Mon, 05 May 2008 09:50:56 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/ Expressway Music DJ, Disc Jockey,Karaoke, Live music services NYC for weddings and private events. en-us http://www.expresswaymusic.com/images/logo.gif http://www.expresswaymusic.com/ info@expresswaymusic.com http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=176 It  was an all out dance party at Brett's Bar Mitzvah this past Saturday night at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Mount Kisco NY. Stacy from Total Party Concepts preparing the candles for Brett. Emcee Dan Kingman consulting with the Bar Mitzvah boy Brett. Brett on chair during Hora, after candlelighting.......Expressway Music provided Dj Dave Swirsky, Emcee Dan Kingman and Dancers Julia and Kim....Stacy and Michael from Total Party concepts catered the entire Bar Mitzvah.   Mon, 05 May 2008 09:50:56 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=175 Jackie and Jonathan celebrated their engagement with family and friends last night at Temple Beth Ahm in Springfield New Jersey yesterday.There was a lot of dancing...........And a lot of Karaoke singing............The Guys singing "You've lost that lovin Feeling" There was a very funny comedian/ventriloquist John Pizzi whom perfomed for 30 minutes. There was a special Birthday cake for three close friends of Jackie and Jon's. DJ Dave Swirsky provided the dj and Karaoke entertainment for the engagement party and Brian from Temple Beth Ahm was the Maitre de for Party. Mon, 05 May 2008 09:15:00 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=174                            MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE AMERICAN IDOL NIGHTLast Night Marymount Manhattan College held their annual American Idol Karaoke contest. The first hour was open karaoke where each contestant was entered in a raffle to win various prizes at the end of the evening.The final two hours was the actual competition where vocalists were judged by three students and had to pass thru 5 rounds with an elimination at the end of each round. The competition was fierce and the finalists arguably had talent enough to be a finalist on the actual American Idol show. The evening was hosted by Expressway Music dj-kj Dave Swirsky. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:36:41 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=173        Bride and Groom First Dance to "Something about the way you look tonight" by Elton JohnKimberly and Peter celebrated their wedding Friday night at the Westmount Country Club in New Jersey.  Disc Jockey Dave Swirsky from Expressway Music provided cocktail hour music(mostly Brazilian Sambas) and dj music for the reception that followed. The wedding party was introduced into the reception room to the song "For Once in my Life" by Stevie Wonder and then into the first dance(as seen above). Right after the bride and grooms first dance it was followed up by the bride dancing with her father to "My little Girl" by Tim McGraw and the Groom dancing with his mother to "Through the years" by Kenny Rogers.                                                               Father and Daughter DanceFamily and friends ranged from young to old and dj Dave kept everyone dancing throughout the entire wedding reception. The Bride and Groom cut the cake to "Better Together" by Jack Johnson as guests took photos.                                                   Dancing guests right after dinnerCharles of Krystle Clear productions from Middletown NJ was the videographer for the wedding and the photographers were from New York City wedding photography studio Christian Oth . Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:24:08 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=172           Bride and Groom First Dance "You Got It" as sung by their close friend Ewen Morton.               Micheal and Natalie were married today and celebrated at The Ruth Chris Steakhouse in Manhattan with 150 friends and family. The wedding was really more of a dance party as guests danced all day to Dj Dave of Expressway Music.                                                        Jacob and Natilie(friends of bride and groom)saying hi.                                                                                             Smallest Dancer Cleone with Bride dancing in back round DJ Dave played music for multiple genres...keeping guests dancing all wedding....songs/artists included:"Just like Heaven"-the cure, "Laid" by James, Marvin Gaye, Sharon Jones and Dap Kings, Mark Ronson,Stevie Wonder, Kayne West, Temptations, Yael Naim and many more.........Pennsylvania wedding Photographer Jen Capone photographed the entire wedding. Bride and Groom chose "At Last" as the final song of the wedding and were joined by family and friends ending a fun, tasteful dance party wedding!! The following is an email from the bride after the wedding.............   From: Natalie Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:32 PMCc: david@expresswaymusic.com; Subject: thank you!   Hi David- Michael and I just wanted to write and thank you so much for everything yesterday -  you were amazing - played the best music - and as I am sure you can tell - everyone was having an incredible time! You guys really made the party.  And have been a joy to work with. I am going to reccommend everyone I know to you guys - thank you for everything! All my best, Natalie and Michael Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:24:56 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=171                        Emcee Dan Kingman announcing the cutting of the Challah       Ander's held his Bar Mitzvah celebration with family and friends and New York City nightclub Branch last night.   Highlights of the party included: A touching speech to their son from Parents Guy and Luisa: and after reading the meaningful lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Forever Young", parents and(later) guests all joined on the dance floor to the original Dylan version. And there was a lot of dancing as provided by Expressway Music dj Dave Swirsky......                                                 Expressway Music Dancers Andrew and Kim leading the dancing                                        Bar Mitzvah Boy blowing out candles with proud Mom looking on   And More Dancing............                                                                                           Emcee Dan Kingman conducting the "Auction" at the end of the partyWhite Plains, Westchester NY photographer Gail Simring photographer the entire Bar Mitzvah and Branch event Director Emily Gould did a wonderful job overseeing the entire Bar Mitzvah!!! Here is an email from the Bar Mitzvah boys parents soon after the Bar Mitzvah:   From: Guy Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:36 AMTo: Dan KingmanCc: David SwirskySubject: RE: Party Dear David and Dan: What a party! Both of you were fantastic all the way through. You set a wonderful tone and pace with your choice of music and the way you motivated the guests, especially the kids, in a fun but understated way. We could see that the kids were completely engaged on the dance floor, whether dancing, answering the trivia questions or participating in the auction.The way you handled the party for Anders was completely mindful and respectful of his quiet and assuming nature and, even though he was the center of attention, you never forced him to be the center of attention in a way that made him feel unconfortable. We are sure that he will always look back at this day as one of the most special days in his life. Thank you most sincerely, Guy and Luisa       Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:29:54 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=170                                      Expressway Music was chosen by Citysearch and their readers as the best Mobile Party DJ in New York City for 2007. Thank you to Citysearch and to everyone who voted for us!!! Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:39:54 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=169                 Katie on chair during HoraThe Riverview in Westchester NY hosted Katie's Bat Mitzvah last night. The Riverview is a beautiful catering hall with spectacular views of the Hudson River.Expressway Dancer Megan. In backround the River view from the ballroom before party.Katie perfomed the candle lighting ceremony flawlessley and dedicated many songs to attending guests. Some of the songs included:  "I'll stand by you" by the Pretenders, "Low" by Flo Rida, "Sway" by Michael Buble, "New Soul" by Yael Naim and many more. Katie's friends gather round her during CandlelightingOne highlight of the Bat Mitzvah was Katie's parents dancing to their wedding song "Endless Love" Expressway DJ Dave and Emcee Dan, along with Expressway Dancers Megan and Chris kept guests(young and older) dancing all evening.And More Dancing.............The Bat Mitzvah ended with a high energy dance set with Katie and her friends dancing to songs by Cascada, DJ Unk, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, and many more. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:01:47 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=168            Packed dance floor by video wallRosa had her Bat Mitzvah at the Seamans church institute in Lower Manhattan NYC this last Saturday evening.Rosa's friends celebrated on the Top Deck while adult guests dined on the 2nd floor and joined the dancing later in the evening. DJ Dave Swirsky played great dance music while Expressway Music MC Dan Kingman intiated the auction where there was tremendous participation by Rosa and her friends.     Kids bid on auction prizes at end of MitzvahIn addition to the auction and dancing many kids and adults pariticpated in the Karaoke.   Friends singing Karaoke to Avril Lavigne songMore highlights included a wonderful Candlelighting ceremony performed by the Bar Mitzvah Girl.         Rosa's Dad David Lighting a CandleOther entertainment included a temporary tattoo artist, a state of the art, do it yourself photo booth(that was a HUGE hit at the party). Delicious vanilla and chocolate milk shakes were also served. Jennifer from Life steps Photo was the photographer for the bat Mitzvah and Table Tales of Lower Manhattan NYC catered the entire bat mitzvah. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:09:25 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=167 Griffin and Dylan had their B'nai Mitzvah at Ruby Foo's NYC this past Saturday. Guests arrived to cocktails, a sushi bar and passed appeitizers. During cocktail hour Dj Dave from Expressway Music played a wide variety of music from z100  hits to classic rock staples while Emcee Dan Kingman asked trivia questions to the kids and initiated low key karaoke entertainment.....    Friends singing Karoke to a Mily Cyrus songExpressway Music also provided other wonderful entertainment including a Paper Scissors artistwhom creates any type of image with his scissors and piece of paper to the guests absolute amazement.                            Scissor ArtistExpressway Music also provided Superimposed Photos which can be found on our Superimposed Photo website Expressway Music Superimposed Photo in frameOther highlights of the B'nai Mitzvah was a wonderful montage put together by the Twin's parents Robert and Barbara.  It was both touching and funny and genuinely kept guests entertained. In addition, both parents spoke briefly about the unique and special qualities of each of their kids. There was a also a brief candlelighing ceremony followed by a short hora in which both twins were lifted in celebration. The food and atmosphere at Ruby Foo's is first rate. The event was run by Jay of Ruby Foo's and coordinated by Ruby Foo's event coordinator Jeri Chico. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:53:42 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166 Abigail Bookman, Jason Sussman Published: March 9, 2008 New York Times Abigail Bookman, a daughter of Arlene Karten and Joseph Bookman of Scarsdale, N.Y., was married on Friday morning to Jason Sussman, a son of Edna Sussman and Alex Sussman, also of Scarsdale. Blanca Martinez, a staff member in the office of the City Clerk, officiated at the New York City Municipal Building. Benjamin Weiner, a rabbinical student, led a Jewish ceremony on Saturday evening at the Central Park Boathouse.   Andy Marcus/Fred Marcus Photography Mrs. Sussman, 25, is a research assistant on the Initiative for Behavioral Economic Approaches to Markets at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard. She graduated from Brown. Her father is a founder and a principal of PinHawk, a company in New York that assembles news reports for clients from a wide range of sources. Her mother is a psychologist in private practice in Scarsdale. Mr. Sussman, 26, is an associate at the New York law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. He graduated from Columbia, where he also received his law degree. His parents are both lawyers in New York. His mother is of counsel at Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney. His father is a litigation partner in Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.Expressway Music provided their quartet "Expressway Klezmer" for the ceremony, cocktail hour(played jazz) and for the 1st 1/2 hour of the reception they played long horas which all of the 190 guests participated.             The  Expressway Klezmer Quartet               Bride and Groom right after ceremony                                        Happy Groom during Hora                 DJ Dave Swirsky was the disc jockey for the wedding playing songs from most styles and genres. Many touching toasts were made and a lot of dancing all reception long to Disc jockey Dave's music. Harold from the Central Park Boathouse did a great job overseeing the entire wedding. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:35:16 -0400 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Lindsay Landman Events held it's very first New York Wedding Workshop at the Beautiful Helen Mills theater  in Manhattan, New York yesterday afternoon.  Many of New York City's finest wedding professionals presented their services to discerning NYC brides and grooms. Expressway Music was represented by DJ Alberto and their much requested Soleil Jazz Trio featuring the vocals of Jasmine.                           Expressway Music DJ Alberto             Soleil Jazz Trio featuring Jasmine on VocalsOther wonderful NYC wedding vendors at the wedding event were Barnaby Draper of Barnaby Draper wedding photograhpy, Thomas Preti NYC Caterers, Helen Mills of the exquisite wedding and event venue Helen Mills theater and of course Lindsay Landman wedding and event planner who produced the New York Wedding Workshop.  The 1st wedding workshop was a complete success...congratulations and much thanks goes to Lindsay Landman and Alison Cozzini!! Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:14:29 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=164         Bride and Groom at wedding ceremonyMargerat and Andrew had a beautiful wedding ceremony and reception at lower Manhattan NYC restaurant and event space Battery Gardens last night.  The upstairs space was divided for the wedding ceremony where bride and groom were married overlooking the New York City-NYC landmark the Statue of Liberty. DJ Dave Swirsky was the dj for the ceremony and played beautiful classical pieces as guests arrived and for the processional and recessional.  Dj Dave also provided music for the downstairs area during cocktail hour with a small PA and ipod of jazz standards for guests to enjoy. Guests moved back upstairs for the reception, dinner and dancing provided again by Expressway Music disc jockey David.Upstairs in Dance area-pre guests arrival. DJ set uplounge by fireplace.Dinner half of room. If you look hard, to the left,you can see the Statue of Liberty.The event was over seen by Battery Garden Maitre de/Captain Eddie and the wedding was photographed by NYC photographer Agaton Strom. Guests danced all wedding long and the dance floor was standing room only on the last dance of the night"Shining Star" by the Manhattans. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:10:30 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=163 EXPRESSWAY MUSIC IS DJ AND EMCEE FOR WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS AT NYC CITY HALL!!!!! DJ's Dave Swirsky and Dan Kingman pre award ceremony Expressway Music was hired to DJ and Emcee the New York Giants Key to the city award ceremony Tuesday Feb 5th to celebrate the Giants winning the Super Bowl over the New England Patriots. DJ's Dave and Dan warmed up the crowd with fan favorites until the festivities began with Dj Dan introducing Whoopi Goldberg and many others as the event progressed. Here are some highlight photos of the event:                      Itinerary of Key to the city ceremony Tamyra Grey singing the national anthem with Eli and Strahan looking on. Eli Manning with Super Bowl Trophy as teammates cheer in back ground. Senator Schumer introducing Coach Coughlin   Mayor Bloomberg awarding the key to the city to Eli Manning   Mayor Bloomberg awarding the key to the city to Michael Strahan     DJ-emcee Dan Kingman as crowd is arriving   Governer Spitzer praising the Giant players. Eli Manning waiting for the applause to die down  Expressway Music would like to thank Mayor Bloomberg, Maxeme and Jennifer and the Super Bowl champion New York Giants for having us provide our dj music and our emcee at this very special event....GO GIANTS!   Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:46:01 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=162 Samantha and her family celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Mount Kisco, Westchester NY this past Saturday. Samantha did a wonderful job on her candlelighting list reading meaningful passages that she composed to her guests. After the candlelighting guests danced to a 10 minute Hora.       Samantha lifted on chair during the horaHighlights of the Bat Mitzvah include two touching toasts from Samantha's Father and grandmother and a performance by a guests who happens to also perform on Broadway singing a song from the show "Big" to the guests delight.Expressway Music provided the DJ(David) and Emcee(Dan) and two dancers. Guests (young and old) danced all party long. While adults were eating MC Dan played games of Coke and pepsi, Limbo and a lot of trivia.                           Dancing GuestsFor the last song of the Bat Mitzvah DJ Dave chose "Seasons of Love" from Rent and all guests came to the dance floor and danced and sang and hugged each other at the end of the song sad that the party had to end!!Stacy from Total party Concepts catered and masterfully oversaw the entire Bat Mitzvah. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:36:51 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=161     Bride and Groom eating wedding CupcakeRachel and Ritchie were married at the Foundry last Sunday.  Ritchie's mother was the officiant for the ceremony and 7 of thier closest friends did unique readings to the delight of the guests. Dj Dave Swirsky dj'd the entire wedding(Pre ceremony, ceremony, cocktail hour and reception). Highlights of the evening included the parent dance to the recoded version of the bride singing "The Way you look tonight". The last song of the wedding was especially moving "Light of a clear blue day" by Dolly Parton. Taryn from the Foundry did a wonderful job overseeing the wedding.                          Wedding Cupcakes Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:34:59 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=160                                    Bride and Groom CeremonyBrian and Lynn were married at the Chateau Briand Wedding Hall on Long Island NY this past Saturday evening. DJ David Swirsky dj'd the pre ceremony and ceremony in the wedding chapel and then provided the music for the reception in the upstairs ballroom.  Family and friends ate and danced up a storm all wedding long to dj Daves music covering a broad spectrum of music: Swing, Latin, 80's, new pop, 60's and more.                             Bride and Groom cutting CakeThe Bride and Groom chose the Chicago song "Beginnings" as the last dance of the evening packing the dance floor. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:23:41 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=159 Quality Meats Restaurant hired Expressway Music last Sunday to dj their staff post holiday party at their location 58 W.57th St NYC. DJ Dave Swirsky played great dance music and the evening also had some memorable karaoke performances of songs from artisis including Salt n Pepa, Toto, Rihanna and more. Dance music included most genres including r&b, salsa, merengue, classic rock, hip-hop, reggae, Soca and much more. Maurizio from Quality Meats did a wonderful job coordinating and overseeing the entire event. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:03:01 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=158        1st dance "Everything" by Michael BubleFrancis and Amir were married last night(New Years Eve)at the Short Hills Hilton in Short Hills NJ.  300 guests celebrated with the bride and groom to DJ Dave Swirsky of Expressway Music. Highlights of the evening included the introduction of the wedding party and of the bride and groom. Parents were introduced into the room to "I'm coming out", wedding party to "Mo Money, More Problems" and Bride and Groom to 100% Pure Love and did a pre 1st dance to the delight of guests. The extra long hora provided much amusements to all. Many loving toasts were made throughout the wedding and guests danced to disc jockey Dave non stop. DJ Dave played a high energy dance set up until 10 seconds before midnight and then directed guests to look at the huge projection screen provided by the Hilton for the countdown by Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest and to watch the ball drop. Ryan Seacrest on screen in backround counting down         Happy New Year!! Then back to dancing.Julie from the Short Hills Hilton did an excellent job as maitre de for the wedding. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:46:43 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=157 Jennifer and larry were married last night at the elegant New York Ciy Wedding space The Tribeca Rooftop.Highlights of the wedding included two touching toasts by the Best man and Maid of honor and guests dancing all evening to DJ David of Expressway Music. The wedding was also catered by the Tribeca Rooftop who set up buffet stations with many guests commenting on how good the food was. The entire wedding was planned and coordinated by the wonderful Christine Viola from highly regarded Exquisite Affairs Productions. Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:19:55 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=156 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:23:47 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=155                 Singing "Don't you Want Me"American Express held their holiday party at popular Manhattan venue Battery Gardens last Thursday evening.The Party began by guests singing a group rendition of "So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music dedicated to their Boss because it's his favorite film.  While there was a lot of karaoke singing there was also a lot of dancing to the Expressway Music dj whom was asked to stay an extra hour overtime. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:21:03 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=154           DJ Dave in front of IAC Video WallIAC held it's holiday party in their new state of the art headquarters on the west side last Thursday evening.IAC owns and Operates more than 60 specialized and global brands including: Citysearch.com, match.com, ask.com, Evite, HSN(Home shopping network), LendingTree, Ticketmaster and much, much more. 600 guests Sang Karaoke and Danced all evening to Disc Jockey Dave Swirsky. Guests performed on the huge stage and the karaoke words were displayed on the giant video wall in the IAC lobby. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:00:51 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=153 Michael Jackson made an appearance at the global public relation firm Weber Shandwick's holiday party last wednesday night at Stereo Nightclub on the West side.  Disc jockey David Swirsky of Expressway Music played 80's music all night. Highlights included an 80's Karaoke contests which featured songs from Bon Jovi, Journey, Madonna, The Cure and many, many more.        Guests singing "you give love a bad name"     The winners singing "Sweet Child O' mine" Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:36:02 -0500 http://www.expresswaymusic.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=152 Sterling Publishing, a division of Barnes and Nobles, held their annual Holiday party at the Union Square Ballroom this past Monday evening.  Employees had a ball singing karaoke and dancing to to tunes played by DJ David of Expressway Music. Highlights included great renditions of Bonnie Raitt's "Something to talk about" and "It's the End of the World" by REM. Everyone had so much fun at the party that dj Dave was asked to play 2 hours overtime. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:09:21 -0500