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Past Events, Recurring Clients

🎧 Night Of The Living Art: An Art After Dark Fashion Extravaganza

PHOTO CAPTION: DJ Mandy in Disco Ball Costume in her home studio for virtual events for Oceanside Museum of Art Virtual Event 2020.

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This was DJ MandyMixes’ 3rd year as DJ for the Oceanside Museum of Art’s Annual Halloween Event – Art After Dark. In 2020 we went virtual and DJ Mandy provided the score/soundtrack for the online fashion show and then hosted a virtual dance party after the fashion show via Zoom. Check out the original post below from the museum to see what the event was all about:

Art After Dark has been reimagined this year as a virtual experience. Gather with those on your quarantine list and celebrate Halloween at home with a visual spectacle of wearable art that is equal parts art, fashion, and fun! Enjoy an eclectic fashion show filmed at the museum, complete with commentary and behind the scenes peeks at the road to the runway. In addition to voting on favorite looks, bidding on coveted must-haves will be available.Be sure to get your tickets early before prices increase on October 26.Art After Dark has been reimagined this year as a virtual experience. Gather with those on your quarantine list and celebrate Halloween with a visual spectacle of wearable art that is equal parts art, fashion, and fun! Enjoy an eclectic fashion show live-streamed from the museum, complete with commentary and behind the scenes peeks at the road to the runway. In addition to voting on favorite looks, bidding on coveted must-haves will be available. Be sure to get your tickets early before prices increase on October 26.

PRESHOW
The pre-show begins at 6:00pm with flashbacks to prior years’ Art After Dark experiences and entertainment. Hosts will then share the road to the runway for this year’s artists and their extreme wearable art.

FASHION SHOW
Eclectic wearable art creations by local fashionistas and featured artist Melissa Meier will strut their way across the runway. Cast your vote for the People’s Choice winner and bid on your favorite ensembles and accessories. Click here to preview the artwork and bid on your favorites.

DJ HOUSE PARTY
After the fashion show, DJ Mandy will keep your house party rocking as she spins favorite tunes until 9:00pm. 

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Past Events

🎧Halloween Virtual Dance Party!

DETAILS + REGISTER BELOW:
***REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12PM PST ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16***

Join DJ MandyMixes’ for a spooky fun time!
Dancing | Costume Contest | Fun Facts about Halloween songs!

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COSTUME CONTEST! Win an item from Mandy’s MERCH shop!
***Dress up is not required, just don’t forget your dancin’ shoes!***

HOW IT WORKS: DJ MandyMixes will be set up in her home studio and will DJ just like she normally would at any event, but via Zoom. You can dance along in your kitchen or your living room or wherever you like via ZOOM! Mandy will be on your screen motivating you and dancing along with you. We will utilize ZOOM, but you can opt to have your video off if you prefer! 

COST: Donation/Tip amount of your choice. It’s free to register.

HOW TO JOIN: Once you register (BELOW) you will receive the link to join the ZOOM. Zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the event between 12pm – 5pm.

*NOTE* – SOUND QUALITY DURING THE EVENT: For the best experience and best sound quality be sure to hook up your device or computer to the best speaker you have, but no required.

*NOTE* MUTED MICROPHONE: When you first join the dance your microphone will not be muted so you can say hello. But once we get started (7:05pmish) I will mute and lock everyone’s microphones so we don’t have feedback/sound quality issues. Please use the chat box to make requests, etc…THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING! 

 

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Blog

Happy 7 Year Anniversary to DJ MandyMixes!

Happy 7 Years to Me! Although, really I’ve been DJ-ing for friends & family for over 20 years! EEEK!!! Here’s the story behind each image. I just HAD to throw in multiple photos from 2019, because that was my best year yet (my first year fully ONLY doing my DJ biz, no other side hustles like in the past) and the most amount of professional photos I’ve had taken of me, ha!

2013 – I did my cousin’s wedding that July and then a couple weeks later I announced to the world that I was officially starting my DJ business and this photo was at my first gig, a backyard birthday party (August 24, 2013). And that hat, is the one that started it all! In case you haven’t noticed, I might have a slight obsession with hats! ha!

2014 – This was at Zymology 21 (no longer open) in Downtown San Diego for a networking group I was in with Thepulsesd Elite Networking Group

2015 -This was at the Wine Women & Wealth -California Expo/Conference at Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa

Photo by SNAP Savvy Photographic

2016 – This photo was taken at my FIRST annual dance party #MandyMixesDanceParty at

@SpringHillSuitesSanDiegoOceansideDT by Thepulsesd where The Pulse also filmed my first marketing video! You can view it on my Youtube channel. 😉 Link in my Bio.

2017 – This was at the Business Women’s Mega Mixer @konakairesortsd. Photo by @Tr

2018 – This was my 1st of 4 times (so far) DJ-ing for @hoehnmotors at their #PorscheCarlsbad location

2019 – From Left to Right

1. My 2nd time at #PorscheCarlsbad!

2. One of my shots from my headshot photoshoot with @stefanie_trueblueportrait at @decoydockside.

3. One of many weddings I was the DJ for at one of my preferred venues @lakehousehotel with @lakehouseweddingsandevents. Photo by @truephotography

Thank you so much to all my clients, referrers and friendors/vendors for your support these last 7 years!!! I can’t wait to get back out there with all of you!!! I miss you SO much!

Past Events

🎧 Milestone House Virtual Dance + Fundraiser

Saturday, September 19, 2020
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Via Zoom!

THE STORY BEHIND THIS EVENT: I was really sad that we couldn’t be together this year for the 5th Annual Back to (OLD) School Dance Party so I decided to create some shirts for you to buy to have a little piece of the dance party with you this year, THEN I realized we could still do a virtual dance, not as a replacement but just as a little bonus fun! AND since National Dance Day is September 19 I thought it was the perfect date. Then I was thinking, we need a little something extra since a virtual dance isn’t quite the same as being in person SO I decided to add a fundraiser element!

When I decided to add a fundraiser aspect to this dance I immediately thought of Beverly Boone of Milestone House. She has been a loyal fan of my annual dance party since the beginning and she is ALWAYS the first one on the dance floor every year, so it only made sense to support her non-profit!

ABOUT THE NON-PROFIT: Milestone House is a Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program in Oceanside, California.

They are licensed by the State of California and accredited by CARF International. Located in a lovely residential neighborhood, Milestone House offers children who are survivors of child abuse trauma informed care and treatment in a caring, compassionate environment. Their programs and services are person centered focused on individualized treatment, programs, and services to meet the specific needs of each child in their care. Their trauma informed treatment, programming and activities are designed to help children heal from the severe abuse and trauma they have suffered and put them on a path to reaching their goals and fulfilling their highest potential.

When you give to Milestone House, you are helping to bring positive and fundamental change to the lives of children who are among the most vulnerable in our community. For that we Thank you!

ABOUT THE EVENT:
Saturday, September 19, 2020
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Via Zoom!

Let’s Dance + Raise Some FUN(ds)!

We will dance to the top dance hits from the 1950s to today! DJ MandyMixes will be set up in her house and will DJ just like she would normally at any event and you can dance along in your kitchen or your living room or wherever you like via ZOOM!
We will also have some fun trivia throughout the night with prizes!

COST: Minimum Donation $10.00
50% goes directly to Milestone House!

Past Weddings, Testimonials

💍Wedding: George + Savannah (Lakehouse Hotel)

PLAYLIST: Lots of Country plus all the wedding favorites that guests always enjoy!

TESTIMONIAL: Hiring DJ Mandy for my wedding (3/14/20) was an absolute great decision. I was planning a wedding from across the country and DJ Mandy was working with me every step. With COVID-19 sneaking up on us, I had to make a lot of last minute changes. The night before the big day I was even making changes, but DJ Mandy was flexible and made my day perfect!

I loved how I got to give her a list of songs that I wanted to be played and during what times. The songs she filled in were a great selection. At one point she even taught my guests the moves to a line dance, which I loved that! Not a lot of my guests knew how to line dance, so showing them how to do one was very special to me!

DJ Mandy also played “Let It Go” for my little flower girls to dance to! I think this helped encourage everyone to get out on the dance floor.
As if DJ Mandy wasn’t amazing enough, I have to add that she even sent me a “safe travels” text before I flew across the country for my wedding. This just shows that she really cares about her customers.

It was honestly a pleasure having such a sweet and wonderful DJ at my wedding! – Savannah, Bride

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