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    Kibsaim E. Sent on 03/01/2024
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    Honored Occasions is the Best!!!

    My wife and I were looking for a wedding DJ that would be able to help bridge and blend our two families, and two cultures, together beautifully. Anthony was our DJ of choice, and from the beginning, he has been a consummate professional, responsive, proactive, attentive, and also fun! We both really appreciated his willingness to speak in both English and Spanish in his announcements to cater both to my wife's English speaking family and my Spanish speaking family. I could tell that my family really appreciated being included in that way. Tony was excellent, highly experienced, and knew how to host the entire night. We also had a live band at our wedding, and Tony worked with the band to help make our night special, knowing when to come in and out, and when to take turns with the band in a very seamless way. Overall, I cannot say enough how happy we were with Honored Occasions and Tony. Thank you, Honored Occasions, for making the best day of our lives a memory we will never forget!
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    Robin H. Sent on 03/06/2023
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    Perfect Wedding DJ

    We cannot say enough about Steve and Honored Occasions. They were incredibly responsive and really tailored there work and the music to what worked for us. I had several guests tell me it was the best DJ'd wedding they had ever been to with perfect music selection. If you want to be assured to have a perfect night ask for Steve at Honored Occasions.
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    Jillian B. Sent on 02/17/2023
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    Let's Get Ready to Rumble!!!

    We had Anthony as our DJ for our wedding and he was incomparable! We also had an amazingly run photobooth. Anthony was great at personalizing our wedding and working with my husband on his request for a WWE style intro. He turned this wedding into one legendary event! Great MCing and upbeat music that completely fit our wedding. Thank you for helping make our wedding very representative of us! -Jacob and Jillian
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    Alexandra C. Sent on 10/27/2022
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    sheer perfection

    My now husband and I procrastinated badly and were only a month out from our wedding and had no DJ. Luckily, we found Honored Occasions and our DJ Martin and we cannot recommend them highly enough. Martin was the absolute consummate professional. He played exactly the type of music we wanted for our cocktail hour and used our spotify playlist for the reception as a jumping off point for an incredible dance party! He was a great host and transitioned between our speakers seamlessly and didn't miss a beat introducing the special dances. You're in really good hands with honored occasions.
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    Joanna B. Sent on 08/12/2022
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    Amazing dj

    Steve kept the party going! He was so responsive during my planning time and helped make my day amazing! He was spot on with my timeline and took care of everything, I didn't have to worry at all! The dance floor was busy all night and my guests loved the music. Honored Occasions is the best choice to book for your event!
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    Lisa W. Sent on 07/24/2022
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    Great DJ Service!

    We had a great experience w/ Steve's company, Honored Occasions! Steve helped us book a DJ for our 40th High School Reunion, only a couple of weeks prior to our event. (We hadn't realized that our hotel didn't have a DJ on staff) Our DJ Martin was fantastic, played the songs/genres we requested & didn't do a lot of talking to our attendees, just as we desired (we wanted all music, all the time). He did a nice job of softer music during our earlier hours when people were chatting, then revving up the music for dancing later in the evening.

    We'd use this company again - thanks Steve & Martin!
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    Ryan D. Sent on 08/10/2022
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    Stop looking for a DJ, book Honored Occasions NOW!

    I still can't get over how amazing Steve was for us. He orked ith us for months leading up to our big day, and everything went perfect. Steve played all the right music to keep the party going, and the party did not stop until the venue made us. Thank you so much Steve!

    Oh! Almost forgot! We also got an iPad photo booth and our guests LOVED it.
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    Katherine G. Sent on 07/29/2021
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    Key to a Great Party!

    Thank you to Steven and the Honored Occasions team for making our wedding fun and personal! We hired Steve at the suggestion of our wedding planner, and he was perfect for us. He provided audio and music for our ceremony and reception, plus lighting for the reception. Steve took the time to get to know us and customize our day. He had a wealth of knowledge regarding music selection and had no qualms about multiple phone meetings to better capture our vision and answer questions. On the day of our wedding, he was an absolute professional and great DJ for our reception. He had an excellent sense about what music to play and when so that our guests had the BEST time. Thank you Steve and Honored Occasions for our perfect day!
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    Lauren Sent on 12/08/2020
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    Fantastic!

    We are so happy that we chose Honored Occasions and Steve to be our wedding Dj. They offer a huge selection of packages to chose from and helped tailor exactly what we wanted, which exceeded our expectations. Especially while navigating a challenging time of wedding planning (and re-planning) during COVID19, Steve was always helpful, easy to reach, and quick and eager to offer solutions and lend a helping hand. In our opinion, Steve went above and beyond our expectations, and we would highly recommend him and Honored Occasions to be your event/wedding Dj. He is not just a great and professional Dj, but also a very charismatic, kind, and pleasant person to work with.
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    Jaimee L. Sent on 07/18/2020
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    The best of the best!

    When it came time to choose our wedding dj, there was no one else we considered besides Steve and Honored Occasions. We wanted our guests dancing all night so picking the best dj was very important to us! Come the wedding day, Steve kept the flow of our reception and after party running perfectly. From the very first song, he had ALL of our guests on the dancefloor. Our guests still tell us that they have never seen so many people dance at a wedding before, which makes us so happy because that’s exactly what we wanted! Every song choice was perfect!

    One of my favorite moments of the whole day was when Steve secretly recorded our vows from our ceremony and layed them over the intro to our last song. It was the sweetest surprise and the best way to end the night!

    Thank you Steve, Tony and the Honored Occasions team for making our wedding so amazing!
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    Christina Sent on 06/02/2019
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    Everything We Wanted and More!

    We can’t recommend Honored Occasions highly enough! When my husband and I started planning our wedding, we had no idea how to find the right DJ for us. We did know we wanted someone AMAZING. Boy, did we get that and more! The wonderful Steve Shanahan walked us through the entire process, start to finish. Through thoughtful, detailed-oriented, and guiding questions, Steve helped us iron out what we wanted our perfect day to feel like. He was incredibly easy to work with, generously shared great advice from years of experience, and was the perfect DJ/Emcee for us! His attention to detail and personal touches made the whole evening so meaningful. Each song was chosen and timed masterfully, and every name was pronounced perfectly. No detail was missed. The night progressed as flawlessly as if it had been rehearsed a thousand times, and yet it felt spontaneous, in-the-moment, and authentic! We truly couldn’t believe the riot of fun our guests were having--and it was all thanks to Steve’s stunning ability to read a crowd. He is brilliant at what he does, unendingly kind, and very professional; I could go on and on! Looking back, having Honored Occasions be a part of our special day was the most valuable vendor decision we made. Do yourself the same favor we did! You will not regret it one bit.
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    Angela Sent on 04/11/2012
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    We were referred to Steve from Honored Occasions by our amazing wedding coordinator Katie from Intertwined Events. the fact that she used him for her own brother's wedding is an excellent indicator. Due to my then-fiance work schedule, Steve never got to meet with him during the planning process but that was NOT a deterrent to a fun, memorable wedding. He sent us plenty of questionnaires to get to know us. It was an Indian-Vietnamese wedding that caused us a whole lot of stress planning but Steve weaved the 2 cultures expertly without offending either side and the night was as smooth as butter! The older generation (by old, i mean in their 80's and 90's) stayed till the very end to enjoy the night and the happy atmosphere that Steve and his team provided.

    Music: Steve, we love you!!! our friends and family LOVE to dance and Steve did not disappoint. the transition between songs were smooth, the music was exactly what we were hoping for and we were sad when the night was over :( we kept getting "thanks for throwing a bitchi%* party" as people were leaving

    Lighting: WOW! this was exactly what guests uttered when they entered our reception hall. I was pretty much leaving this up to the expert (steve) and was pleasantly surprised!

    All in all, our wedding day was the BEST EVER thanks in no small part to Steve!!!
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    Justina L. Sent on 07/03/2019
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    A Wonderful Experience

    I had the pleasure of working with Tiffany (DJ Ruby Blue) when planning my wedding. She was a consummate professional that truly cared about my event! Because I had a number of unusual song requests (not the traditional Top 40 songs), Tiffany worked tirelessly to make sure she became familiar with the songs and incorporated them into my wedding seamlessly. In addition, she was always available to talk through any concerns or last minute changes. In fact, we were forced to change the location of our ceremony due to weather rather last minute, and Tiffany helped us work through some issues to make sure our ceremony went off without a hitch. I highly highly recommend considering hiring Tiffany for your wedding!
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    My Sent on 07/01/2019
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    Awesome DJ! Full of energy and fun!

    Honored Occasions did an amazing job on our wedding day (5/25/19)! Prior to the wedding day, Steve was extremely responsive to emails and coordinated Skype call to go over the details several weeks before the big day. I really appreciated the planning website that they used and their execution was flawless! Billy and I really liked how Steve was able to take the songs that we requested to play and make it flow throughout the night. He also had great energy introducing the wedding party and announcing the events of the night. The music that was played for the party/dancing was the best! We had a blast dancing the night away, all thanks to Honored Occasions!
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    Diane Sent on 05/19/2019
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    Excellent!

    We hired Steve for our wedding and we're so glad that we did! Upon meeting with him, he was professional, easy to talk to, and helpful. The day of the wedding, he kept everything running on time and I didn't have to worry about a thing! Thank you Steve!!
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    Mackenzie L. Sent on 03/09/2019
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    DJ Tony was the best!!!

    Anthony "DJ Tony" Hernandez was one of our very favorite vendors at our wedding! He was not only professional and personable, but he seemed to care even more than we did about making our music selection fine-tuned to please the guests and to fit us as a couple perfectly. Tony ran the show so smoothly and I swear every guest came up to my husband and I asking who our DJ was because the music selection was so amazing! Thank you so much, DJ Tony! We are forever grateful!
    Robert and Mackenzie Berg
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    Megan Sent on 09/21/2018
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    The Honored Occasions team is awesome and so talented. They also very much care about your vision for your wedding day and every detail. We booked them for their lighting expertise and boy did they deliver. They transformed our ballroom with their pinspots. They highlighted our sweetheart table, cake table, dessert and other feature areas of the room. They made our event so elegant and the photos are amazing.
    They are a joy to work with as they are easily reached and communicated with us through out the whole planning process.
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    Sarah Sent on 07/18/2018
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    We had Steve recently DJ at our wedding, and he did such an amazing job!! Steve and the guys at Honored Occasions made it sooo painless and such a great experience when were were prepping for our wedding. Steve really helped out us out and took all the stress away when it comes to all those silly detailed songs that you would never even think about! Highly recommend Honored Occasions!
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    Caitlyn Sent on 07/02/2018
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    Honored Occasions was the perfect choice for our wedding and reception, and we are so pleased with how everything turned out. We were very impressed with Ryan at our first meeting with him and he exceeded our expectations for our wedding day in every way. He and Steve were both so communicative through the planning process and follow up, and we felt we were always in great hands. We felt that every song choice was personalized and the genres and songs we had discussed wanting were all played at the perfect times and always kept the party going. Ryan is so charismatic and did an amazing job MC-ing our reception - the cherry on top was at our last song, where Ryan mixed our spoken vows from the ceremony over our last song choice, which was an amazing surprise! It was an absolutely perfect day, made all the much better by our friends at HO!
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    Rena Sent on 07/18/2018
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    Ryan was a fantastic DJ for our reception! From the very start, in our planning meetings with him, he was always very professional. The software they use allowed us to customize the music selection as much as we wanted in the months leading up to the wedding. Ryan was always very quick to respond to emails and texts. He went the extra mile and helped us edit the audio file for our first dance, with a very fast turnaround. He did a great job of being connected with reception guests and during the last song of the night, when the late-nighters were huddled together on the dance floor singing our hearts out to Journey, he joined us! It was so much fun to have him on our wedding team!
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    David Sent on 05/03/2018
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    We had our wedding at the Nixon Library with Steve as our DJ and he was great! We were looking for a fun DJ and Steve definitely fit the bill. He was very responsive to emails and phone calls and made the entire process very easy for us. The online planning tool gave us plenty of freedom and time to enter our song requests.

    Our guests also responded very well to Steve. His announcements were easy to understand and clear. He's also excellent at leading games. A highlight at our wedding was when he did a musical chairs scavenger hunt. Super fun for the guests!

    Honestly, if you're looking for a fun and personable DJ, Steve is your guy. He truly cares about making the wedding a fun experience for the guests. He's not the guy that just plays music and that's it.
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    Karen Sent on 04/07/2018
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    We utilized Honored Occasions for their photobooth, lighting, DJ, and emceeing services. We met Steve Shanahan and Jeanette Ong in person. Jeannette was the emcee for our wedding. She’s is very talented and multilingual! Our guests spoke English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. It was extremely helpful for our guests. We had one specific request, which was we wanted the emcee to announce our grand entrance as a sports announcer in the style of the Chicago Bulls entrance. We were so lucky that we also had Ryan Moore on our wedding day. He did an amazing job!!! Ryan and Jeanette interacted amazingly well with our guests! As an added plus, they were such great sports and were able to join us on the dance floor and even took hilarious photos at the photo booth with us. They’re the best decision you can make for your audio and visual needs for your wedding.
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    Allie Sent on 10/12/2017
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    Our wedding was on August 26, 2017 at Pasea Resort and Spa in Huntington Beach, CA. Steve and his team were absolutely awesome! He is talented, professional and such a fun person. The Signature Dance he offers as part of his service was so special and so much for for us AND our guests. We couldn't imagine our celebration without them!

    Thank you Steve!

    Allie and Chris Martin
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    Christine Sent on 09/23/2017
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    My husband and I are both musicians, so hiring the right DJ was imperative for us. We met Ryan and Honored Occasions at a bridal expo 8 months before our wedding and when we decided to hire Honored Occasions, we were paired with Ryan as both our DJ and MC. Ryan was extremely professional and attentive—asking questions about our story and patiently listening to the very specific vision my husband and I had for the wedding. Ryan’s confidence and passion for his craft gave us the reassurance that he would turn our vision to reality.

    On the wedding day, Ryan was punctual, approachable and SO MUCH FUN! I had three choreographed dances (accompanied by song mashups) and he hit all the cues without a hitch—there were no awkward moments or technical difficulties thanks to Ryan. We had games and events throughout the reception and he made sure to check in with us to ensure everything ran smoothly. Ryan kept the dance floor crowded all night, and I remember seeing everyone from my parent’s friends (who would never be caught on a dance floor!) to small children dancing away. His MC’ing was tasteful and not at all cheesy; my husband and I have had multiple people tell us how incredible our DJ was. I also want to mention his assistant, Jonathan, who helped keep the night going and the dance floor full. Ryan won't be someone who just speaks into a mic and pushes buttons on his laptop—he is someone who brings his A-game and gives 200%. My only regret is that I didn’t get to thank him in front of all the guests! THANK YOU Ryan and Honored Occasions for turning our vision to reality! Our guests are still talking about the wedding and it’s thanks to Ryan. 
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    Eric Sent on 06/02/2017
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    Ryan was easily the best DJ we have ever worked with. I have been to a lot of weddings and Ryan was the best. He was respectful of our time, constantly communicating with us till the big day. On the wedding day he made sure we felt comfortable and ready to go. Throughout the wedding he made sure everything that happened was run through by us. He was an amazing MC and kept the wedding moving and exciting. There wasn't any down time and he even came and did some dancing with us. I would recommend Ryan 1000 times for any kind of event. Seriously book Ryan.
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