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If you don't like the idea of being the center of attention for an entire song, you could always invite the bridal party or other guests onto the dance floor, I don't think it would be weird or anything, but me and my FH love the spotlight :)
i have seen dances start as just the couple, then other married guests join in. same thing with the parent dances.
I was MOH in a wedding where the father of the bride made us Promise we would come out and join the father Daughter dance. We all went out together so it looked really coordinated, plus we all just happened to be ballroom dancers and they danced to "begin the Beguine" which is a nice foxtrot. He felt so uch les nervous with us up there too, and the bride had a great time dancing with her dad.
We did, DH doesn't like dancing and didn't want to be the centre of attention for too long. As guests we often get bored of watching the first dance. As previous members of bridal parties we never really liked watching each other have to dance with some random stranger they met the day before at the rehearsal. Plus, we wanted to get the party started sooner. We danced maybe half the song together, then the MC invited others to join us. Our bridal party and a few friends knew this was happening so they could lead the charge. I danced with my dad for the second song.
We are doing it because FI doesn't like "people staring at him". So we are going to have the wedding party join in and then the rest of the guests if they chose so.
i have stage fright when it comes to this! i figure for first dance have guests join for the 2nd time the chorus is played...it also keeps guests active. i was at a wedding where the bride had like 5 dances set up (i know over the top) and the dj never invited anyone to the dance floor....it was kinda weird and people started to get bored.
For the Father Daughter dance and Mother Son dance, we'll dance the first half as expected, then we'll have our siblings and their spouses come out too and the two sets of parents :)
You can have your bridal party join you during the first dance. (maybe just dance 40 seconds by yourself first so your photographer can take a few photos)
as for the father/daughter dance, I think it'd be fun to invite other parent/children onto the dance floor too. or just invite everyone on the dance floor. Either would be acceptable.
Beforehand, we asked the bridal party to join us halfway through our parent dances (we combined the mother/son and father/daughter dance). It gave the rest of the crowd the cue that it was ok to start dancing. Worked great!
We danced the first one by ourselves but then for the parent dances we had the dj invite other father/daughter or mother/son pairs in the audience to join us. We had prepped some cousins so they would join us.
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I am considering this, as it seems less awkward. Anyone else?