My father was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease 5 years ago, and it's progressed to the point where he is both physically and cognitively unable to do much of anything. He's still determined to attend my wedding (we've got a special room arranged in case he needs to take a rest during the course of the day), but there is no way he's up to doing a father/daughter dance. Fiancé is totally fine skipping the parent dances, but even though she'd never say so, I know his mom would be bummed if she didn't get to dance with her son.
Originally I was just trying to come up with alternatives to the father/daughter dance that would still honor my dad, but what about something that would honor all 4 parents so we can nix the parent dances all together? I was considering singing a song that is special to my dad and dedicating it to both sets of parents, but I'm such a cry-baby I'm worried I'd get too emotional during it. We can't do a slide-show because our venue can't accommodate it (and that's not really our style) and I wasn't planning on displaying parental wedding photos because mine have been divorced for fifteen years. Would something like simply dedicating a song during the general dancing be appropriate and meaningful enough? Or is putting a note in the ceremony programs more proper?
Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do?