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First Dance before or after dinner?

tdmaustdmaus
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Hi ladies,
I'm still debating but wanted to see your input on this:
Are you having your first dance right after your entrance (before guests sit down for dinner) or are you having after dinner and maybe after cake cutting? I can't decide which one would be better...
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Re: First Dance before or after dinner?

  • grcezbaby21grcezbaby21
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    Hello,

    My fiance and I are also contemplating on this. I think we may just dance before meal so that our stomach would be in good situation, lol!

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  • STARMOON44STARMOON44 member
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    Before! The first dance opens up the floor for your guests. Let the party get started.
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  • jessicabessicajessicabessica member
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    We had the first dance as soon as we came into the reception room.  I'm glad we opened up the dance floor right away.  Our band was awesome and guests were up and dancing between courses (plated soup, plated salad, buffet entree).  We did the parent dances later on.  
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  • Teddy917Teddy917 member
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    jessicabessica said:

    We had the first dance as soon as we came into the reception room.  I'm glad we opened up the dance floor right away.  Our band was awesome and guests were up and dancing between courses (plated soup, plated salad, buffet entree).  We did the parent dances later on.  

    This. Except I would do parent dances right after so that it doesn't interrupt the flow of the party.
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  • manjermjmanjermj member
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    We did our first dance first thing, right after we were announced into the reception - then sat down for dinner. 
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  • HobokensFuryHobokensFury member
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    We did ours as soon as we were announced. We then did the parent dances.
     
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  • saratogamelaniesaratogamelanie member
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    Announcement -> First Dance -> Parent Dances -> Toasts -> Dinner. Get it all out of the way so you don't have to interrupt anyones fun later!
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    We did ours after we were announced.  We did the parent dances after dinner  as the cake was being served.






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  • aphrodite0869aphrodite0869 member
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    I was actually wondering the same thing.  I just went to a wedding where everyone was eating and once the bride and groom got done eating they were wanting to dance but they had a computer with no speakers and they could not get people to be quite so they couldn't dance.  I would have been upset I think so that is the way we will g to. 
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  • rel1988rel1988 member
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    I think this is how we are going to schedule it: Entrance -> First Dance -> Toast -> Dinner -> Parent's Dance
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