CJ Jatala Visits Holloway (March 31st)

My good friend, CJ Jatala, entrepreneur and karaoke DJ visited the school today to speak to my class. CJ owns CJ's Party Place, which does event parties from small children birthdays to wedding co-ordination, as well as karaoke at a number of events locations/businesses and a travel agency. His is a rags to riches story, having gone from arriving in Nashville a few years ago with less than $700 and a broken down car, homeless, to now owning the old Marty Stewart estate and being one of Middle Tennessee's most successful entrepreneurs in less than 5 years! Again, Mr Bridgeman opened the visit to the school, and Mrs. Gannon brought her entire economics class in to hear CJ's story. His presentation was extremely motivational, and CJ is a born entertainer. Through his karaoke business he already knew one of my students, AJ, so it was very easy for him to keep everyone engaged. As I write this three weeks later, students and faculty still talk about his visit!