Legacy Information: Colonel C
Content from this page was taken from Colonel C site of 2012 and no longer resides in Delaware.
Clint Dantinne moved to Florida in late 2015.
Clint Dantinne is Colonel C, an experienced emcee that provides sound, lighting, photo booth, and video extreme projection for most events and special celebrations. He provides services throughout the State of Delaware, New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia and Lancaster), and northeast Maryland (including Baltimore).
Colonel C Disc Jockey has many thousands of popular songs in most genres from the 1940s through today with a large library of video and karaoke songs too.
This is a picture of what an open photo booth looks like (he does both open and enclosed booths). Clint has 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. He once did a photo booth gig with Deena, Vinny, and Sammi of the cast from the MTV reality show 'Jersey Shore'.
Clint has been characters in costume including Darth Vader and Santa Claus. Several times he had been Saint Nick for 'Photos with Santa' at events including volunteer gigs with A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. He was also the holiday Santa at Sears.
History of Colonel C
as told by Clint Dantinne in 2012
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."
Other friends at WVCH/WEEE helping with imaging and advice included Ted Boyda, Will Regan, Dave Phillips, Tom Harvey Moffit, 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 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 provides disc jockey service for all occasions within the areas of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland. I have provided disc jockey entertainment for many wedding receptions, school dances, parties, and other events. I have done gigs at numerous banquet halls and venues including The Pyramid Club (Two Liberty Place Philadelphia), Hilton (City Avenue Philadelphia), Crystal Tea Room (inside the Wanamaker Building), Courtyard Marriott (next to Philadelphia's City Hall), Curtis Center (next to Philadelphia's Independence Hall), Warrington Country Club, Penn Oaks Golf Club, The Manor House at Commonwealth, Luciens Manor, DuPont Country Club, Greenville Country Club, The Merion, Brandywine Country Club, and Winterthur.
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