Entertainment at Your wedding?

brittanyjterrell

What (if anything) are you ladies planning to do as entertainment for your wedding guests? I have been wrecking my brain trying to think of stuff because I do NOT want my guests to be bored and start leaving early :- ( . also.. we are both very silly and I know people will be expecting something from us.

I went to a wedding last week where the GM and BM and the Bride and Groom had a dance- off!!!! It was BEYOND cute but I know my BP isn't that much fun ... my FI and I were thinking of coming up with a choreographed fun and expected first dance!!

M1ssJ

I'm waiting on some great responses to this too, since Im having a daytime wedding Im super scared of the same thing!

brittanyjterrell

oops... I meant *unexpected and YES, I am sure these ladies have plenty of fun and creative ideas!

empegues

I'm considering doing what I saw at the last wedding I went to.  It turned out to be a big crowd pleaser....

The DJ had the bride and groom sit on chairs with their backs to each other.  They exchanged shoes so they both had one of their own, and one of their spouses.  Then, the DJ basically played the Newlywed Game with them. 

He would say, "Who is the better cook?"  and other questions like that.  To answer, they would each hold up the shoe that corresponds with the person.  The audience was shouting answers by the time it was done. 

The funniest part was, they couldn't see each others answers because they were sitting back to back.  So they had to kinda judge from the audiences reaction what the other person said. 

tcage001

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[QUOTE]I'm considering doing what I saw at the last wedding I went to.  It turned out to be a big crowd pleaser.... The DJ had the bride and groom sit on chairs with their backs to each other.  They exchanged shoes so they both had one of their own, and one of their spouses.  Then, the DJ basically played the Newlywed Game with them.  He would say, "Who is the better cook?"  and other questions like that.  To answer, they would each hold up the shoe that corresponds with the person.  The audience was shouting answers by the time it was done.  The funniest part was, they couldn't see each others answers because they were sitting back to back.  So they had to kinda judge from the audiences reaction what the other person said. 
Posted by empegues[/QUOTE] This sounds so fun I might have to steal this lol

japonica334

Oh check out the surprise dances that the bride and groom do on youtube for good ideas, they are too cute!

[Deleted User]

My best friend and her husband did a salsa routine for their first dance. It was awesome. She also sang "At Last" as a surprise wedding gift to her husband. It was so sweet.

My fiance and I are trying to figure this out ourselves. Since I'm having a destination wedding, I feel all of this extra pressure to make sure my wedding is over the top fun. Otherwise, I'm scared people will feel like they've wasted their money. So far we've decided to have a cigar roller, traditional dancers, a fire show and maybe fireworks at the end.

KnaijaQueen

Don't know what your budget is but you could hire a caricature artist.

Fabbiegirl

I am doing a DW, so since our group will be so small, we will end up going out together.

Dancerppf

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[QUOTE]I'm considering doing what I saw at the last wedding I went to.  It turned out to be a big crowd pleaser.... The DJ had the bride and groom sit on chairs with their backs to each other.  <strong>They exchanged shoes so they both had one of their own, and one of their spouses.  Then, the DJ basically played the Newlywed Game with them. </strong> He would say, "Who is the better cook?"  and other questions like that.  To answer, they would each hold up the shoe that corresponds with the person.  The audience was shouting answers by the time it was done.  The funniest part was, they couldn't see each others answers because they were sitting back to back.  So they had to kinda judge from the audiences reaction what the other person said. 
Posted by empegues[/QUOTE]

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