THE GANG OF SIGHT & SOUND EVENTS
The Sight & Sound Event staff is dedicated to making your event a complete and total success. We pride ourselves on having the most talented and the most educated staff in our field. Each one of these staff members attends professional industry seminars whether it be, a DJ seminar, a video seminar or a photography seminar. The reason why we put so much energy into our staff is so that they keep up to date with current trends in the industry. This makes for the best entertainment, the best photos and the best video. Who benefits? You do.
Patrick Sean Harris
Owner/Executive Producer/Entertainment Specialist
Often referred to as the "technical one" Patrick's knowledge of video and sound systems is unsurpassed. He's the man a lot of people turn to for the answers. Patrick is constantly learning and reading everything he can get his hands on when it comes to the technical end of the business. He attends nearly a dozen industry related conferences a year, speaking at several of those.
Patrick started in the special event industry over 22 years ago. He began as a Mobile Disc Jockey, performing at many a wedding and social function. In 1990, Pat met his now wife (The CEO of Fun!)Jodi Harris. At the time, Jodi was working for ABC in New York on the “Regis and Kathie Lee” show. It was Jodi that got Patrick into the “Video Business”.
Together Patrick and Jodi produced several award winning local TV shows. Pat seemed to gravitate to both the technical and creative challenges that television had to offer. As a then “Video Rookie” Pat would get involved in any type of project he could get his hands on. Whether it was multi camera in studio productions, live sports or field production, Pat couldn’t get enough. “I would volunteer my time whenever I could” states Pat, “this is the best training you can get anywhere…and it’s free!” This free training paid off!
Over the years, Pat and Jodi would work together on several TV and Radio projects. They even did their first Internet radio show (now known as Pod casts) back in 1998. “It wasn’t as easy back the” states Pat, “the technology was in its infancy, so we had a steep learning curve…but we pulled it off”. It was indeed Pat’s technical savvy and thirst for knowledge that allowed them to always be on the cutting edge. “We had streaming video clips on our site all the way back in 1997…that was before many local companies even had web site”.
All this knowledge and expertise led Pat to one of his present projects. He is the Director of Photography and On-line editor for “In This Corner”. Pat and his 2 partners have been producing the show for almost 3 years now. In This Corner is a Magazine style Boxing show, featuring many of today’s and yesterday’s champions. Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Oscar DeLaHoya, Bernard Hopkins, and Winkey Wright are just a few of the nearly 40 boxing super stars that have been featured on the show. In This Corner can now be seen in over 50,000,000 homes.
Patrick is also very involved in his industry. He is the founder and co-founder of several local associations, including the Las Vegas Videographers Association. Patrick is constantly giving of himself and his knowledge. He loves to teach and share his knowledge with others. He is always willing to help out whoever he can, even some his colleges here in Las Vegas. “There is plenty of work for all of us. I will do whatever I can help bring up the level of production, here in Las Vegas.” It is this giving attitude and level of knowledge that makes Pat a respected and liked member of his community.
Patrick's camera techniques and editing style really capture the moment of any event. His upbeat personality and energy also makes him a natural for entertaining. Because of this, Patrick is in constant demand for his services. If a person can be great at all the aspects of his business, it's Patrick.
Jodi Harris
CEO of FUN
Energizing! Fun! Passionate! These are all words you hear to describe the CEO of Fun, Jodi Harris. Jodi’s 16 years in the business has made her the most sought after DJ entertainer and event producer in Las Vegas. Her experience encompasses a wide variety of jobs that include disc jockey entertainer, video producer, photographer, event producer, marketing and hospitality expert.
Jodi was born and raised in Yonkers, New York (her family still resides in Yonkers). She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991. In Los Angeles, Jodi worked for MTV where she booked talent for several MTV television projects. Not wanting to move back to New York when MTV moved the Universal City studios, Jodi went to work for Paragon Television where she produced several community projects winning 3 South Bay Producer Guild Awards. Prior to her move to Los Angeles, Jodi spent 10 years with the ABC Television Network working several years in public relations and later moving onto the production staff of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee”.
Jodi is an active member in many professional associations that include: NACE (National Association of Catering Executives), ISES (International Special Events Society), Las Vegas Hospitality Association, Wedding Professionals of Las Vegas, WEVA (Wedding Event Videography Association) The 4 EVER GROUP (Event Videography Education & Resources) and the ADJA (American Disc Jockey Association).
In 2006 Harris was awarded the NACE 2006 Affiliate Member of the Year Award and the 2006 Ambassador Award from WEVA International. Harris and her husband have also won a WEVA Creative Excellence Award for her productions in wedding videography. Although the biggest thrill in Jodi’s professional DJ career came when she entertained at NASCAR bad boy, Kevin Harvick’s wedding! Another professional thrill was entertaining for Celine Dion.
Jodi believes in giving back to the industry that has been so good to her by teaching other professionals in her field how to become successful. This year she has lined up several speaking engagements on how to network and make connections for your business.
Harris and her company donate DJ entertainment services annually for two charities that are near and dear to her heart. The first is the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society’s Wag-A-Tail Walk-A-Thon which raises money to help the homeless and abandoned pets in Las Vegas. The second is the Susan G. Koeman Foundation luncheon which is dedicated to education and research on breast cancer causes, treatments and the search for a cure.
In her spare time, Jodi enjoys relaxing on any of Southern California beaches, NASCAR, painting and watching World Wrestling Entertainment
Christie Wall
Office Manager
Chris is a NATIVE Las Vegan! Really! She has been with Sight & Sound Events since October 2001, and is great asset to the company. She is a very detail oriented person and keeps us all organized! She enjoys the diversity of her job, interacting with co-workers and all of our clients. She and her husband, Monty, have two grown children, 2 dogs and a cat! They enjoy riding their quads, going to the movies, and the company their friends and family.
DJ Anthony Massaro with wife Lisa
Began his career as a disc jockey in Philadelphia, PA fifteen years ago. A True Professional, Anthony is very attentive to your specific musical requests. Anthony is very "in tune" with the latest trends in music. He creates an exciting, fun and non-stop party atmosphere at every event. You can always expected a packed dance floor with Anthony. He is extremely popular and his services are in high demand. On many occassions you can expect his wife Lisa to assist him.
DJ Chuck St. Troy
Chuck is from New York (Westchester County/White Plains area) where he has DJ-ed and entertained for over 20 years. Chuck has been with Sight & Sound since November of 2000. Chuck is totally hip and creates a fun and exciting atmosphere at every party. He loves all kinds of music which explains his passion for DJ-ing. Chuck is available on our CELEBRATE DJ packages.
DJ jake
Jake is the DJ who can do it all! Jodi has known Jake personally for 12 years and is very excited to have him finally on the Sight & Sound team! Jake is an excellent Master of Ceremonies, Karaoke host and professional DJ entertainer. He has over 15 years of wedding and special event DJ work under his belt. His specialties are too numerous to mention as he is the man who does it all.
Edyta Sokolowska
Photographer
David Cherkis
Photographer
