Ashley Top 5 Celebration

The Ashley store on East Moana Lane in Reno was one of the Top 5 stores in Ashley’s West Region, and in December Ashley threw a Sunday celebration for its guests and its store team. Nelly Gonzalez from Ashley’s field marketing team booked me to DJ it, along with a few other local vendors.

The celebration ran from 11 AM to 2 PM. I got there around 9 so everything was set and tested before the doors opened: my decks on a six foot table the store set out for me, a black table cover with a light bar across the front, and a speaker on a stand at each side, right inside the front doors where every guest walked in.

Outside, a green balloon arch topped with a gold star framed the entrance.

It was a daytime celebration in a working showroom, so I kept the music warm and easy. Holiday classics carried most of it: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Michael Bublé, Last Christmas by Wham!, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee, All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey and Sleigh Ride by Mitch Miller. In between I mixed in easy favorites like Take Five by Dave Brubeck, Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang and Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.

When the celebration wrapped at 2, I packed out through the back hall, past the Ashley Furniture HomeStore mat.