DJ Jonny Spangles – Professional DJ

Description

I am very proud to be the director of Unit One Entertainments since 2001.

Jonny started Dj’ing in 1990, so it would be easier for me to tell you the places I haven’t worked in, rather than tell you the places I have. I have travelled the length & breadth of the country entertaining audiences & this has always come from word of mouth.

One of the most commonly asked questions I get asked from prospective clients is

What do you do?

Please don’t get the impression that I stand there all night playing one song after another, far from it. If you would like this type of Dj, then I am not what you are looking for.

I do listen to my clients requirements & take great pride in what I do & your input is very important & this can only contribute to making the evening an even greater success.

Once I have established what input, you as a client wants from your event & you ask me to do what I do best, then this is where it gets interesting.

My cabaret show consists of costume changes during the evening, mainly after formalities & food. I can work solo or with my team of dancers. The choice is yours.

1980’s & 1990’s Specialist

This is Jonny’s speciality of music & he organises & arranges Reunions for Corkers Night Club (Urmston) & Heartlands Nightclub (Trafford Park) on a regular basis. These Clubs were trading in the 1980s & 1990s & its where he learnt his trade.

Bar Mitzvahs or Bat Mitzvahs To say DJ Jonny Spangles is an experience Bar Mitzvah DJ and presenter is an understatement, he finds himself fully at ease with what is required on such an important occasion.

On a typical Jewish event, Jonny can fully compere and officiate for you, do all the formal announcements and introductions with style and humour.

The deep significance of a Jewish events is not lost on Jonny. He understands both the religious and the symbolic meaning of such an important occasion.

He therefore knows that traditional Jewish music is a big and important part of the night along with the more traditional party music that you would expect at a large family get-together.

Personal achievements & awards received;

• BCAv (British Citizen Award for Voluntary Work)

  Feb 2021 – British Citizen Award

  Jonathan Hindley BCAv
  52-year-old Jonathan Hindley is a local DJ and Entertainment Director going by the stage name of Jonny Spangles. With the original lockdown Jonathan realised that there would be a very real need for social interaction, mental stimulus and help for the needy. So, he put all his experience and talent into creating community fundraising activities which would fulfil all those needs and support key workers.

  He hosted speed quizzes each week raising money for the most vulnerable in the community. He also held a socially-distanced open-air disco, live streamed across the world in horrendous weather conditions for three hours – raising over £2500. Jonathan rode a DJ Disco mobile trike for seven hours a day, on six separate occasions to raise money for WW2 Veterans, NHS Key Workers, Dementia and Mental Health. In total he covered over 100 miles around the local area. His combined endeavours since early April have benefited the local community to the tune of £53,000, benefitting over 125 charities & community-based groups

  Despite suffering a stroke when he was 42, a life-threatening home accident and an operation in early 2020 his spirits were not dampened. Jonathan has, over his 30-year career, raised over £100,000 and in 2019 raised £7000 for two cancer charities.

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  Prime Ministers Points Of Light Award

  Feb 2021 – Boris Johnson – Prime Minister

  DJ Jonny Spangles

  1572 – Jon Hindley, from Manchester, has entertained his neighbours throughout the pandemic with virtual quizzes, a doorstep disco, and VE Day and Christmas mobile parties, while fundraising for charity. Jon, who runs ‘Unit One Entertainment’ company and is also known as Jonny Spangles, has been making use of his very own “party trike”, a four-wheeled bike equipped with speakers, to bring music to the streets and lift the spirits of his community. Since March 2020, he has raised nearly £53,000 for charities supporting vulnerable people and key workers in Manchester.

  In a personal letter to Jon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said:

  “Thank you for your fantastic efforts to lift the spirits of your local community through this pandemic. Throughout last year, your mobile parties and doorstep discos delighted local families while raising tens of thousands of pounds for NHS charities.

  “We all look forward to a time when DJ Jonny Spangles will return in person. Until then, your virtual activities will keep families entertained in a Covid secure way.”

  Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, said:

  “Jonny Spangles’ performances give great pleasure to Trafford residents and friends, and I congratulate him on this award.”

  Jon said:

  “Completely and utterly speechless. If I didn’t have the love & support from my family, friends and the amazing people of Urmston, then receiving an award like this would never be possible. I am truly humbled and feel totally overwhelmed with everything in these difficult times for our country. Making people smile in these difficult times is why we do what we do and if we can support the less than fortunate people in our community, we have made a difference.”

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  Trafford Business Individual Outstanding Contribution Award

  Feb 2021 – Promoting Trafford – Trafford Business & Community Awards

  Awarded for the outstanding contribution to our area in the pandemic & voted by our community for the award.

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  Greater Manchester High Sheriff Special Recognition Award

  May 2020 – Dr Eamonn O’Neal – High Sheriff

  The award is made to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the community during the difficult circumstances brought on by the C-19 pandemic.

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  North West Tonight – Everyday Heroes Award

  April 2020 – North West Tonight – BBC 1

  In recognition of the fundraising during Covid

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