Anyone doing a funny first dance?

april&amanda

So me and my fiancee will be dancing to Blake Shelton "Over" then after a cut in chorus were going to do a fun dance to a hip-hop song because were very quirky like that. Anyone else doing a fun dance?

RebeccaFlower

I know this isn't what you want to hear, but I think this is seriously overdone and not that cute. If you do it, make sure (like any spotlight dance) that it's only around two minutes long. You'll really loose your audience if you try to drag it out. I saw a 'funny' dance that was four minutes and it got awkward fast. 

april&amanda

Yeah, were only doing it for about 2 minutes. I can see why its over done but every wedding I been too in my state or heard of no ones really done it here. So I think my friends and family will have a ball because they know how silly we are

chibiyui

No. I'm socially awkward enough without purposefully acting socially awkward in front of hundreds of guests. 

doeydo

Please don't.

JCbride2015

Nope, we aren't doing this.

bucksgirl414

Its YOUR day Have FUN!!!! I could never get FI to do it but I've seen some cute ones but agree about making it short.

JasperandOpal

As long as its not any longer than a regular first dance I don't see any reason not to do this.  FI and I won't be doing a funny dance but I don't see how its any different than subjecting the guests to four minutes of swaying by the couple.  I'd rather watch two people have a little fun. 

WinstonsGirl

We didn't plan to do one, but got pulled up on stage to learn a quick Hula dance during a Polynesian show we had. I guess that was our first dance. Other guests did it too. My Brother and SIL did a pre-choreographed dance. It was pretty cool for about the first 30 seconds. Then it got tired to watch

RebeccaFlower

Are you trained dancers (if not, have someone else choreograph it) and is this something you're going to put time, energy and money into? I have seen this three times and it was suuuuper awkward when someone forgets a step. 

climbingsingle

Nope, we are not doing this. 

I've seen it done and honestly, it just ends up being really awkward. 

NYCMercedes

This past weekend I saw one. It was cute the first minute, then AW.

sarahufl

Not happening.

kimnf

Not a chance.

ashley8918

No, definitely not. It's super awkward for all parties involved.

ElcaB

Nope. We're sticking with the good ol' wrap you in my arms and sway in post-marital bliss for our first dance. The song we chose is upbeat though. 

TBH, I dislike when people do choreographed dances. It's almost never that great, and lots of times B & G are so hell-bent on remembering everything they don't even look like they're having fun. 

wandajune6

Nope. No way.

FI are awful dancers. Our choice of song for a first dance will be largely an issue of how short we can make it.

We'll embarrass ourselves at some point in the night already. No need to get extra help.

theartistformerlyknownas

Nope. I'm actually looking forward to having 3 minutes to just be sappy and snuggly with FI between all the running around. We won't have much other "alone" time. We're counting on the hired entertainment to do the entertaining. (dueling pianos)

grumbledore

Not funny.  Not cute.  No.

Peaseblossom55

Nope.  I'm a dancer, I've been dancing most of my life and we didn't do any chorographed dance.  Despite how goofy and silly we can get we didn't want our guests to sit through some so awkward.

slothiegal

Not us.  We are the reason for the "white people can't dance" stereotype.

sarawifenow

If you count FI and I swaying back and forth because we both have two left feet, then yes, we are doing a funny dance.

jenajjthr

We did it, but it's a definitely know your family and crowd type thing. Ours loved it, still hear positive feedback from it. Ours was the mix of different music types, 15-20 sec of each. Our music was professionally put together, we had a choreogropher help us put the dance steps together seamlessly, and we practiced a lot. 

We paid well over $500 for all of this, but it was worth it so we didn't look like even bigger dorks on the dance floor. 

southernbelle0915

I've been to a few weddings with this - 2 in the last year. 

One was serious - like they took ballroom dancing lessons and then had a ballroom dance choreographed. So awkward, so boring.

The other was a "silly" one - also choreographed. It was not funny to anyone (except their mothers maybe). People watched the first 20 seconds or so until everyone realized what it was.. You could literally feel awkwardness slap everyone in the face. Glances were exchanged, some people quietly went to the bar, etc. And everyone LOVED this couple - they're really good friends of ours. It was just really AWish and, frankly, terrible to watch.

april&amanda

@jenajjthr Yeah I really think it depends on what kind of friends and family you have. Mine are fun and open minded and younger type crowd. That's really cool. I am glad people are still talking about it Sounds like it went well. What songs did you guys mix? I used to do a lot of dance shows in high school and worked with a choreographer before. I actually know one who does it for a living he was in my dance squad in high school.  He is really good! 

gladyscf

Nope. 

Neither of us are good dancers so we will look like a couple of kids at our first school dance. 

jenajjthr

The songs I remember; The Twist, Cotten Eyed Joe, Thriller, Ice Ice Baby, Footloose, Walk Like an Egyptian, Greased Lightning, Hammer Time (i think that is the name), the song from Dirty Dancing where they dance at the end, and others. You can youtube this type and get lots of ideas on song choices. We took the songs that we knew we could do steps to (easy dance steps) and cut out ones that were too difficult for us. We did have our "traditional" song at the beginning and end that got cut into in. The only person it actually scared that the "screech sound" was a real screw up was my mom, but she is highly gullible. She enjoyed it the most though once she figured out the "joke." 

climbingsingle

april&amanda said:

@jenajjthr Yeah I really think it depends on what kind of friends and family you have. Mine are fun and open minded and younger type crowd. That's really cool. I am glad people are still talking about it Sounds like it went well. What songs did you guys mix? I used to do a lot of dance shows in high school and worked with a choreographer before. I actually know one who does it for a living he was in my dance squad in high school.  He is really good! 

Yeah, all of my guest are 85 and older. They're also really closed-minded. 

This has nothing to do with your guests. It's cheesy and overdone and most people just find it awkward. 

april&amanda

Yeah I can see that but again I have never seen or heard of it done in my state I have asked around and got locals opinions even the venue were having it at and our local DJs so I guess it will be fun for our guest  

climbingsingle

april&amanda said:

Yeah I can see that but again I have never seen or heard of it done in my state I have asked around and got locals opinions even the venue were having it at and our local DJs so I guess it will be fun for our guest  

FYI - your DJ and the staff at your venue are not going to tell you to your face that this funny/silly dance is a bad idea. 

southernbelle0915

ClimbingBrideNY said:

april&amanda said:

Yeah I can see that but again I have never seen or heard of it done in my state I have asked around and got locals opinions even the venue were having it at and our local DJs so I guess it will be fun for our guest  

FYI - your DJ and the staff at your venue are not going to tell you to your face that this funny/silly dance is a bad idea. 

This. Your DJ and your staff are paid vendors (i.e. "yes" people). 

Also, the two events I mentioned in a previous post, the demographic was very young and, I would say, open minded. A bad idea is a bad idea - young/old, trendy/conservative, etc. 

It sounds like you're going to do this no matter what honest feedback you get. If so, I would keep it very short because people will find this AWish and boring.........