D4K Hawthorne 2nd Fall 09 session

The second session at Hawthorne HS (CA) brought out more kids to the program. One unique thing about the HHS program is we have kids from different school districts. So not only do we have kids from different schools (which will all end up at Hawthorne HS), but now we have kids who have different backgrounds that will head to different schools for HS...and are becoming friends now. We had both DJ Jeremy Roueche and AVP athlete, Brooke Langston, on hand to help the kids. We can't wait to see how many more kids come out next week and which surprise athletes will drop in!

Ocean City to Coney Island

I grew up in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C., and my family would vacation in Dewey Beach, DE in the summers which is about 30 minutes away from Ocean City, MD. We would drive into Ocean City occasionally and hit up the boardwalk, play in the arcades and ride the rollercoaster. So being back in Ocean City recently with the AVP Tour brought back a lot of fun memories from my youth. Being so close to where I grew up, I had close to 20 friends and family come to the event. A friend has a beach house in the area where we were all able to get together and have a cook out that Saturday night. It was nice to get to spend some time with all of them since I live 3,000 miles away and don't make it back to the east coast for leisure that often.





While in Ocean City, I stayed at the Atlantic Hotel which was about 20 feet away from the AVP site. I loved being able to walk out the hotel, cross the boardwalk and right into the AVP action. I must say, my favorite part of the hotel was the location of sink in my room (photo below).






Now it's off to Brooklyn, NY for the 8th event of the AVP season on Coney Island. If you can't make the event, the Semi Finals and Finals will be shown live on Universal Sports and NBC. The Semi's will be on Universal Sports (2pm ET) and the Finals will be on NBC (4:30pm) Saturday (women's semi and finals) and Sunday (men's semi and finals). Also, check out the new updated section of avp.com, Volleyball Nation. Who knows, you may find a section in there about DJ Roueche.


DJ Roueche is the Official DJ for the AVP Tour, Contributing Music Editor to Volleyball Magazine, owner of VALA Entertainment and of course a big supporter of the Dig for Kids Foundation.

DJ Roueche in the ATL

Completed another successful AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Event in Atlanta, GA this weekend. The weather, crowd, location and play were all amazing. Got to the ATL Thursday evening and went out to dinner with the voice of the AVP, Chris "Geeter" McGee. Friday I didn't have to start DJing until 6:30pm, so was able to walk around the site and watched some of Dig 4 Kids Vice President/Director of Programs Albert Hannemann's matches. He was able to push our Olympic Gold Medalists Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers to a game 3. Great match.

Got to hang out with some friends that live in Atlanta Friday night and then was basically DJing on Stadium Court the rest of the weekend.



The AVP has a couple weeks off and then we head to Ocean City, MD where I will have a small group of Family and Friends driving up from Virgina (where I grew up) for the weekend to see me. Looking forward to that and looking forward to being home for about two weeks as well.
DJ Roueche

1st So Cal Beach Event

DJ Roueche here with another blog. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this. The AVP has now completed 5 events so far and this past weekend we were in Huntington Beach, CA. It was nice to be back on the beach in Southern California. I've been the DJ with the AVP for 6 seasons now and this past weekend I had a first. They moved the DJ booth from the stage on center court to the sand on center court just behind the player boxes. Other than a thin layer of dust, from the sand, on my DJ computer for most of the weekend, I liked being that much closer to the action. Players had more access to me and I got more music request from players this weekend that I ever have in the past. If the booth stays on the sand, I suspect I will continue to get more and more.
Even though the AVP event was in Huntington, I still DJed at Sangria in Hermosa Beach on Friday and Saturday night. I added up all the hours and over a 2 1/2 day span, I DJed 23 1/2 hours with a total of 9 hours of sleep. That's the life of a DJ sometimes. Got a couple days at home and then off to the ATL for the next AVP event. Got a crew in Atlanta that's looking forward to my arrival and I plan on having a good time on and off the AVP Site.

For more info on DJ Roueche, go to www.valaentertainment.com

NBA Playoffs

Toyota Center in Houston, courtside

Hey Everyone, DJ Roueche here again. You may have noticed that I wasn't in Riverside, CA this past weekend DJing for the AVP Riverside Open. The AVP was kind enough to loan me out to T-Mobile and the NBA to tour the the southern and western parts of the country DJing Fan Viewing Parties for the first round of the NBA Playoffs. My first stop was in Dallas, TX on April 18th where we set-up a stage, video screen, T-Mobile customer VIP area and a half basketball court at Victory Park in Downtown Dallas. Then we headed to Houston, TX on April 21st to do an event at the Toyota Center where we had 3,000 fans cheering on the Rockets.

We had some free time in Houston and so a few of us went to the Aquarium in downtown where we got to see a White Tiger and watch piranhas feed. The Tiger was so close that if it wasn't for the 5 inch thick glass separating us, I would have been Tiger food.

I'm Currently in El Paso, TX for the night and then getting on our tour bus, fully equipped with Satellite TV, Fridge, couches and beds, and heading to Los Angeles for our next Viewing Party that will take place THIS SATURDAY, April 23rd, at the Hermosa Beach Pier. The Event is FREE, open to everyone and we will be showing the LAKERS vs JAZZ game on a big video screen. If you're a T-Mobile customer, you are automatically a VIP. See you in LA.
If you live in the Denver area, we will be doing a Fan Viewing Party for the Nuggets on Monday April 27th at 15th Street and Glenarm Place.

One more thing and you're gonna like this. You have a chance to win $50,000 from T-Mobile. All you have to do is text "MYSHOT" to 72579 and you will be entered for a chance to play four-time NBA All-Star D-Wade in a game of HORSE at the NBA Eastern Conference Finals 2009.


For you AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Fans, don't worry, I will be back DJing for the San Diego Open May 1-3. Also, the AVP has started a Fantasy site and I've created my own Fantasy League. If you want to join my League, click on this LINK, type in the League Name: DJ Roueche, the Password: avpdj09, create your profile and pick you team.

1 down, 15 to go

One AVP event down and 15 more to go. With the weather delaying the start of the tournament until Sunday, the AVP Panama City Event didn't go according to plan, but as always, there was amazing volleyball. Both the Women's and Men's Finals went to a game 3 with EY and Nicole taking down Jen Kessy and April Ross and the 2008 Gold Medalist Phil and Todd defeating Jake Gibb and Rosie. I have a feeling you're going to see a lot of these match-ups in the finals this season.

After twelve straight hours today of playing music, I think I shook the rust off and am really looking forward to the next AVP event in Riverside, CA April 17-19. See you back in Cali.

The View From the DJ Booth

The Lindquists VS. EY/Nicole

The Men's Finals (Todd/Phil vs. Jake/Rosie)

More from AVP in Panama City

Not the most ideal start to the 2009 AVP Season. Got to the site at 6:45am this morning (being a DJ, getting up early is not my thing) and after about an hour of catching up with some players and AVP staff, it was determined the start of the tournament would be postponed until at least 10am due to the strong gusting winds. It's so windy that walking back across the street to my hotel the wind literally stopped me in my tracks. The start of the tournament has been pushed back to 1pm now with a meeting scheduled at 12:30pm to determine if the players can actually play in this weather. If play is canceled today, the start of the tournament will begin tomorrow and turn into a single elimination tournament. In my 6 years of being the tour DJ, this is the most consistently strong wind I've felt and the rain isn't helping either. All in all, it's been nice to see some friends and I'm excited to start the 2009 Season, whenever that happens.

DJ Roueche first AVP Event of 2009

Being my first blog entry ever I was hoping it would start off better. Flying from LAX to Panama City, FL I was supposed to have only an hour layover in Atlanta. After 4 gate changes and 2 1/2 hour layover, I finally boarded my plane to Panama City. Little bit of a bumpy ride but nothing too exciting happened and that's how I like my flights. Off to the hotel to get some rest and ready for an early (7am) start tomorrow. Even though the weather forcast is calling for rain, ALL weekend, I'm excited to see some friends and get the 2009 AVP Season underway.