Dancing During Dinner?

snazzyshoes

I'm thinking back to weddings I"ve attended in the last few years and can't seem to remember if people normally dance during dinner, so I"m looking for some help.  Both my DJ and venue acted as though not dancing during dinner would be ridiculous.   We will have already done our first dance, and I certainly don't care when people dance (I just want everyone to enjoy themselves).   What would I do anyway...run out to the floor and say 'no dancing until after dinner!'?I think I'm more concernted about the music changing dramatically.   I may be scarred from a wedding I went to last fall when we were eating and chatting to sinatra, and then the bride and groom were ready to dance again so it changed to techno.    Then the next course arrived and it was back to Sinatra.  It all just seemed very uneven.I'm sure that as long as the DJ keeps it a bit calmer with the music at least for the first two courses...I'll be fine. Thoughts?  What is everyone else doing?

teamAandE

They play "dinner music" Sinatra the like and that's normally when there are the MOH/Best man speeches or other toasts. After the speeches the music went back to dancing music but NOT techno!

erikag23

this is the primary reason we had a cocktail reception.

uppereastgirl

Our DJ played slower dinner music during the courses, but where there was going to be a bit of a break, she changed over to low-key dancing music.  A lot of people got up to dance between course.  I would just tell your DJ that dancing between courses is fine (or not fine, depending on how you feel), but you want it to be calm dancing music and not clubby?

Heater020780

we did "dinner music" as well......keep in mind though that not all table are served at the same exact time.   some guests were up and dancing to the dinner music. 

Partymixx27

If your DJ knows what he's doing it shouldn't be an issue.  I was just talking with mine yesterday about he is going to avoid doing this very thing, switching from a slow song to a fast song with no good flow from one song to the next.  It wouldn't bother me if people were dancing during dinner, but hopefully the music flows so that those that want to eat and relax will have "dinner music" to do it to.