{"id":22453,"date":"2013-04-29T19:29:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T00:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=22453"},"modified":"2013-04-29T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T00:31:01","slug":"the-perks-of-being-a-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2013\/04\/29\/the-perks-of-being-a-dj\/","title":{"rendered":"The perks of being a DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

KJHK’s Hip Hop Director DJs his high school prom<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Colin Wright<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"afterprom\"<\/a>As the hip-hop director and host of I-70 Independent, a local hip-hop show, I\u2019ve had some opportunities to do things that I would have otherwise never been able to do without my gig at KJHK. I was surprised when a woman from my hometown called me a few weeks ago and asked me to be the disk jockey\/emcee at my alma mater\u2019s after prom.<\/p>\n

While I graduated from Wellsville High School five years ago, I embraced the opportunity to test my trendiness and see if I could entertain more than a hundred high school kids until 5 am. While it was much different than my show at KJHK (or anything I had done for that matter), I found myself having as much fun as they were.<\/p>\n

Although they were not as excited to hear RUN DMC or R Kelly as I was to play them, we found a middle ground when I cranked up 2 Chainz and Baauer to their delight. Being the crowd pleaser that I am, I made sure Bruno Mars and Ellie Goulding were on my After Prom list as well (I may or may not have thrown in a Gangnam Style because I\u2019m afraid that song will never die).<\/p>\n

One of the biggest hits was when I played \u201cName that Artist\u201d, playing a song and rewarding the first person to yell out the name of the artist with a prize. Despite the age difference, I was pleasantly surprised to see many of the kids in touch with the music I was playing. Maybe there is hope for kids these days after all.<\/p>\n

I was honored that the after prom committee thought highly enough of me to invite me to be a part of the special evening. While staying up until I hear the birds chirping isn\u2019t something I want to do every night, KJHK has opened up gigs for me to entertain the masses, one high school after prom at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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