Clint Dantinne.com
as told by Clint Dantinne
My nickname as a young boy was the colonel. The theme for a cartoon 'Go Go Gophers' sang "Here comes the colonel with his sergeant." The episodes were short, and were originally shown as part of other shows such as 'Underdog' and 'Tennessee Tuxedo'. My dad liked it and started calling me the colonel. The name stuck.
While working a Sunday evening shift at WEEE radio in April 1987, I was trying to think of a DJ name. It struck me in the studio that night to combine colonel and Clint... making it abbreviated Colonel C. I began using Colonel C as my CB Radio handle. Although working professionally in radio (WVCH/WEEE) while still in high school, I later became a DJ on my high school radio station (1987-1988 school year) WMPH. An announcer friend, Bill Maun, recorded the show open. "Welcome to the Colonel C Classic Parade, where you will find only the easy listening, entertaining music of today and days gone by." [LISTEN] Other friends at WVCH/WEEE helping with imaging and advice included Ted Boyda, Will Regan, Dave Phillips, Tom Moffitt [LISTEN], and engineer Warren Racine.
Under the Colonel C brand, I did audio recordings. I invested in a mixer, several professional microphones, headphones, stands, and a digital audio tape recorder. This allowed me to record audio for bands, recitals, and school concert performances. I would transfer to cassette tape for the client. Later with advances in technology, I would master the edited performance to compact disc.
Communications, primarily by radio, was my career choice. I later became increasingly interested and involved with all forms of media. Although I enjoyed radio work in the broadcast studio, I loved being at a remote location announcing and playing music for listeners. This led to a mobile disc jockey line of work.
Since 2001, I have attended the International DJ Expo in Atlantic City, NJ every year (except 2003). At the expo, I network with many industry professionals and continually gain knowledge for the business. The exhibits are valuable in keeping up with technology trends and products. In 2009, I even taught a workshop at the expo. Additionally, I have attended the Winter Music Conference in Miami for mobile and club DJs.
My personal investment in DJ equipment including sound reinforcement, lighting, and video has been significant.
During my tenure with the Brandywine School District as an educator and communications specialist, I was their disc jockey for many school dances and special events throughout the entire district. As manager of their radio station, I hosted the weekday show 'Club 91.7'.
Colonel C Productions is now a subsidiary of the Dance Radio Network LLC. I still provide disc jockey service for all occasions within the areas of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland.
Colonel C Disc Jockey is an experienced emcee that provides sound,
lighting, photo booth, and video extreme projection for most events and
special celebrations.
INVENTORY - Colonel C has over 75,000 popular songs in most genres from the 1940s through today! Our music catalog continues to grow weekly.
POP * DANCE * ROCK * HIP HOP * R&B * OLDIES
We also have an assortment of world music, jazz and new age, classical, blues, folk, and country. By special request, we provide inspirational music for contemporary and traditional Christian events. We have a large assortment of Christmas music too.
Separately, Colonel C has an inventory of over 30,000 karaoke songs.
This is a picture of what an open photo booth looks like (I do both open and enclosed booths). I have done a lot of photo booth gigs and there are lots of interesting stories to tell. People tend to really act crazy around photo booths. I once did a photo booth gig with Deena, Vinny, and Sammi of the cast from the MTV reality show 'Jersey Shore'.
I have been characters in costume including Darth Vader and Santa Claus [PHOTO]. I was Saint Nick for 'Photos with Santa' at events including a volunteer gig with A.I. duPont Hospital for Children.