Flying High in Florida LSNY Style

We just returned from an amazing trip to Sarasota, Florida to celebrate with the Brown family once again.  Pam and Rick once again pulled out the stops and hospitality like no one's business.

We had been there in 2006 for their daughter Sammi's party (video on website) and I'm sure everyone was wondering how would we ever match that party. Well you don't have to worry with the Brown family.

"Air Jordan" was the theme held at Rectrix, an airport hangar across from Sarasota Airport. A huge space to hold a party in.  But the spirit and exhuberance that night filled the space up completely.

The picture to the right is how the space was transformed by Christine and Bill Fenner of Artistic Occassions.  if you are having an event on the west coast of Florida you have to call them.



The lounge by Chritine and Bill Fenner



The event was catered by Phil Mancini and the amazing culinary team over at Michael's on East where we did the Brown's first holy grail of parties for Sammi.  Their food is first rate and their a pleasure to work with.

LSNY featured 2 giant screens over top of the  stage with 2 tiers. The highest tier is where our DJ Dollar Bill spun his magic, and our light and sound crew were very much on point, taking care of any possible sound distortion on the fly, and lighting on the spot any place that needed it.

On Jordan's entrance the doors of the hangar peeled open to reveal her atop a Lear Jet.  She came down the stairs like a Super Model to meet one of our dancers who lifted her high in the air.  They then walked through a sea of guests to the stage where the rest of the family joined her to the gospel choral break in "I Believe I can Fly".   No one in the place did not have goose bumps. 

Rick and Pam Brown put on another night that no one will ever forget.  The entire party was a thrill to do and be involved in.  And we cannot thank the Brown family enough for having us and allowing us another  opportunity to do something amazing for their family. They have entered the pantheon of favorite families like so many of you before them.

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.