”- 311
“Wild Nights” – 311
“Beautiful Disaster” -311
“What I Got” – Sublime with Rome
“Sunset in July” -311

Fiesta Magazine at The Rooftop

Fiesta Magazine stopped by The Rooftop, check out some great pics of the happy hour .

http://www.fullpartytonight.com/ . 

I'm an honorary Latina :)

Questions for your Wedding DJ

As with all of your vendors, it is important to be on the same page as them.  Whether you want a club dj emulating a South Beach  scene or a charismatic dj introducing “ice breakers” to the party you want your wedding to reflect you ,especially when it comes to the music.   

I keep finding these questions popping up when talking to client’s djs, and they should be agreed on by the couple and made aware of for the dj.

Here are my Dj questions / important info.

The title and artists of your important songs-

I will always love you by Whitney Houston is a bit different than the Dolly Parton version.

Introduction of the Bridal Party

First Dance

Father Daughter Dance

Mother Son Dance

Cake Cutting

Bouquet Toss

Garter Toss

Last Song

and any other important songs you want included.

If your dj is acting as emcee the order of the bridal party and phonetic  break down of names and pronunciation

Liz Lessig 

 Liz Less-igh  - correct  Liz Leeegggginnnngs  - not quite, but a great new nickname

The timeline of the wedding and cues for important things.

Before dinner the Best Man will toast followed by his break dance performance then the buffett stations will have a soft open. (True occurrence)  

Will you be having “ice breakers” ?

Ice breakers such as an anniversary dance get couples to the dance floor.

The anniversary dance calls all married couples to the dance floor and slowly the emcee will call out  “all those married for a year or less  please leave the dance floor” .  . .  and so on until it’s the couple that has been married the longest  left standing.

Have they played at this reception venue before?

Different venues have different sound ordinances and restrictions.

Do you have back up equipment?

 Will they be playing music for the ceremony and cocktail hour?

 What is on your do not play list?

Electric slide and chicken dance are constantly on this list.

Can guests make song requests?

Now get your newlywed booty on the dance floor and dance all night!

Real Wedding - Liz & Jimmy

Liz and Jimmy

Gown : Bridal Images
Venue : Strong Mansion, Dickerson Maryland
Photography : Ikona Photography
Cake : Cakes Plus
Flowers : Floral Scentsations
DJ : Sound Sensations

Congrats VisArts- Bride's Maryland Choice Awards

Congrats to The VisArts for winning Bride's Maryland Choice Awards for Best Loft / Raw Space

http://www.visartsatrockville.org/

Alyson Miles Photography

Hi! I’m Alyson Miles, portrait and event photographer.  A life-long photo enthusiast, I took my first photography classes at the age of sixteen.  Those early classes at the Washington School of Photography and Charles W. Woodward High School in Rockville, MD (if you remember Woodward then we are both dating ourselves! LOL)  instilled in me a passion and skill that allowed me to document so many wonderful moments in my personal life  and now, as a professional  photographer, I enjoy being invited to document the milestones in the lives of others.

I am currently based in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia where I live with my three children and boston terrier.  However, I make frequent trips to the D.C. area to visit with my many family, friends, and clients. Often accompanying me for photo-shoots is my friend and fellow photographer, Courtney Sandoval of Courtney Sandoval Photography.  Courtney is a fabulous photographer and by working events together we are able to get the best coverage possible for our clients and make sure we get “the shot.”

I hope you will take a few minutes to visit my website, www.milesstonesphotogrpahy.com, and enjoy my photos.  If you have any questions about my work and how I may be able to help you, please do not hesitate to call.

Alyson Miles
MilesStonesPhotography.com
milesstonesphoto@gmail.com
757-234-9172 

DC + Baltimore Bridal Trunk Shows

Betsy Robinson’s Bridal (Baltimore, MD) July 22-24                           Watters & Wtoo

Carine’s Bridal Atelier (Washington, DC)
August 25-27                       Monique Lhuillier

Chevy Chase Bridal (Washington, DC)
September 16-18                 Simone Carvalli
September 31- October 2    Badgley Mischka

O"Neil Events

You may see some posts/ pictures about my fabulous cousin, Colleen of O"Neil Events on the blog. Here is a peek into some of her event work.

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For more information go to http://www.oneilevents.com/

Cougar Night

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