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The best compliment any service provider can receive is to be asked to perform again. Ted Burton Jacobsen has been fortunate to have that experience many, many times.
Over a period of years, he was asked back year after year to rural Atkins for the Koopman pool party. These parties became well known in that part of the countryside when a new moment was created by Ted called “The Salute to The Corn”, which involved the playing of “God Bless The U.S.A.” with the Iowa Sunset in the background over a field of tall corn late in the summer season.
Al & Connie Tisinger of West Branch actually had Ted play for every one of their children’s weddings, and Al & Connie have a lot of kids! Connie is one of the Wilson girls, and the extended family of Wilsons all know Ted, with particular recognition to Grandma Vera.
Around 1990, Ted helped throw a big party at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids called the Rock & Roll Reunion. Over 2,000 adults showed up, dancing to 50’s & 60’s oldies.
Ted was repeatedly invited back to the Oelwein Knights of Columbus Hall, for a Catholic education fundraising event organized by Kathy Loban, at which the natives got to know Ted, and he them. A good time was had by all, with props to the Reisner family.
A year prior to his death, Wolfman Jack appeared at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids in 1994. Ted was lucky enough to share the stage with the Wolfman for a brief time, as the Wolfman howled his way through a rock & roll set enjoyed by all.
The Christian family of La Porte City & Dysart has had Ted play for a bunch of events including birthdays, retirement party, and anniversaries, Duane and Dixie and their girls.
The Electric Park Ballroom in Waterloo was a venue for Ted and a partner DJ in the late 80’s, where as many as 1,500 teenagers would gather on a given summer evening for the famous “teen dance”. The house was rockin’.
For over a decade, the St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Iowa City has held in one form or another a Valentine’s dance in February. Ted has been the DJ every year. He’s been asked back ten times.
Ted has been contracted to do many singles dances and dance club dances over the years throughout the area. Several high school classes have had Ted play for multiple reunions, from the 10th to the 25th year reunion and beyond.
1978 was the year of disco. One of Ted’s early experiences was as a disco DJ in an actual discotheque known as the Macamba Club in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, that year.
In the early 90’s, Ted was the MC of the World’s Biggest Beach Party at the famous No-Wa-Wa Beach in Williamsburg, Iowa, featuring many of the great acts of the Rock & Roll era.
Every VFW, Legion Hall, Knights of Columbus, Eagles, Moose, Union Hall, and Ballroom within 100 miles have hosted Ted and his equipment, as he has provided the entertainment for countless events of local family & friends celebrating together. Ted knows the territory, every nook and cranny!
Many of the large hotels in the metropolitan areas of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City refer Ted Burton Jacobsen as a recommended wedding DJ. They know he has all that it takes to help put together a complete successful package for your reception evening.
So whether it’s the fanciest white-glove hotel ballroom, a church, a school, an outdoor block party, or the smallest redneck bar, Ted is very comfortable with people. He is one of us, salt of the earth, Iowa people, and he uses the music to reflect the magic moments of life.