[Mike Mahoney]

Thanks guys, some great ideas here. The problem I was running into is:

1. teachers at this school don't like even the radio edits. They have a problem, not so much with the songs themselves, as the way the kids dance to them.

2. Students would leave the dancefloor and swarm the DJ area when I played "the twist" or "staying alive" then was asked "do you have anything from this century" ...although they liked dancing queen, lol go figure

The Modern rock works great, & I do no more than about 6 slow songs in a 3 hour dance, whch seems to be the magic number, as long as i only play one at a time.

Some others that seemed to go over well, all the "linedance tunes" love shack, barbie girl, blue, mambo #5, we like to party, ice ice baby, & jump around.

Some heavy requests I've been asked not to play (even edited):

Chingy's Right Thurr, Get Low, Stand Up by Ludacris, Milkshake Song, & What's your Fantasy(which I wouldn't play for this age group anyway)

All in all, I think it was a good dance, the PTO, the boys and many of the girls all voiced their approval.

I guess I just hate telling the kids they can't hear songs they want that I know will work, even if its only a handful.

[ November 09, 2003, 09:11 AM: Message edited by: musicmainiac ]