Wedding Party Dance

pblb2011 · November 2010

I am having trouble finding a song for our wedding party to dance to. PLEASE HELP!!

Summer2011Bride · November 2010

I would look at your WP's personalities and how many of them there are. Decide if you want a slow dance or fast. For slow, I would make sure all of the couples are comfortable dancing together. I personally prefer a fast tune. Something fun like "The Cupid's Shuffle" or Black Eyed Peas "Tonight's Gonna be a Good Night." I also like Chris Brown's "Forever."

Muffin'sMom · November 2010

Do they want to dance together? Really? Did you ask them?

Kate504 · November 2010

My cousin made us do this at her wedding. Luckily I got to dance with someone i knew, one of my cousins (her brother).......it was so awkward, i just imagine it was just as bad for everyone else who didn't know their parteners. Ask your WP if they feel comfortable with it first. IT WAS AWKWARD!

reese511 · November 2010

oof....this sounds like a bad idea. awkward.....
dont do that to your WP!

redheadtmk · November 2010

is this a dance where the WP dance with thier SO's or one of those group dances as a performance? i agree with the PP's. you need to make sure absolutely everyone is totally comfortable with the group dance. and if it is a SO dance, that any single persons in the WP are ok with sitting out or have a friend they are close enough to that dancing wont be awkward.

pblb2011 · November 2010

thanks everyone i was thinking about starting with a slow song and then going to a fast one.....here is south louisiana it is common for you to have one

reese511 · November 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_first-dance_wedding-party-dance-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:29Discussion:4f06b723-c7e2-4485-b40c-630f3f84ee37Post:bed6e1dc-2f93-40f8-8e9e-8354566134c5">Re: Wedding Party Dance</a>:
[QUOTE]thanks everyone i was thinking about starting with a slow song and then going to a fast one.....here is south louisiana it is common for you to have one
Posted by pblb2011[/QUOTE]

if you want to do it....fine...obviously its your choice. but just b/c its common, that doesnt mean you HAVE to do it. just sayin...
if something was "common" - but i knew it would make my best friends and family members uncomfortable...i'd probably opt out. not every wedding needs to be cookie cutter.

Kate504 · November 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_first-dance_wedding-party-dance-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:29Discussion:4f06b723-c7e2-4485-b40c-630f3f84ee37Post:44aaf893-7651-4d57-849a-43d7f2a3e0f3">Re: Wedding Party Dance</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding Party Dance : Wrong. I grew up in LA, several years of which were spent in Nola and Baton Rouge. Never saw one at a wedding. They may be common in your circle still, but it has nothing to do with where you live.
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]

I agree. I don't think it is that common. When my cousin made us do it, I thought it was lame and never had neard of it before. I don't think guests like to watch any of that anyway. I've lived in NOLA all of my life.

garcias1 · November 2010

I think the WP dance is very specific to your situation. Do the GMs and BMs know each other well? I was in a wedding where I had to dance with another GM. The WP was pretty close because a lot of us went to college together and were in a sorority and fraternity that were brother and sister. So it wasn't weird that I had to dance with a GM who wasn't my FI. The main reason the bride and groom did this was because they didn't want to dance to a whole song by themselves with all eyes on them so they asked the WP to join in halfway through their first dance.

Of course, I have no idea what the other guests thought of it (besides FI), so maybe from their perspective it's weird, who knows.

SeptemberFall2011 · November 2010

My WP is dancing to Love Shack by the B52s

phillychica85 · November 2010

Skip it! Many people don't like to dance to begin with, but then making them dance with people who may be esstentially strangers? Let your wedding part enjoy themselves with their dates/significant others, not having them worry about making it through some awkward dance.

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