PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH WALK - Event Recap
Located at Magnuson Park; a 350-acre park on Sand Point, Lake Washington, in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park is the second largest in Seattle! It is located on the spot of the former Naval Station Puget Sound. This park was perfect for a 5k! 2 laps around the course would complete the race. 

It was great to see all of the vendors and a special surprise from Top Pot Donuts. They donated 20 box of white and purple sprinkled treats. The Foundation provided me with a stage and generator to keep me powered and keep the runners motivated to walk/run. 
 

​This event was tough for me having lost my mother to cancer last September. It was awesome seeing all of the survivors and hearing how the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is dedicated to cutting edge research and treatments to find a cure. 

Special Guest Speaker Dr. Pillarisetty, who is a Surgical oncologist who specializes in pancreatic cancer surgery. He has been at the University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) for 10 years and serves as the medical Director of Continuous Performance Improvement at the SCCA. He has a research Laboratory where he studies the body’s immune response to Pancreatic Cancer and is developing new strategies to activate it against the cancer.

 With the magic of Facebook, I was able to ask for online donations and my awesome Fans and family raised $175 for the Foundation, and the 2019 Seattle Walk raised over $30,000!

Thank you to everyone that donated 
 
 MUSIC SELECTIONS
 
This playlist was curated to keep the runners motivated and in a great mood to keep the path towards the finish line. 

• WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance
• Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
• Flo Rida - My House
• The Lumineers - Ho Hey 
• Queen - You're My Best Friend 
• Sofi Tukker ft NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno - Best Friend 
• Fatboy Slim - Praise You
• Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky
• Martin Solveig - Hello feat. Dragonette 
• Fall Out Boy - Centuries
• DNCE - Cake By The Ocean 
• Sia ft Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills 
• Destiny's Child - Survivor
• Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 
• Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

• Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 
• Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
• Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo - Let's Go
• Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
• Omi - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
• Bob Marley and the Wailers - Sun Is Shining
• Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
• Beyoncé - Run The World (Girls)
• Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
• Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl (Clean)
• La Roux - Bulletproof
• David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium
• Iconapop - I Love It 
• Daft Punk - One More Time (Club Mix)
• Khalid - Better 
• Post Malone ft Quavo - Congratulations (Mr. Collipark Remix) 
• Pharrell - Happy
• Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives 
• Ke$ha - TiK ToK
• Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This 
• Reel 2 Real - I Like To Move It
• Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop This Feeling

If this playlist don’t make your body move,
Your body must me dead!
 
Special thanks to Lisa Crowley and Melissa Roeters for organizing such a fantastic fundraiser. I look forward to working with you again next year. 

Wedding planning could be summed up as going through a HUGE "to do" list. An often stressful, seemingly never-ending, to do list. To help lessen the stress, there are many different websites and apps out there for busy couples to use as a "one stop shop" for most wedding planning tasks.

To help you save time, I’ve put together a short list of digital tools available to help guide and assist in planning your wedding day.

Enjoy, I hope you find one of these suggestions useful for help with planning YOUR wedding!

Packed with ideas & inspiration, The Knot has tons of info to help with every aspect of your wedding. The Knot's online tools feature:

• Budgeting tool
• Help building and tracking your guest list (RSVPs, meals, thank you’s, and more)
• Online RSVP, Thanks You's, & Gift Tracking
• Registry Management right on the website
• Help building your Wedding Day Timeline
• Checklist for what you need to do and when
• Space to create your own wedding website

​You could plan your wedding using The Knot's desktop site, as well as using The Knot Wedding Planner app for handling wedding tasks when you're on the go.

Wedding Wire is loaded with resources for the DIY wedding planner. The site makes it easy to search vendors, venues, and hotel accommodations for out-of-town guests. There are even resources on how to change your name after you get married. The planning tools are pretty neat, too. They include:
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• budget manager tool
• to-do list and checklist
• a seating chart tool that (you can share it directly with your venue, which is cool)
• a guest list tool (helps track attendance, invitations, and gifts)
• a hashtag generator (creates a couple-specific hashtag for social media sharing)

Wedding Wire provides the space to create your own wedding website and digital guestbook. It's such a great way to interact with guests before and after your wedding day!

Zola pretty much has everything you need to stay on top of planning your wedding. Their Expert Wedding Advice is a great place to get started when you have questions. Zola comes with planning tools like checklists, guest lists, and schedules. You can also create a wedding website and invitations to match.

The neat thing about Zola, is that you can create a universal registry. This means you can list the gifts you want, but you don’t have to specify which store it comes from.
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With Zola, they are aiming to take care of all your wedding planning needs in one place. It’s worth taking a look into!

WeddingHappy used to only be available as an iPhone app. Now you can find it in the Google Play Store, as well. The WeddingHappy app helps you come up with a plan and guides you through the planning process.

To keep things on track, it sends task reminders between when you get started with the app and your big day. As stated on their website, WeddingHappy provides a simple solution to keep track of the tasks and vendors needed for planning a wedding.
 
Some of the features available with WeddingHappy are:

• Payment tracking
• Budget tracking and spending summary
• Vendor management and Contacts integration. Associate tasks with specific vendors.
• Calendar support. Add tasks as events to your Calendar.
• Email individual tasks to yourself, your friends or your future spouse.
• Dashboard overview to show the wedding planning progress.
• Share your wedding planning progress to Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook.
• No network connection required for almost everything. You can use WeddingHappy in the subway or in airplane mode…different than many other wedding apps.

​The songs in this list all have that sense of love and adoration that is "just right" for the occasion. Once you hear it…you'll know "the one." The best father daughter dance song for your wedding day is one that shows the bond between a dad and his “little girl.” 

Any of these 10 songs are a great way to honor your father…while also carrying a good beat to dance to! 
 

1. "You Are So Beautiful" by Joe Cocker 
2. "One Call Away" by Charlie Puth 
3. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" - Marvin Gaye
4. "I Loved Her First" by Heartland
5. "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder
6. "Unforgettable" by Nat 'King' Cole
7. "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King
8. "Daddy" by Beyoncé
9. "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross
10. ​"My Wish" by Rascal Flatts

*List is in no particular order.

​Located just outside of Dupont and not very far south of Tacoma, Sam Adams at Eagles Pride Golf Course sits hidden just off Interstate 5. The Eagles Pride Golf Course Event Center hosts weddings, private parties, and other events. Tasha and Mike chose to have their ceremony on the grass just outside the Event Center, saying “I Do” on a beautiful April day amongst family and friends.
 
Inside the Eagles Pride Event Center, the reception was set up and the dance floor was ready! After coordinating music for their short outdoor ceremony, I moved inside to bring the funk to the reception. Tasha and Mike had a great crowd. People of all ages…kids, adults, elders…everybody shook a little something and boogied down!
 
The night was a blast, and I’m looking forward to helping with a Sweet 16 for Tasha & Mike’s daughter soon. It makes me happy when couples are so comfortable with my service, that they wouldn’t hesitate to collaborate on future event music needs. Thanks guys, I appreciate you!
 
Congrats to Tasha and Mike on a beautiful day!

• Processional: “A Thousand Years” performed by The Piano Guys
• Bridal Walk Down Aisle: “You Say” by Lauren Daigle
• Recessional: “Halo (Instrumental Version)”
• 1st Dance: “Stone” by Alessia Cara
• Daddy/Daughter Dance: “My Girl” by The Tempations (intro song) & “Prayed for You” by Matt Stell (main song)
• Mother/Son Dance: “My Wish” By Rascal Flatts
• Garter Toss: “Girl Fight” (song clip) by Brooke Valentine
• Bride/Groom Exit Song: Star Wars Intro Song

 
Tasha wanted to pick out most of these songs, but she did request my help with some parts of the process. For the Mother/Son dance, I helped the groom, Mike, by sending him a list of songs tailored to what I know so far about his style. From there, he and his mom enjoyed picking one to share their special moment!
 
This is a huge part of what I love about my job…making people happy!

“We were SO lucky to have Joe, aka DJ Diph, at our April 2019 wedding! He was communicative and worked with me every step of the way to make our music something that was special to us…and unique to our crowd.

The music he played fueled the fun had by all on our wedding day! We would highly recommend DJ Diph if you are looking for fun, attentive, and affordable DJ.”
- Tasha Stukes-Silverman