Rose and Gaby’s B’nai Mitzvah celebration happened at The Gaia Arts Center in Berkeley California. Hosted by their parents Brenda and Barrie, it was really fun for us to bring our show to a part of the Bay Area that we don’t get to often enough. Barrie and I hit it off immediately as we are both pilots. Barrie has been flying for over 30 years and specializes in Aerial photographery and has published several books on Aerial Photography
Gaby and Rose commented that it was the best party of the year in there class. We hope to make it to Berkeley again soon, it’s such a fun city.

The Opera House in Los Gatos hosted yet another great event. Glenn Truitt along with DJ Ralph and Jam Patrol proved again why they are one of the most requested Bar Mitzvah teams in the Bay Area.
Deb Fils had requested Glenn shortly after he did her son’s Bar Mitzvah, however due to other obligations Glenn was unable to commit at the time. Once Deb found out that Glenn was available she immediately canceled the DJ Company she had hired and switched to Glenn, now that really says something.
After the party, Glenn and the guys said they felt like rock stars that night. From what I’ve been told I don’t think the Opera House will ever see a party like this one. Below are comments Deb submitted to our web site.

Alan Waltz Entertainment

Satisfaction Survey
Event Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
Event Location: Los Gatos Opera House
Event Staff: Glenn Truitt adn Jam Patrol

Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Excellent
Quality of Customer Service at Event: Excellent
Friendliness of your Entertainer: Excellent
Promptness of your Entertainer: Excellent
Professionalism of your Entertainer: Excellent
Entertainer’s Performance: Excellent
Entertainer’s Appearance: Excellent
Sound Quality: Excellent
Overall Volume Levels: Excellent
Incorporation of Your Requests: Excellent
Equipment Appearance: Excellent
Quality of Games and Activities: Excellent
Interactiveness of Dancers: Excellent
Overall Customer Service: Excellent
Planning Assistance: Excellent
Overall Performance Rating: Excellent

Additional comments or suggestions?
Glenn Truitt and Jam Patrol were AMAZING at my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah!! The dance floor was packed the entire evening with the non-stop entertainment. With Alan’s planning and Glenn, Grady, Reggie, and Ralph entertaining, Heather’s Bat Mitzvah was a BLAST!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
May your comments be shared with others? Yes
May your name be added to a list of references? Yes

Name: Debbie Fils
Email: raffijf@gmail.com
Phone: 408-393-6280

Sarah Schifferli celebrated her Bat Mitzvah tonight; her and her friends had a great time. Her family belongs to Temple Beth Jacob in Redwood City California. We know these kids well, we do several events every year with the Beth Jacob kids, they really enjoy dancing and participating in the games.
Sarah’s mom Vicky had these Comments about the party.

Katie Fogelsong and Colin Anderson are both graduates of Stanford University. Their wedding reception was held at the beautiful Menlo Circus Club in Atherton California. Over 400 of their closest friends were treated to a wonderful meal, live entertainment from a 10 piece horn band, and a club-style atmosphere provided by yours truly until 1:00am. WOW, these people were ready for a party! Great energy all night, know one left the dance floor until the end.

Special thanks to Cay Lemon from Zest Productions for putting together such a wonderful event.

Temple Beth David was the place for Noa Fishman’s Bat Mitzvah celebration. Noa’s mother Ziva is from Morroco, so they wanted to incorporate some Morrocan traditions to the event which everyone really enjoyed. Kids and adults were dancing to together to traditional Morrocan music, popular american Hip-Hop as well as favorites from the 70’s and 80’s. Guests especially enjoyed the Henna Tent.

I always love doing jobs in San Francisco, especially at venues I am familiar with. This was the case on Saturday August 8th when Courtney Fitzgerald married Matthew Shanley at The Presido Golf Club in San Francisco. The couple has ties to the Bay Area but live and work in the Phoenix Arizona area as wildlife fish and game officers. The entire event had an “Irish” feel to it, but then what would you expect with names like Fitzgerald and Shanley. It was a great party and I don’t think the dance floor was empty the whole night. Here’s a few pics from the reception.

It’s always fun for us to travel to San Francisco to perform. Such was the case on Saturday August 1st as we traveled up to Millbery Union on the campus of The University of California San Francisco. It was time to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Green, and boy did we celebrate! Joshua’s parents are originally from London England and many of Josh’s family traveled from England to attend his event. The ceremony took place at one of the oldest Temples in San Francisco, dedicated in 1926 Temple Emanuel was established in 1850 and is the oldest congreation west of the Mississippi.
Josh’s party was a blast! We had everyone dancing both young and old. It was really special to see Josh’s Grandmother, who traveled from England, out on the dance floor having fun. As the night progressed we got all the kids to participate in a game of glow-necklace-jump-rope. We strung together several glow necklaces together to make a long glow in the dark jump rope, it was a big hit.
We can’t wait to get up to the city for our next event. Hopefully it won’t be to long, check out this review

Temple Beth Am in Los Altos Hills CA is a favorite venue of ours. It’s spacious social hall and outdoor court yard makes it a great place to hold a B’nai Mitzvah party. Such was the case on Saturday July 18th as Bridget, her mother Jill, father Bob and brother Aidan celebrated with a casual laid back beach theme event. Bridget’s warm, yet shy personality was carried through the entire event until we started teaching interactive dancing. Once we got the kids going they wouldn’t stop, as show by the picture below.

What a fun and polite group of kids, and a warm generous family. Mazel Tov Bridget, we will see you in 3 years when it’s time for your brother Aidan to become a Bar Mitzvah.
Thank you Scott Lasky for the pics.

If my wife Leslie and I were to have gotten married in California, it would have been at Nestldown. Settled in the redwoods, Nestldown has one of the most beautiful ceremony sites in Northern California. The picture above does not do it justice.
The wedding of Jana Koehler and Jason Segal was the joining of two wonderful sprits. Jason grew up in San Jose while Jana hails from Santa Cruz. Both love animals and share a passion for Hawaii, which I’m sure is one of the reasons I connected with them instantly. Their event flowed smoothly as the day turned into night; time seemed to pass so quickly the party seemed it could have lasted longer than it did.

Saturday July 11th was a fun day for us. We were given the opportunity to travel to Santa Cruz for the Bat Mitzvah of Lia Burrows. Her celebration was held at Cocoanut Grove at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. We left for the show early that day so we could get a chance to enjoy the boardwalk. The party was held in the Sun Room overlooking the beach and the warf. As the sun set you could feel the cool ocean breeze coming in through the windows. The evening started out a bit on the challenging side since this group of Sata Cruz kids were not accustom to being engaged and encouraged to participate in activities. However by the end of the night we had the entire dance floor packed with kids and adults dancing with us, everyone had a great time. Here’s some comments sent to me by Susan Burrow’s, (Lia’s mom), Communication during the event, with me and with the event manager was excellent-very helpful. My daughter commented that you had great dancers, and that they were “very nice people too.” Thank you for working so hard to engage a very shy, sometimes difficult group of kids. You did a great job with them.
We love the being at the beach and hope to get a chance to return soon.