So I'm home sick today, and bored already. All of the music threads got me thinking...
My sister had no dance portion to her wedding, and then anyone who wanted to go out dancing did so after the reception was finished. I don't remember exactly when the reception was over, but I think I was back in the hotel by 10. (my sister is quite a bit older, so I was 16 when she got married) My sister and BIL went out for a bit with some of their friends I believe, but as I said, it's been a while. They had music playing in the background through dinner, just stuff that was soft (jazz, etc).
How do you feel about weddings with no dancing? As a guest would you feel like you missed out?
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If FI and I do decide to do a DW with just our parents, there will probably be no dancing and I'm ok with that. If we have a big reception, dancing will be a must.
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First of all, I'm not a big dancer at all. I went to our semi-formal and prom in 12th grade and that's about it. The last time I danced was over 2 years ago.
My friend originally wanted to have a morning wedding, and serve lunch. She wanted the reception to start at 11 a.m., and wanted people dancing at noon. I would feel weird about dancing so early in the day. JMHO.
Now she's trying to cut down the wedding to just family, so no SOs. I'll have 3 friends there and the rest will be family (and the bride and groom) so I wouldn't be big on dancing for that either. But like I said, I'm just not crazy about dancing.
But I do agree with PP that when I think "wedding reception" I typically think of dancing being included in that. Especially and evening wedding. But I've been to receptions without dancing, and those were some of my favourite weddings.
[QUOTE] First of all, I'm not a big dancer at all. I went to our semi-formal and prom in 12th grade and that's about it. Posted by heyimbren[/QUOTE]
Haha...the twin thing is happening again! I went to only Homecoming and Prom my Senior year, too. (And that was mainly because I was forced to go...)
I'm not a dancer and I was just thinking about this topic a few days ago. When the time comes for my wedding, I would be fine with no dancing, but my sisters and my mom and some friends like dancing. No dancing would fit BF's and my personality, but dancing could be fun...
So, I think either way is fine and it definitely depends on the time of day and size of wedding.
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I think for a wedding like we are having it is ok not to have dancing as it is more of a really nice dinner than a reception. However, for larger weddings that have the room I would find it a little odd to end really early and not have dancing.
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Even though I'm not much of a party dancer (I love jazz and tap though), we will have a dance portion. It will probably be the last hour and a half to two hours of the reception. We'll have enough people who will enjoy it.
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I think the last time BF and I danced was 7 years ago at our prom, so it's not really important for us. I guess when the time comes we will have to look at the who/what/when details and make the call.
It's interesting to see how many dancers are on the board!
The only wedding I remember clearly where there was no dancing, there was also no alcohol. People literally sat at their tables, ate in silence and literally looked somber.
That left an impression in my mind. I honestly wondered that if besides it being a religious thing (which it was) there had been a recent tragic death in the family close to the bride or groom.