Party Central - Late Summer to Early Autumn

• Showboat Atlantic City for 2 High Roller events: – End of Summer party up on the 9th Floor Outdoor Pool Deck. Halloween Party at Club Harlem.
• One of the most memorable weddings of all time at the Palm House in Brooklyn for Hannah & Guy Serbin. It had everything and then some. I don't think anyone at that party will ever forget it.
• Old Oaks Country Club Labor Day party our 9th year with them. Always one of the best possible places to spend your Labor day if you have kids.

Notable mitzvahs over the last few months:
Alexa Wheeler at Water Street in Brooklyn was a fantastic party. Ethan Aronson, one of my favorite kids this year, had an amazing party at Mountain Lakes Club in NJ. Jackie Gavron had an simply elegant and fun party at the Ethical Cultural Society in Park Slope for Hannah, one of the most unique mitzvah girls we've had in a long while. She created some amazing dances we'd not seen before. Beth Bressman threw the first mitzvah ever at the newly created ballroom space at the Orange Lawn & Tennis Club for Lauren. It was a Broadway/Hollywood theme that came to life quite well. Lisa Haberman, sales director at the Orange Lawn & Tennis Club is a pleasure to work with and takes really good care of everyone in the new facility. It could be one of the new and up and coming places in NJ to have events.
Stay tuned for more thrilling events in the upcoming months.

Laser lighting is Back!

Laser lighting is Back!

In 2001when LSNY began adding incredible lighting to our events Laser lighting was very exciting to have at parties. Then over the years with color Kinetics and more elegant parties Lasers kind of went away. Laser technology continued to progress and had gotten more sophisticated, and technologically advanced. We can do so many more illusions as well as logos and text.

We’re excited to announce that 21st Laser Lighting effects are incredible and we’ve available at LSNY Enteratainment. Call for more information. Let's blow your guests away at your next affair.

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Celebrations - What ITs all About

November is a TV sweeps month and the month we all reflect to give thanks (for better programming :) As we at LSNY continue to have the privilege and joy to celebrate with our families and corporate clients I am reminded of a few simple joys: How wonderful it is to join in appreciation with other people in a way that is not forced. How satisfying it is to connect to someone or many some ones at a very basic level of a knowing shared smile. The recognition that what is before us is so worth enjoying, savoring at the deepest and grandest levels.

When I’m at home, I’m a father and husband doing multiple things, cooking dinner, playing with my child, finding the balance between wanting to give my all to my clients and savor my family. I’m not always energized like I am at the events. But every once in a while, I realize that I can raise myself up to those celebratory places, not just at parties, social gatherings or bars and ballparks. We can revel in our every day life as well.

When the market collapsed last month I read about it at the end of the day in my office, at the exact moment, my joyful frizzy headed 2 year old daughter had come in took my hand and asked to dance. I was blown away by the news, but all I really could do was share a dance with my daughter.

We turned the music up and we danced with abandon. The more we danced the less it all mattered. In a way that's saying what I have before me is what IS truly happening, and what is going on out there will go on with or without me.

I'm continually heartened and humbled by my clients’ embraces, emotional thanks, and letters. The feeling is that we shared something more fulfilling than what they had imagined it would be. But it's quite simple really. Just like my daughter asking me to dance in joy is a far greater thing than contemplating the woeful economy, which I have little to do with... so is the client’s day or night so much greater than anything happening out there.

We just devote ourselves to bringing celebration to life as IS. Our lives intertwine and so we share the same energy, like my daughter and I. My daughter's joy moved my energy to joy and I let my concerns and worries go. And so it is with your events.

We at LSNY want to make sure the event is genuinely appreciated with compassion and joy. I appreciate everything in my life that allows me to be there and do just that.

That's what celebrations are about. Piercing through all the things hovering around that pulls away from what is right before us - to find what matters in that moment: Our connection to being here. And when we do that we gain the essence of what we all are: Alive. And that is worth celebrating.

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

Michael

Master of Celebrations

Excerpt from my book: The Master of Celebrations guide to PRACTICAL MAGIC

One of the things I currently do is produce entertainment for and MC Private Events. Most people understand emcee (MC) to mean master of ceremonies and you know these people as the ones on the microphone that lead the way through an event. For me this is a world of wondrous milestones such as (finding the love of your life) weddings or (making it from childhood to the beginnings of maturity and adulthood) mitzvahs, I found myself investing everything I had into celebrating people’s lives as if it were my very own family. It didn’t matter that I did not know my clients before, or maybe even very well leading up to the party. Or that I don't know their guests at all. On this day, they are me and I am them. And because I always want the very best experiences for myself, they shall have the same if not better.

And in that realization that this was so important to me, I evolved beyond being a master of ceremonies into a Master of Celebrations. The difference is in being able to do everything necessary to create ease and effortlessness of flow so the circumstances of the party do not block or distract from the ability to celebrate itself, while at the same time being able to lead and engage people into their greatest levels of joy.

To be a Master of Celebrations does not mean I am a Master. The label means nothing; it’s simply a way to describe what is indescribable. It does not mean I have arrived and there is no one better than me. It means I’m actively practicing Mastery so I can continue to perform at highly proficient and enlightened levels to keep creating more love, wonder and excitement for everyone. It also does not mean I have finished learning everything. There are always new situations being presented asking me to become more, find more, give more. It just means that I have invested and return with a high level of awareness, ability and efficiency to go to deeper places and create with ever expanding tools.

I love being a Master of Celebrations and think it's one of the greatest things anyone can ever do to appreciate and celebrate the aliveness of life. It gives me great joy to be able to express that with my clients. It brings me closer to them and them closer to me.

Party Central 2008 - The Highlights for January through April

So far 2008 has been the year of the kid's party.

The IBM Conference Center in Palisades NY set the stage for the first mitzvah of the year. Jeremy Chaitin’s mitzvah rocked in 2008. Jennifer and Stu set a cool ski-disco setting bathed in purple and blues. This was a mixed event resort-like party while the adults wined and dined with dual bars on the dance floor, and the kids partied it up big. This is an up and coming spot for mitzvahs.

Meirav Weintraub daughter of Rabbi Simkha Weintraub's daughter had an awesome kid’s only party at Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn. We turned the room into a cool VIP lounge. See the blue room below.

Gabi Weintraub, Meirav’s cousin and son of Rabbi Sam Weintraub of Kane Street Synagogue converted the gym of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School to a rock club and another hip kid’s party took flight.

Lana Cohen had to be one of the sweetest and nicest kids ever on a gorgeous day at the Prospect Park Picnic House again in Brooklyn. This was our second mitzvah with Linda Aponte/Jason Cohen and the family has a huge place in our hearts.

A party that rocked 2008 to its knees was David Ginsberg’s mitzvah party at Water Street Restaurant in Brooklyn. The party in the underwater lounge kicked sold out rave. The kids barely stopped dancing and jumping long enough to grab some buffet food and return. Like a Guinness Book of World Records for most sweat in any 4 hours by kids under 15. One of the hippest joints to have a party in Brooklyn or Manhattan. Call Ry at Water Street and tell him we sent you.

Looking forward to many more parties and highlights with each of you. Enjoy the Spring! MS

The Return of the Ultimate Games Master

With the arrival of spring there is always a few things to look

forward to. Opening day at the baseball stadiums, Tiger Woods

at the Masters and the US Open, The Botanical Gardens in full bloom, those of us with allergies also in full bloom.

And of course a sense of renewal. It’s also a time for reinvention.

All our former clients and their guests have seen many of the skills and games we do with the kids during the cocktail hour of LSNY events. Few know the origin of these skills and games.

While LSNY was an up and coming company, I worked for numerous other entertainment companies in many different capacities: Dancer, MC, improvisational comic, counselor and skills and games person.

In the early days it was as a dancer and games master where I really thrived and excelled the crowds, particularly kids. Over a 4 year period that’s what I became best known for the skills and games. There were occasions at events where various bands would ask me to please take a break because too many kids were engrossed and captivated with what we were playing.

Many of those same skills and games are still part of the LSNY experience today. Actually today we have a little over 50 of the most compelling interactive skills and games ever to grace a party. And many of them can only be found through LSNY.

This spring I’ve begun to offer my the ULTIMATE GAMES MASTER as a independently from LSNY on the open dates that we have. A few planners and companies have jumped on the wagon and a whole new clientele with completely different styles of parties are being thrilled by Maestro Michael Sage.

So out of the past comes a reinvention for the future. The Ultimate Games Master (UGM) returns. If you have friends or family having a kid's party of any kind, whether they have booked their entertainment or not, Maestro Michael Sage, the UGM would be an incredible addition to their event. It’s an amazing amount of entertainment and fun from just one person. Any questions give us a call. 201 475-5769