700 Guests at the Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.Bash at the Westin Copley Place, Boston.

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Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc, Lexington MA . When the guest estimate went from 400 to 700, I was thinking…. wow! The Westin Copley Place, Boston ballroom is huge that is true, but Dana Marcos Events designed an elegant “diamond-in the clouds” design that had to seen, to be believed.

For the six hours of music, I went with upbeat club classics as the guests entered this wonderland for about an hour. Doors open as “Diamonds” by Rihanna played. Then, the food stations were the main focus so, I provided R&B classics & jazz standards.

Then, I changed the pace to contemporary dance music with sets of diverse party classics from years back.

The dancefloor rocked with Pitbull, Nicki Minaj (“Starships”+“ Va Va Voom”), Rihanna, Flo Rida, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Tiao Cruz, Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris (“Let’s Go”+“We Found Love”), “Party Rock Anthem” and yes, “Gangnam Style”.

Some sets included “Clocks” (in Cuban cha-cha style), Celia Cruz, Juan Luis Guerra… and “Mandolay” by La Flavour.  Then, party anthems by Salt-N-Pepa, “It’s Tricky” by Run-DMC, “O.P.P”, “Pump Up The Jam”, “Gasolina”, “Good Life”,  Michael Jackson, and Whitney’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”.

Swing dancing to “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”.  “Rocking Around The Clock” to some 45’s like “Oh Pretty Woman” and “Fever”!

Later “Born To Be Alive”, “Get Down Tonight” and Donna Summer closed the night.

This mega-sound system consists of the DJ computer console (www.ProDJpc.com) and a pair of JBL(G2)EON and a pair of QSC-K12 speakers. The biggest indoor crowd I have ever played for.

*New Feature* : INSTANT MUSIC REQUESTS WITH FACEBOOK. Due to the large crowd in the ballroom, guests could (and did) make instant music requests by logging onto my Facebook page (DJ Mr Ed) and posting their request. I received the request on my IPad and turning my phone into a Mobile Hotspot, since there was no Wi-Fi in the ballroom.

Firing on all cylinders that Saturday night.

Thank you to Cheryl Cormier at Cubist Pharmaceuticals in Lexington MA, Samantha Mahoney (hi to Ted Daniels) at the Westin Copley Place, Boston and Dana Marcos and the DME crew!   Jan 2013.

See the fun and pix on Facebook (click DJ Mr Ed’s Facebook page)