AWE sponsors the All the Way Live Urban Dance Festival

The All the Way Live Urban Dance Festival USA was held in early September in Fremont. Alan Waltz Entertainment is a proud sponsor of this dance festival showcasing the best of urban dancers from around Northern California and around the world, which is particularly fitting since some of our team members are some of these dancers! It’s a great way to showcase the talent around Northern California and a great way to do something for the community.

Dancers compete in a variety of categories, including Bgirl, Locking and Crew vs. Crew Bboy Battle. This year also saw two new categories: “The Squad” hip hop choreography division and the Crew vs. Crew Popping Battle.

And not only do the winners at this festival go home with that sense of pride for being the best of the best, but the winner of each category receives a trophy and a $1000 cash prize. Awesome stuff!

The All the Way Live USA Urban Dance Festival is run by the All the Way Live Foundation, which utilizes dance as a means to reach out to underprivileged and at-risk youth in marginalized communities, working to fill the gaps left by public institutions with a safe environment to develop and create self-expression through dance.

We started off September with quite the swanky bar mitzvah for Bradley Barrish at the opulent Bently Reserve* in San Francisco. This was an elegant and fun affair where we partnered with party planner, Sophie’s Stress Free Soirees, and we brought our A-game with Alan, Grady, Megan, and Serge.

Megan and Serge kept busy teaching the kids all the latest and greatest dance moves, while Grady and Alan kept the beats going so everyone got up on the dance floor throughout the party. Sophie’s Stress Free Soirees brought their event planning skills, and we also brought our ability to engage a diverse group of adults and kids. Everyone got a chance to dress up and show off their best poses (Loving the Kanye sunglasses with the Native American-style headdress in the photo!).

It’s always so much fun when we get to work in an amazing venue and when we get to partner with another local company, even more so when we get to provide the entertainment for a fabulous family like the Barrishes.

Congratulations, Bradley!

*Donald E. Bently, pioneering mechanical engineer, recently passed away. A memorial service will be held on October 18th to celebrate his life. More information can be found on the Bently Reserve website.

RJ and Jay-R rocked the East Bay for Isabella Brown’s bat mitzvah at Temple Isaiah at the beginning of September.

RJ got all of the kids involved throughout the celebration, whether it was showing them the latest dance moves or playing games. Jay-R kept the party flowing with his DJing and even threw in a little “Gangnam Style”, which, of course, got everyone dancing.

Michele, Isabella’s mother, told us that “Isabella and her friends had an awesome time!”

Whether working with kids or adults, we’ll make sure that everyone has a great time-through music, games, photo booths, or organizing the logistics so that you can just sit back and enjoy yourself.

If you’ve been to a Bar Mitzvah in The South Bay, then I’m sure you’ve heard of us. Alan Waltz Entertainment is now expanding their coverage area to include The East Bay and San Francisco!

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Alan Waltz Entertainment welcomes Aaron “A-Bomb” Horner to the AWE family!

Guaranteed to get any audience on their feet, Aaron is our newest MC, DJ, and day-of-event coordinator, so we do like to keep him busy! A singer and actor since high school, Aaron found a way to combine his communications background with his love for the arts: performing as an MC! Aaron’s top priority is to serve the needs of our clients, so whether it’s entertaining us as an MC or organizing the smallest details of your event, he’s guaranteed to make every event unique and memorable.

It’s the end of August, so you know what that means: kids are back in school! Here at Alan Waltz Entertainment, back to school makes us think of school dances! Whether it’s a winter ball, Homecoming, Prom, or a graduation, we love working with kids, and what better way to do that than a school dance!

Your child might be a wallflower or the first one on the dance floor, but our super-enthusiastic DJs can get even the shyest of the shy engaged and having fun in different activities—even if they choose not to dance. For those of you who have hired us for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, you know what we’re talking about!

For a school dance, we understand that schools have tight budgets, so we work with any school-from a large high school to a smaller middle school-and reduce our rates so we can fit those budgetary restrictions. We don’t want to keep the kids from having fun!

When your school’s dance season comes around, give us a call, and we’ll make your school’s dance the coolest, sickest, illest, wickedest (and whatever other jargon we’re not hip enough to know!) school dance around!

Cameron Feit’s family certainly had lofty ideas for Cameron’s bar mitzvah: an aviation themed event!

Cameron’s mitzvah was held at the Hiller Aviation Museum, and among the vintage airplanes, prototypes, and models, everyone had a soaringly good time! Of course, we had to play some classics like “Come Fly With Me” and “I Believe I Can Fly!” For this event, we worked directly with Wendy Kleckner with Continental Caterers, so Wendy’s team was able to supply the yummy treats for Cameron’s special day. Our very own Alan is also a commercial pilot and aviation enthusiast, and his enthusiasm even led to a “best paper airplane” contest during the event, which Cameron won!

Whatever your special interest, theme, or idea, we can help make your event exactly what you’re looking for! We’re partnering more and more with local companies to fulfil every need, so let us know what you’d like, and we’ll do the rest!

Raul “Rj KoolRaul” Navalta is quickly becoming one of the most requested DJ’s on the Alan Waltz Entertainment team.

From his start at the age of 12 as a professional aggressive in-line skater, Raul was introduced to Bboying and DJing, and now with over a decade of entertainment experience, Rj KoolRaul has traveled the world teaching, performing, and inspiring youth through his passion for dance and music. He has DJed for local and international dance competitions from the Bay Area to the Philippines and has danced in commercials for Apple and Sony, but it was his involvement as a dance team member of Supreme Soul that has gained him international reknown. Supreme Soul competed as part of “America’s Best Dance Crew”, and as a result, RJ KoolRaul has been asked to host various dance competitions around the world.

RJ KoolRaul is also involved with Soulciety, a California based nonprofit organization that empowers youth through creativity, leadership, and community service, and has since helped create the All the Way Live Foundation with Sergio Suarez and Freya Lim to teach youth around the world about the importance of art and healthy living.

Through his experiences as a performing artist, Rj KoolRaul has been asked to share his story with kids, teens, and young adults from around the world. His background has taught him lessons of perseverence, patience, resiliency, and professionalism. With this knowledge and wisdom, he plans to continue inspiring and educating youth on the processes of pursuing their dreams.

We are so pleased to have RJ KoolRaul as part of the Alan Waltz Entertainment team.

How do you capture the true spirit of your special event? You can now rent our photo booths for your own event so you can capture those memories forever in a fun, unique way.

Our Photo Booth is compact, durable, yet spacious enough to accommodate a group of people. It’s made of metal, not plastic or particleboard, so it can withstand all kinds of fun! It’s super-fast, gives you various options in black and white or color, plus it’s easy to use with voice and visual instructions that walk you through the process. 

Available for wedding receptions, engagement parties, mitzvahs, trade shows, corporate events and parties, school reunions and graduations, award shows and movie premieres, or for a fundraiser, our photo booths feature: recording to DVD so your photos last a lifetime; props to liven up any event; unlimited photos for one price and photo personalization, plus a back-up booth to give you peace of mind just in case anything unexpected happens.

Talk to us to find out more about how you could add one of our Photo Booths for that extra touch to your special event.

Sergio Suarez is one of the Alan Waltz Entertainment dance team, and if you haven’t seen Sergio in action before, he is like the Tasmanian Devil on the dance floor! We wanted to throw a few questions at Sergio to see if he is as wild one-on-one as he is on the dance floor.

Introduce yourself, and tell us about two interesting (or not so interesting!) facts about you.

My name is Sergio Suarez; in the dance world, I go by “PowerSerge”. I’ve been dancing for the past 18 years, and dancing professionally for the past 10 years.

Who are your top three artists/groups?

My all time favorite artist would have to be Michael Jackson. 
2nd: James Brown 
3rd: The Beatles

How did you start dancing?


I began dancing back in 1994, a few of my school mates began teaching me the “running man”, which than lead to the “Roger Rabbit”, which eventually lead to me spinning on my head (Breakdancing). I am happy to say, I’ve been spinning on my head ever since! (Ed. Note It’s hard to keep him right-side up sometimes!)
 

What do you enjoy most about working on events with Alan Waltz Entertainment?

One of the greatest feelings is being able to share a special moment in a young person’s life. Knowing that “Alan Waltz Entertainment” helped and organize a memory/feeling that will never be forgotten is truly priceless.  

What song do you find gets everyone on the dance floor?
Pump it-Black Eyed Peas

Thanks, Sergio!

People will often ask us, “How can I make my event stand out from all the rest” ? we tell people all the time, “the number one thing you can do to make you an impact on at your event, in addition to having great entertainment, is to add uplighting”.

It’s not as expensive as you might think, and much less than having your venue or a lighting company provide it for you.

When it comes to lighting there are endless possibilities to create a unique look and feel in any size room.

If your considering uplighting let us know what your thinking, or we can design something for you. We have lots of ideas we can share with you.

Our lights use very little electricity, so blown fuses or breakers are unlikely. They also do not generate enough heat to pose the threat of catching fire or causing injury.