New Year’s Eve arrives every night, where revelers gather for a party.  Frank D’Agostino, a Greenwich-based promoter who started his parties in March 2005 said, “I bring entertainment to the best places on the best nights.”  DJ’s at Mr. D’Agostino’s soirees generally play a high-energy mix of music – which usually elicit spontaneous sing-along. Barry Solomon, who lives in Larchmont and attends says he is drawn by the “Cheers’ effect, adding: “met people from many different cultures. And the women are beautiful, too.” Ms. Vitti of Mamaroneck and her friend Susan Ready of Harrison come to dance. “I love the energy of their dancing. It’s happy, upbeat music,” said Ms. Vitti.  “For us,” Ms. Ready added, “there’s no other place where they dance with such verve.  “We’ve brought other friends, and they always enjoy themselves.  Once people who like to dance come, they want to go back.

“At 84 Park, we’ve changed the way these parties are done,” said Frank D’Agostino, the man behind the Rio 100 brand. “We’re playing Manhattan club tunes with a little samba.” According to D’Agostino, he brings in a female samba dancer from Manhattan who circulates among the crowd decked in a skimpy outfit with a feathered headdress. As the DJ stretches the capacity of the elaborate sound system, a large crowd of up to 750 on a blockbuster night jams the dance floor, dressed for the occasion. At a recent night, a couple of gals making the scene early decided to go home and put on more suggestive, shrink-wrap outfits. D’Agostino has been hosting nightclub parties in Fairfield and Westchester counties since 2005.

“We’ve been hosting our events at 84 Park for almost two years now and they
are becoming more and more popular,” Frank D’Agostino, owner of Rio 100
Events, said. “Everywhere I go, from Manhattan to New Haven, people that I
speak with are familiar with 84 Park and Rio 100 Events. It’s been very
exciting for us.”

The Best Outdoor Party in Rye – Brazilian Flavor Grows More Distinct as the Night Heats Up at the Tiki Bar on the Boardwalk at Playland.  Brazilian revelers arrived in steady streams as the night wore on.  They mingled easily with a crowd of regulars who were likely unaware that the evening had been organized by nightclub impresario Frank D’Agostino, whose Greenwich-based company Rio 100 Events specializes in bringing Americans and Brazilians together.  Though D’Agostino holds more overtly Brazilian themed events at the Sky Room in midtown Manhattan every Wednesday and 84 Park in Stamford during Alive@5 and one Friday a month–which sometimes feature costumed samba dancers – the party at the Tiki Bar is more subtle.  Video DJ Vincent Campisi played just a handful of Brazilian tunes compared to the steady stream of Top 40 hits he presented from the 1990’s to today.  Campisi projects his videos on the giant Tiki-Tron screen. Instead of playing DVD’s with images or scenes from art-house and silent movies that some DJ’s will mix with funky beats.  “It sounds like it’s an old thing to do – spin music videos – but this is completely new,” he said. “I am the only one in Manhattan and around here who is doing this.” said DJ Campisi.  “There’s a lot of competition for outdoor locations, but this is the best spot,” said D’Agostino, gazing across the Long Island Sound. “We’re looking for a hipper crowd and will keep pushing to make this the best place to be on a Sunday night.”