Danny's 30th Birthday

Pure Imagination presents:

Danny's 30th Birthday Bash.

Hosted by himself

located at Wheeler Farm

Catered with his favorite foods: Chick Fila & chocolate chip cookies

With a full blown program with special numbers from the special people in Danny's life.

Some of the guests:

First on the program:

A live performance with Danny and friends.

Danny sang to "Pure Imagination" featured on the show Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Second:

Danny and Mark sang a duet, "Tonight I Celebrate my Love for You."

Danny created his own program for everyone and this is what he had to say about the infamous Mark Stallings:

"A best friend of Daniel's for over 17 years. Mark and Daniel have performed on several occasions together. Watch for the long charismatic history to spark tonight."

Third:

A special dance routine with Jared Davis. They danced to Party Rock Anthem.

Jared Davis's (program entry): "A best friend of Daniel's for close to 18 years. Daniel recalls the first time he met Jared in the lunch room at Crescent View Middle School, where Jared started eating Daniel's fries without permission. Watch these two light the stage on fire as 'Masters of Movement.'"

Fourth:

Scott performing his Phantom of the Opera, Music of the Night accompanied by my mom.

Here is what Danny had to say about them:

Scott Hart: "Uncle of Mindi. Scott took Daniel under his wing and taught him everything he knows about selling merchant services and singing.

Suzy Wettstein: "Daniel's favorite mother in law. Suzy is a master pianist with a capital "p". The family often recounts the joyful time learning to play the piano with this wonderfully talented lady. Do not be blinded by her beauty, rather, observe and let her fingers teach you a lesson that will not soon be forgotten."

Fifth:

Danny did a power point presentation with pictures/ comedy routine of himself recounting his 30 years. It was very funny.

Here is what Danny had to say about himself:

Daniel Westenskow: "In a conference, while serving a mission for his church, Daniel heard one of the leaders offer a secret to success to become a productive missionary. "It's not skill, it's instensity." From that day, Daniel has attempted to make that statement his life's mission, knowing that he may not always have the skill, but he can always bring the intensity. Tonight Daniel offers you his venerable intensity as a token of gratitude."

Sixth:

A performance by John Anderson. It was awesome! Before the program began he went around and recorded birthday wishes from everyone and incorporated it into his performance on the piano, flute and guitar.

John Anderson: " A best friend of Daniel's for almost 16 years. Daniel has fully authorized John to take as much time as needed with no repercussions for his actions. You will be amazed to know that the majority of John's talent has been self taught."

Last but not least:

Yes, I did perform. I will let you know that I was taken off of the program 3-4 times for my lack of enthusiasm, but at the last minute he put me back on and we performed the final number on the program. It was completely out of my comfort zone to sing and dance on stage in front of people but the things we do for our husbands. We sang to Starship's, If this World Runs out of Lovers.

After the program there was a little bit of Karoake:

It was a great night. Thank you to everyone that helped!!

Happy 30th to my handsome husband.

I love him lots and appreciate everything that he does for the family.

Just the other day, Hank woke up in the middle of the night. I didn't even hear him, but Danny got up and went into his room and just held and rocked him on his shoulders until he went back to sleep. I asked Danny why he didn't wake me up and he said that he loves being a dad so much that he is excited to wake up even in the middle of the night to hold them.

It's the little things that Danny does, day in and day out, that makes him the wonderful person that he is.