THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

We are happy to present: DJ Lee Dyson, owner of Hey Mister DJ and Entertainer Extaordinaire as our new musical contributor! We love working with Lee and we are sure his guest blogs will raise your energy level sky high for the week! Lee really needs no introduction in our world. Some career highlights include: Director of Entertainment for America Live, resident DJ for a chain of high profile clubs in Miami and all the top events as well as weekly club residencies in Los Angeles since he arrived in California in 2003. In 2012 Lee won the “DJ of the Year Award” in the Biz Bash Readers Choice Awards. But you have other worries - April 15th is looming - and Lee put together a musical cocktail to get you through tax time good mood intact. Lee Dyson: "Well….it’s almost that time again! They say money can’t buy you happiness…and while that may be true…in the words of comedian Daniel Tosh: “you know what it can buy you? A wave runner…and have you ever seen anybody sad on a wave ru

The Event Solutions Conference & Trade Show is in full swing! We checked in with Event Solutions’ content curator and industry liaison, Liese Gardner and asked “What are the highlights we should not miss?” Liese Gardner: “Look for Steve Kemble! His SassFabness is an Ambassador to all things fabulous this year. Steve will roam the lounge and the trade show floor to interview guests and announce events and speakers. His amazing energy will rub off on you, no matter how tired you may be! If you are a business owner, try to make it to Sean Low’s special consultation style session “When Doing “OK” is No Longer Good Enough” on Tuesday from 11:30am to 1pm. The work shop is limited to 50 participants, all business owners, who will have a chance to work with Sean, a top industry consultant, to address challenges and find ways to take their business to the next level. If you haven’t signed up online, you may still have a chance to sign up in person today.” Liese also has a couple o

We were quite intrigued with an article in L.A. Times' Business Section about the future of the music industry and Lucian Grainge's plans for Universal Music Group. In one sentence: the future is digital and distribution is going mobile and global. It's a brand new world. Gone is our parents' stereo system. One factor will never change: people all over the world love music. We asked Matt Cornwall - who happens to be half Irish! - to get us the best soundtrack for today! Digital, of course. DJ Matt Cornwall: "Happy St. Patricks Day! I thought about maybe sharing the deeper more meaningful or historical facts surrounding this day, complete with interesting anecdotes, quotes and the likes.  However I do realize (being half irish myself ; ) it’s hard to process when you’re in a pub or party with friends and on your third Guinness so here’s a Spotify list of the 30 best drinking songs ever!~ Cheers ! " Apparently, the Irish welcome kissing on

Our favorite Oscar Moment: Pharrell Williams performing "Happy"! Can it get any more infectious?! Pharrell Williams got even Meryl Streep to shimmy her shoulders! Now that's the kind of motivational, blow-the-roof-off-the-hall kind of song and choreography we all love to use to get a group of guests going. We are willing to bet that "Happy" will go down in event sound track history. DJ Matt Cornwall: “Happy” has been the #1 song requested by everyone - young and old alike -whenever I dj any event anywhere for the last month now! I attribute part of this, in addition to the song’s highly infectious upbeat rhythm and Motown feel, to it’s message. How refreshing is it for a pop star to simply celebrate being happy in a song?! I’m not kidding when I tell you that literally everyone runs to the dance floor when I play this song! As a DJ, I love and truly cherish those rare songs that uplift unite and empower people and allow them to celebrate life together and “

Yes, Ruva was ready for showtime! This South-African crested porcupine was part of our annual kickoff event for an international hotel chain client. Location: Harbor Island, San Diego. Our task: to get the 2000 guests excited about their possibilities in 2014. At stake: the chance to get incentive trips to Panama and South Africa. Our goal: to bring a taste of Central America and South Africa to San Diego. So we headed to South Africa by bringing themed decor, food and our branch communal tables into the event tent. Entertainment segments featured Drum Cafe West's traditional gumboot dancing, Zulu stilt walkers, Zulu dancers and drums.  Heading out of the tent, the party continued on the plaza with DJ Matt Cornwall and a much appreciated presentation by the San Diego Zoo Animal Connection. Porcupine Ruva and serval Jasiri captured attention like A-List stars on the red carpet. Just down the walkway, guests entered the Panamanian Ni