Beat Refinery Student DJs Spin Tunes at the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll

DJ Meme Ghost and DJ Princess C from Bach to Rock Bethesda Share their Talents at the 144th Annual White House Easter Egg Roll held on April 1, 2024.

A time-honored tradition since the 1870, the White House Easter Egg roll features thousands of children pushing brightly colored, hard-boiled eggs across the White House South Lawn with wooden spoons. The festive day, always held the Monday after Easter, this year was themed “EGGucation,” and featured a transformation of the South Lawn and Ellipse into a school community, complete with educational activities for kids of all ages.

Bach to Rock Beat Refinery students DJ Meme Ghost (Simon McCormick) and DJ Princess C (Christiona Graham) were specially invited by the White House to perform for this year’s event; a great honor for both students, where they DJed for approximately 40,000 visitors, including  military and veteran families, caregivers and survivors, per the White House. And this year’s event was not their first White House Easter Egg roll!  Congratulations to both of our outstanding students for being chosen for this honor and for rocking the White House with their talents!

DJ Meme Ghost (Simon McCormick) has been taking music lessons at Bach to Rock Bethesda since 2014. Simon has attended several band camps and was excited to see the Beat Refinery DJ studio at the school a few years ago. He quickly started DJ lessons and today transforms to DJ Meme Ghost, where he performs at numerous public events, including school dances and carnivals, and private events such as birthdays, mitzvah parties, and award ceremonies.

DJ Princess C (Christiona Graham) also known as DJ Princess C, has been taking lessons at Bach to Rock Bethesda since 2019. She been a performing DJ since age 5, rocking parties and special events with her energy and skillset. Her parents realized that her love for music went beyond just being a listener, she wanted to participate through mixing, scratching, and watching people enjoy themselves through her music choices.

Since meeting some of her favorite DJs and also working with her DJ instructor, DJ Throwdown, she has been inspired to keep her crowds engaged and wanting more. Her favorite genre music to mix is hip-hop, gospel, 80s and 90s music, pop, R&B, and club. DJ Princess C has DJed for the White House Communications holiday party, Port Discovery Museum, weddings, school events, birthday parties, and more.