
The night they talk about until next year.
A school dance lives or dies on whether the floor fills up. I've been doing this for twenty-five years, and the difference between a gym full of kids dancing and a gym full of kids standing along the wall is almost always the person reading the room. Here's what your school gets:
A floor that fills, and stays full.
I read the room and adjust — what works for a homecoming crowd at nine isn't what works at eleven. Your students shouldn't have to wait through three songs nobody wants before the floor comes back.
Music your chaperones don't have to police.
Clean versions only, and every request gets screened at the booth before it plays. Nobody on your staff spends the night listening for a lyric they'll have to explain on Monday.
Your gym stops looking like a gym.
Whole-room up-lighting in your school colors and your mascot or class year projected on the wall. Students walk in and it doesn't look like the place they had P.E. that afternoon.
Easy on your building.
I coordinate load-in with your custodial and activities staff, set up before doors, and pack out clean. Your people have enough to run on a dance night without managing a vendor too.
$1,295
2 Hours
$1,795
3 Hours
Most Requested
everything in JV, plus:
about $890 in savings
$2,795
4 Hours
The Ultimate
everything in Varsity, plus:
about $1,080 in savings
+ $95 for Animated
Add a Backdrop + $150
School events are billed by purchase order — one PO, two invoices. A 50% booking retainer at signing, and the remaining 50% after the event, payable by district check.
General liability insurance carried, and a certificate provided to your district on request — before anyone in your office has to ask for it. Most districts want one on file before a vendor sets foot in the building.
Four hours is the maximum at any tier — school dances don't run longer, and I'd rather quote what you actually need than pad the number.
Please reach us at kyle@dietrichentertainment.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Based in Underwood, Iowa, Dietrich Entertainment DJs school dances throughout the Omaha metro, Council Bluffs, western Iowa and the surrounding areas — homecoming, winter formal and prom. If your school is further out, ask anyway. I travel.
My school collections are $1,295 for JV at two hours, $1,795 for Varsity at three, and $2,795 for Graduate at four — all published above with the full à la carte list. No quote request required to find out what it costs before you take it to your committee.
Clean versions only, and every student request gets screened at the booth before it plays. I've been doing school dances long enough to know which songs have a radio edit that still isn't appropriate for a gym full of freshmen. Your chaperones can enjoy the night instead of monitoring it.
Yes — school events are purchase-order only. One PO, two invoices: a 50% booking retainer invoiced at signing, and the remaining 50% after the event, payable by district check. No credit card required and no processing fees.
Yes to both. I carry general liability insurance and provide a certificate of insurance to your district on request. Most districts require one on file before a vendor sets foot in the building, so I'd rather send it early than hold up your paperwork.
Not at schools. Fire marshals treat cold sparks as sparks regardless of the name, and I'm not going to put your building or your activities director in that position. The CO2 cannon is the school-side equivalent — a big, loud, completely safe moment for the last song or the crowning. It's $1,795 as an add-on.
Two, three or four hours depending on the collection, and four is the maximum at any tier. School dances don't run longer than that, and quoting you more time than your night actually needs isn't doing you a favor.
The photo booth prints and digital copies go to your students and your school. I don't publish images that identify individual students without written permission — your district's photo policy governs, not mine.
Planning ahead? See the rooms I've worked across the Omaha metro.
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