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Updated: 6:38 AM EDT May 25, 2021
WALLINGFORD, Conn. Todd Powers has been the life of the party, bringing dancing and music to weddings for the past 29 years, and then the pandemic hit.
In just one year, Todd had to cancel 130 weddings, which was mentally and financially exhausting to his business, Jock in the Box.
“You don’t know what you have until you lose it, and I lost it for a year, said Powers. I had never even heard of a pandemic before, to be honest with you. Honestly, my first thought was these poor brides and grooms. It was hard.
After taking the biggest financial blow of his career starting March 2020, Powers met virtually with DJs from across the country to figure out how they can livestream their sets, and make back some of what was lost, even just a tiny sliver of the financial pie. “You had to get really creative in how you were going to entertain people”.