SupplyHouse End of Year PartySupplyHouse End of Year Celebration

SupplyHouse.com has had me back for its Reno team’s parties since 2022, and in December 2023 it was their End of Year Celebration in the Topaz 2 Banquet Room at the Renaissance Reno. Dalene from their HR team planned it and sent me the flow of the evening and the team’s song requests ahead of time.

I got to the hotel around 2 PM, hours before the doors opened at 5:45, so my decks, speakers and microphones were set and tested at the edge of the dance floor while the banquet staff finished the tables.

Dinner was easy listening and Christmas music, the way Dalene asked for it: Happy Holiday by Andy Williams, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Michael Bublé, The Christmas Song by Mel Tormé, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee and Sleigh Ride by Mitch Miller, with a few easy favorites in between like This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads and Africa by TOTO.

After dinner I introduced two of their managers, Nicole and Derek, who each took a minute to thank the team for the year, and then I called out the raffle winners.

Then the dance floor opened. The team had sent a list of song requests, clean versions only, and by nine the floor was full, cowboy hats, sequins and all.