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* Disc Jockeys
* Karaoke {Bi-Lingual over 4,000 titles (all styles)}
* Antique Carnival DUNK TANK
* Special Effects (Smoke, Bubble, Confettie)
* Sound and Light Systems
* Rentals & Service & Installations
* Video Taping
* Celebrity Look-A-Likes (Main Stream & Multi Cultural)
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"Positively Texas!" Ch.11, 6/10/99, Performed "A-La-Vez" (Elvis) with hosts Jody Dean & Brenda Teele. Acclaimed as the "First Portable DJ Company" in the states.
"Lucha Libre" Wrestling: Ring announcer/P.R. NWA-So.West., Palenque Dallas. Also shows and series of TV/VO Commercials. Opening act for "Mil Mascaras" the world renowned Mexican Wrestler.
Feria de la Manzana, Canatlan, Durango, Mexico 9/15/97. Karaoke, and special effects (pro se) & three usual characters. Feria del Dies-Y-Seis De Septiembre!
Appearance on the "Danny Bonaduce" talk show, Nov '95.
Second Place: Hard Rock Cafe & Dick's Last Resort "ELVIS" contests '96. And Ch.4 News @ "Velvet Elvis" celebration 2/7/97.
Pioneer "KARAOKE HISPANO". INSIGHTS (Ch. 4 CBS) 3/31/96. KESS & KICK-FM.
Roast: U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION July 12 pre-OLYMPIC '96 party, Wash. D.C. SGMA; La Costa (San Diego, CA) 9/10/96.
M.C. CINCO DE MAYO parade Dallas '96; and SER national conference '97.
M.C./Host Dies y Seis de Septiembre Dallas Parade 2000. (Named by media as the Largest dies y seis parade in Texas.)
Dallas BURN/MLS (Major League Soccer)& UNIVISION/KUVN national promotion as "Father Vito", "A-La-Vez" and "Zorro."
M.C./Perform/Sound: Fan Fest (ALL STAR GAME); Mandalay Fest; Canal Fest; Taste of Dallas (5 yrs); Kids' Fest; TERLINGUA Chili Cookoff (OK); Pepito Ball, La Fuente "Celebrate Our Life" (TX State Fair '96); Bossier City/Shreveport LOUISIANA "Cinco de Mayo" LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) festival 2001; Dallas Internation Festival 2001; National LULAC Convention in Phoenix Arizona 2001; "Never Again Rally" Tulia TX 2001.
Opened For: Bill Tillman, Box Car Willie, Delbert McClinton, Danny Thomas, Forrester Sisters, Gary P. Nunn, Johnny Rivers, Little Anthony, Mamas & Papas, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Paul Rodriguez, Three Dog Night, Vince Vance & the Valiants.
Three character and costume change (magic/comedy/song/dance):
1. Father Vito 2. A-La-Vez ("Elvis") 3. Miguel Jackson.
Principal: "Pancho Barnes", "Problem Child", "Walker, TX Ranger" (The Committee), "The Many Faces of Oswald"
Star: "Legal Aid" (pilot), "Redneck County Fever", "Shield of Justice".
Principal in many local, regional, and national TV commercials, PSA's and industrial films.
Producer/Host: "Amigos", "Fr. Vito's Variety Show", and "Latin Fever" 84-93.
Only double "mascot" in sports history:
National Polo League (NPL) Drago '88-'92 Dallas Dragoons (Also provided sound & effects) Argo '87-'90 Fort Worth Argonauts.
D.J.: Albert's (Ramada), Brighten Express (Hyatt Regency), Scruples (Holiday Inn), Studebaker's, Bronco Bowl, etc.
National Semi Finals of "PUTTIN' ON THE HITS"', 30 million viewers (Dick Clark) 1986.
MACS (Marian Anderson Cultural Society) Oscar recipient 1991 for acting and being a positive role model to children.
March of Dimes Award recepient 1984.
Junior Achievement Company of the Year 1985.
Mr. Universtiy of Texas at Arlington 1976.
Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans, Gale Research Inc. 1992.
Saint Patrick's Downtown Dallas Parade 1st place award on Internet America float 2000.
North Texas LULAC man of the year 2001.
Altrusa International Inc., So. East Tarrant County, International Relations Millennium Man of the Year.
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V.I.P.:
Pioneer "portable party" D.J. industry (Disco Supreme 1969/Disco De-Lite 1970/Parties Portable 1980).
First portable D.J., Jesuit High School El Paso 1963.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram, Tarrant County Business Section (December 1999).
By: Julie Thibodeaux
ARLINGTON -- This New Year's Eve, as many celebrate the date rolling over to 2000, Lico Reyes will be celebrating his own milestone: 30 years in the party business.
Reyes has taken his mobile DJ business, Parties Portable, to thousands of parties, country clubs and nightclubs in the Metroplex since his professional debut Dec. 31, 1969. The roots of his business go back about six years before that, to his days as a teen-ager in El Paso, living behind the KELP radio station. Reyes amassed a record collection by rummaging through the dumpster behind the station, digging out Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Frankie Vali and Little Anthony records. "But never an Elvis record," he says regretfully. He was planning to become a priest, so he hit on the idea of taking his record collection and stereo to parties as a way to talk to girls while maintaining a respectable distance.
Reyes changed his mind about going into the priesthood and entered the University of Texas at Arlington to study engineering. But he continued to bring his stereo and records to parties. A friend persuaded him to upgrade his equipment and to charge a fee for his service. It was, he says, the birth of a new career when he realized that he enjoyed being with people from all walks of life. Reyes says he was the first mobile DJ in the country, a claim that's difficult to prove one way or the other, says John Roberts, president of the American Disc Jockey Association in White Plains, Md. "I don't think we'll ever pinpoint who was the first," Robert says, "But if he's been around since the '60s, he's definitely a granddaddy." Roberts, who teaches a 60-hour training course for mobile disc jockeys, says the profession was started by radio station disc jockeys who appeared at sock hops to play records and promote their stations. Eventually, mobile DJ became a profession title in itself.
In the 1970s, Reyes formed Disco De-Lite, which at its peak employed 21 DJs, booked every weekend. But he says he had problems with employees and, in 1983, closed the business. By that time, the public was growing tired of anything to do with disco, Roberts says. "In the mid-'80s, the word disco became poison," he says. Reyes pared his staff down to a handful of employees and opened a new business under the name Parties Portable. Although some people say that disco has made something of a comeback, increasing the demand for mobile DJs, competition has also increased, with DJs "a dime a dozen," Reyes says.
In addition to DJ work, Reyes does interpreting and small television and film acting jobs. Roberts says there are about 70,000 mobile DJs in the country, although only about 20 percent work full time. Still, he says, he considers it a viable business. "It's almost recession-proof," he said, "because even when times are hard, people still like to party." An average DJ fee is about $200 an hour, with experienced DJs charging up to $800 an hour.
This New Year's Eve, Lico Reyes, who runs Parties Portable will mark his 30th year anniversary as a mobile DJ. He has taken his busines to thousands of parties, country clubs and nightclubs in the Metroplex since his professional debut Dec. 31, 1969. Reyes performs as an Elvis, a Michael Jackson or a Groucho Marx look-alike, and he acts as an agent for more than 100 other celebrity look-alikes in the state including 10 Elvises, two Marilyn Monroes, one Selena, one Bill Clinton, an Al Gore, a Mr. Spock and a Ricky Martin. Their fees range from $150 to $600 an hour. Over the years, Reyes says, he has learned what works and what doesn't. "A good DJ can swing the mood of the party," he says. He says that one of the biggest mistakes a client can make is to give a DJ a list of songs to play and the exact order in which to play them. Such a list, he says, can be the death of a party. "The person making the list probably hasn't considered the ratio of slow to fast songs," Roberts says. "They also probably haven't taken into consideration the age range of the guests." And they will often pick songs too obscure to be enjoyed by the crowd. The professionals say that the old standbys make the best party songs. "If you give me a list full of songs that I don't recognize, then I'm going to question your list," Roberts says.
A list of the 200 most popular party songs published annually by `Mobile Beat Magazine' "knocks off and adds only about 10 or 15 songs every year," he says. Of all the parties Reyes has done, his favorite is the annual Christmas Day party he has held for the poor for 12 years. This year's party will be Dec. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Matthew Catholic Church, 2021 New York Ave. in Arlington. It combines his love of DJ'ing with his desire to serve the community, says Reyes, who has run for Arlington City Council and mayor.
Reyes provides the music and entertainment, usually dressed in costume. He uses his music to keep the party up. "They are the client, just like the country club," he says. Cuqui Otterbine, who has been helping him for the past 10 years, says it's rare to find events for the homeless on Christmas Day. "There are a lot of things the day before and the day after but not on Christmas," Otterbine says. Anyone who has no place to go on Christmas is invited. Volunteers will drive people from Mission Arlington, the Arlington Night Shelter and the Salvation Army to the party and serve them a hot meal, provide gifts for children and distribute clothes. Tillie Burgin, director of Mission Arlington, says: "Every year we take our shelter folks over there. They have lunch and have a good time." Otterbine says there are usually about 300 guests. "It's chaotic, but it's a nice chaotic," Otterbine says. "We see a lot of happy faces."
Julie Thibodeaux is a Fort Worth free-lance writer.
NOTE: Article is at: http://parties-portable.com/article.html
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NOTE & FYI:
To view our ( .tv ) PARTIES PORTABLE site just go to:
http://karaokedj.tv/index.html
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¡ Adios Amigos ! ...................... Goodbye My Friends !
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