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I would love to do a beautiful first dance.  Something like the waltz, or anything other than the standard sway back and forth.

Problem is, hubby can't even sway back and forth to the music.  And he is totally against putting on a show.  And although silly first dances are funny, I kinda think the first dance is a nice thing and don't want to make fun of it.  But I'm sure my nephew who is getting married 2 months after me, will have a wonderful and fun to watch first dance. aarrrrgggg.

So, we will be on the floor, swaying out of time to the music, with my new hubby probably singing the words of the song to me.  It's a favorite of his that he always cries to - Meatloafs "for crying out loud". And hopefully the DJ could cut it a little so we won't be doing that for 8 minutes.

Anybody else going to have a boring first dance?

I thought ours would be boring, since two weeks before the wedding my fiance scrapped our choreographed dance and decided he just wanted to do the swaying thing. But we weren't bored in the end, we were too caught up in being married. ;)

As for boring the audience, a good DJ will be able to mix a song so you can cut out boring repetitions of the chorus, etc. Just make sure e has a copy of the song beforehand and tell him what parts you want cut out.

Yeah, I was thinking about having the DJ ask others to dance toward the end.  We haven't met with him for the final song picks yet so we will have to see what he thinks too.

Thanks for the support!  At least we won't be the only bride and groom swaying!!!

Our first dance song was a little boring(no fancy moves), but ended up funny after the fact. I was exhausted with aching feet and he can't dance, so it did not go well! I had all of these wonderful thoughts beforehand that it was going to be so sentimental because he picked the song (Stars by Kindred) and the words meant a lot to us. But when it came time for the dance, his tux pants came unfastened on the inside waistband and he couldn't really do a lot of moving or else they were going to fall down. So he was basically leaning on me, whispering for me to "be cool" and cover him while he tried to fix his pants. We did this the whole song. I have no idea how we looked(crazy I'm sure!), and I'm petrified to see the video when its finished being edited. We laughed about it later, but I think I was a bit mad at the time....

You will definately want to edit the 8 minute song because that's like....an eternity. Someone suggested having your parents dance w/ you at some point. I think that would make your dance memorable and meaningful.

can you a slideshow during the 8 minutes??

Some good ideas guys!

I think we could definatly cut the song down a few minutes.

No slideshows, he has about 2 pictures of him when he was younger.  Plus I am out of time, and out of money to pay someone else to do it.

Parents dancing would be OK, but he only has a mom, so it would only be my parents, a little awkward for his mom.

I think that it sounds wonderful and sentimental - caught up your own little world.  You are not the entertainment, you are the people being honored on one of the mist romantic and emotional days of your life, and if busting out in a choreographed routine does not reflect your usual personalities as a couple I really don't think it is necessary of your wedding day. 

However, you could suggest taking just one or two dance clesses so your husband-to-be learns to sway in time with the music.:P