Karaoke at reception? Yay or Nay.

daniellehand77

My mom has suggested that we have karaoke at our wedding reception. Not quite sure what I think!

LDubHawksFan

I don't really like the idea of it....maybe if you have an after party it belongs there.

jessicabessica

Do you regularly have karaoke at parties or go out to karaoke with a good chunk of your guestlist?  If so, it could be fun.  If it's not something that you are pretty confident your guests will enjoy, I would skip it.  I would much rather dance to an awesome band or DJ than get up and do karaoke.  

Maggie0829

No. Just no.

HobokensFury

NO!

artbyallie

Not unless you know your crowd likes it and you have lots and lots of booze.

StephBeanWed61502

Count me as another vote for no.  I just don't see it working well.  Also, you can't exactly dance to karaoke, or have conversations with karaoke going on in the background, so unless you know for a fact that the vast majority of your guests (think 95%) would be psyched about it, I'd skip it.

kks4471

My H's friend made him do karaoke before dancing began.  It was the most awkward, embarrasing moment of our wedding.  Just thinking about it makes my face turn red.  No!!!

amberr110

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[QUOTE]Not unless you know your crowd likes it and  you have lots and lots of booze.
Posted by artbyallie[/QUOTE]

<div>Lots of booze can make it worse.  I attended a wedding with kareoke and lots of booze once, let's just say it did not end well.</div>

kmmssg

NAY NAY NAY!

GoodLuckBear14

Good Lord No.  Ever see guests leave in droves?  You will.

Peavy

You know the old saying "there's a time and place for everything?"  A wedding reception is not the time or place for karaoke.

lgb78

We attended a wedding last year where the DJ did karaoke for the last hour of the reception at the request of the bride and groom.  It was a blast!  When I heard they were going to do it, I was a bit nervous as to how it would turn out, but there were so many requests and everyone seemed really into it.

Not something I would personally do, but I think it can be done right if you want to.

alithebride

NAY!!!  it's bad enough to hear people sing other peoples songs at a bar. if i was a captive audience at a wedding and it was done i'd find the door fast.

oh and it's 'yea' not 'yay'

J&K10910

No.  I think if it's something you're (or your mom) set on, do it for like the last hour as an above poster recommended--You're likely to only have the younger crowd left, if people hate it and leave, it's not the end of the world, and if it's totally disasterous, well, you're wrapping up soon anyway.

Cackle6

I LOVE karaoke, and when I first started planning my wedding in my head like 8 years ago (before I had a groom, lol) I was absolutely sure I would have karaoke at my wedding. Fast forward to when I actually started planning my wedding (with a groom this time ) and the more I thought about it, the more I really didn't like the idea. It's hard to control who sings what, and there were def songs I did NOT want to hear at my wedding. So instead, we got a live band and they let me sing a few songs with them, which worked out perfectly!

That being said, a friend of mine did have karaoke at her wedding a few years ago. There was a limited book of songs, as the DJ let them pick out/get rid of songs in the karaoke book, and they only let people up to sing every 3rd or 4th song. The DJ was really good about making sure the songs all went together, and it ended up being really fun, and we were able to dance to most of the songs people sang. Now, I went to school for theatre and most of the people attending that wedding were musical theatre majors, so it was def better than your average karaoke night at the bar.

I like the PP's idea of maybe doing it for the last hour, or finding a place to have it as an after party. But there are just too many factors that can make it go horribly wrong to have it going the whole reception.