The big 13...Geez! It went by so fast. And now, it's time to celebrate the coming of age. Oy! Hide the wallet...Here comes Mom screaming to her kid, "We're gonna throw you a great big simcha with ALL the trimmings! This is going to be the biggest wing-ding since the wedding! Now, please go throw out the garbage."

Yes...This celebration is very special...So extraordinary that the range of DJ companies that cater to Bar/Bat Mitzvahs is quite wide. At the high end, there are the $5000 (and up) complete productions with DJs, MCs, dancers, videographers, games, lighting, props, giveaways, contests, carnival midway and the entire road crew from "Cats". Add personalized items like the celebrant's video biography, other family history presentations and the price goes up above the stratosphere.

And then, there's me. Just me...I take care of everything the way we used to do it before the "New York" style of Mitzvah parties came to be: Conventionally. 

Optionally, you could just throw a smaller party (perhaps at home) simply for the kids (so they can merely enjoy their favorite songs) with maybe a few chaperones. I offer such an option; I call it the "Mitzvah Hop4Kidz". Compassionately to today's wallet, a lot of young adults DO go for this. 

How about throwing TWO PARTIES; One for the kids, and then another for the grown-ups? I've actually begun to offer this option as a solid solution to appease BOTH sides of the fence; a reduced double-party package I call my "Mitzvah / Hop4Kidz" Combo.

All I'm suggesting is that just because everyone else in the shul is going competitively crazy, why should you? Who says you can't go "Old-School" and actually have just "ONE nice party with ONE nice DJ where everyone can just have fun"?