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I htink it is a great idea. Often the first dance can be long. This will break it up and involve the SO's, instead of leaving them on the sidelines.
we did exactly what you are thinking of doing - danced for half of our first dance alone, and then had the BP join in with their SOs to finish it out - i loved it, and im so glad we did it this way
we also had a second song where anyone was invited to join in for a slow dance - it seemed to break the ice and get the reception going a bit earlier than normal, and the pics from it make me so happy
I don't like the idea of "forcing" members of the bridal party to dance with each other. I think having them join in while dancing with their SO's is a great idea!
I prefer the dances the way you want them. I don't mind my husband dancing with other women, but alot of men and women are uncomfortable dancing with anyone but the SOs. I think that is really considerate of you to think about that.
Thanks for the feedback ladies. I’m going to run this past our BP so they can speak to their SO’s about it. I think everyone would be much happier if they didn’t have to dance with a virtual stranger (even though they’ve all met each other at one point or another).
As long as they're all either married or in a relationship, I think it would be fine! One of my friends had their bridal party introduced with their significant others (and then did the BP dance with their SO's as well), but unfortunately, not all of them had a SO, so it made it super awkward for those who were by themselves. They were just like, oh, ok...I'll um, go stand over here I guess.
We joined the bride and groom at a wedding I was in last year. They introduced us and had us stand in front of the band while the bride and groom were introduced and began their dance. About halfway through, we spread out and were joined by our SOs. It worked out nicely and sounds like it'd be perfect for you if you're self-conscious in the spotlight!
@UpstateCait: We did similar but during the Mother/Son dance, the DJ just said that the groom and his mother would like to invite all mother's and their children to join them on the dance floor...Why not have your DJ invite all couples to the dance floor 1/2 way through your first dance song, then your wedding party can get their dates and bring them to the floor to dance.
@jtsing: We're planning on doing that for our joint parent dance. Half way through the DJ will announce for all parents/children to join in. Anything to avoid an awkward 4+ minutes of dancing with our moms (I'm dancing with my mom, too).
Since they all have significant others it sounds like a great plan to me. I've always found the other type of dances awkward - starting with when I was made to dance with the ring-bearer as a flower girl.
I was in a BP and we had to dance and I hated dancing and being the center of attention like that. I danced with my cousin and I know that you are talking about dancing with SO's, but I still wouldn't want to be forced to do that in front of how ever many people
My FSIL did this, I thought it was very nice that I got a chance to dance with FI for this instead of him being stuck with a random friend of hers, lol.
@UpstateCait: I like this idea...we are doing this...6 of the people in our wedding party are already together...the other 3 are either married or in long term relationships and the one single guy is allowed a plus one...so we will most likely be doing this :) I feel like they should be able to enjoy a dance with their SO! If most of them were single though(which doesn't seem to be your case at all!)...it might not be a good idea.
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FI and I are not much for dancing so we’ve decided to have our BP join in half way through our first dance so that some of the attention is taken off of us. Our original plan was to have the BP dance together (BM/MOH, GM/BrdMd) but now I’m thinking about having our BP dance with their SO’s instead. It’s not that I think anyone would have a problem dancing with their assigned partner but I think they’d prefer to dance with their SO if at all possible. Every member of our BP is either married or in a serious relationship and as far as I know, all SO’s will be in attendance. Of course we’ll have to run this past them since I wouldn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable but I’m just wondering if anyone has done/seen this before. How was it received? Did the guests find it weird?