The Committee (March 2025 - 2026)

Theo Loyla is one of the UK’s most experienced and respected DJ’s.   Starting in Norwich in 1966 he has run his Banana Power Travelling Discotheque and performed at all manner of functions from village halls to Royal Palaces, childrens parties to 90th birthdays!  Along the way he has been a club DJ or Mecca, Top Rank and top London and provincial clubs.   Theo is an experienced master of ceremonies and compere and has worked for and with many well known celebrities.   He is a founder member of SEDA and is currently Hon. President.   He was also a previous Chairman of the DJ Federation of Great Britain, co-founder of the charity Disco Aid, columnist for various magazines like Mix Mag, Jocks and Disco International and also disco promotion manager responsible for Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Fame, Flashdance, Ghostbusters, Level 42, Whitney Houston and many other artistes.    Still in demand for selected functions he has a huge experience and choice of music from the 40’s to todays charts and a quality audio system and attractive lighting.   The safest pair of hands in the mobile disco industry!

Tony is the creator of the very successful Cosmo Pod. He is a great contributor to the committee and is the guy everyone loves because of his experience of going from the analogue days through to the modern technology. He certainly knows his stuff and is willing to share his DJ and business knowledge with anyone who needs advice.

Andy has been a member of SEDA for donkey’s years.

Andy is a very clever chap indeed, his creations via his company (Paladin Innovations) including the Casebooth concept along with loads of other different types of DJ booth are owned by folk across the UK.
What this guy doesn’t know about aluminium isn’t worth knowing!

Andrew has been a member of SEDA for many years and has often worked in the background, assisting the committee with the day-to-day running of the Association.

He’s been a DJ for many years and is one-fifth of the award-winning Wedding Chaps!

Andrew also develops the popular DJ CRM tool DJ Admin so if you need help with managing your business, he’s the man to talk to!

Keith joined SEDA in 1982 and has been a DJ for over 40 years. He has served as Chairman, managed the SEDA Shop, organised the old exhibitions and has been treasurer twice. Despite his advancing years he is still and active DJ and takes pride in both the performance and equipment he supplies.

Ian has been a SEDA member for many years, has served on the Committee for most of them and was Chairman not only once but TWICE!

He runs his own DJ business, photo booth business, web design business and if he has any spare time left over can often be found sipping cocktails in some faraway land.

Brian is a full time award winning wedding DJ based in West Sussex with his company Dancemix. He has been a SEDA committee member for many years, also serving as chairman from 2012 to 2015. He has also won many awards for his services including:
National Highly Commended Wedding DJ of the year 2019, The Wedding Industry Awards
Winner, Wedding DJ of the year 2019, South East region, The Wedding Industry Awards
Winner, Wedding DJ of the year 2018, South East region, The Wedding Industry Awards

Steve has been helping SEDA out behind the scenes for many years. You’ll see Steve taking pictures at ShowNight and also makes all the amazing SEDA clothing merchandise we have with his company Smart Creative Design. He is a great credit to SEDA and is always there to give great advice.  He’s also an international man of mystery which explains why there’s no picture of him opposite 🙂

Andy has been a member of SEDA for 5 years and has recently joined the committee and helps out with show nights.

He’s been a DJ for 18 years now in Dartford previously and now in Crawley as Crawley Discos.