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Father/Daughter Dance Found a song - it's too long, how long should we cut it to

posted 2 years ago in Music
poll: How long should I cut the father/daughter dance song to?
1.5 - 2 minutes : (1 votes)

7 %

2 - 2.5 minutes : (10 votes)

71 %

2.5 - 3 minutes : (3 votes)

21 %

Play the whole song who cares if it is almost 7 minutes long! (please don't vote for this one) : (0 votes)

14 votes

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Blushing bee

ColoradoBride12 10/17/09 Colorado

The song is Tupelo Honey. It is nearly 7 minutes long! We want to cut it down? How long should we dance? There is a natural break to fade out at 2.5 minutes. My dad thinks that is still long...what do you ladies think? My dad wanted me to google "proper song length" I told him that we would ask the bees!

2 years ago

Hostess

1,052 posts

Bumble bee

BeachBrideT 5/09 Florida

I'd say right around 2 minutes. It doesn't seem that long, but on your wedding day, it might!!!! Try standing up in the middle of your living room and timing it to see what it might feel like on your wedding day.

2 years ago

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2,526 posts

Sugar bee

GaBGal September 25, 2010

I think 2 minutes should work. Another way to gauge it will be to see how long the mother/son dance will be for your FI (if they are doing one). Then cut your music equally.

2 years ago

Bee

769 posts

Busy bee

plaid October 23, 2010

I think two minutes is the perfect amount of time. Definitely listen to the song and find the best two minutes segment and use that. If you don't want to cut the song down you could always dance with your dad for a minute or two and then invite other people out on the floor to dance too. That'll ease the attention off of you and your dad for the whole 7 minutes.

2 years ago

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1,205 posts

Bumble bee

mdarrah 4/4/09 Los Angeles, CA

If there is a natural break there, thats a good place to cut it. 2.5 is a good length, not too long but not uber short where people wonder what happend to the music.

2 years ago

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Worker bee

bulldoggrl 10/3/09 Los Angeles, CA

We're coreagraphing our danc,e and our choreographer, who is a professional dancer, told us the average song length is 2:30ish. Our song is about 2:51, and my father daughter song is 2:40. It seems long enough to enjoy the moment, but not too long to bore people!

2 years ago