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It's funny because I see you're from NJ too, and I've rarely been to a wedding where there was dancing before dinner. And that was primarily because after the couple is announced they would do first dance, then daugther/father, mother/son dance, then speeches and then the food would start coming. Usually during the food time it was more dinner music too so not really danceable. I don't see anything wrong with dancing before tho, if the opportunity is there why not?! :)
Well I usually follow the rule that the bride and groom opens the dance floor. So as long as they have danced their first dance, that's an indication that I can dance whether or not the full meal has been served. Most of the time the first dance is pretty much immediately when the couple enters. But yeah, I too like to dance throughout the entire evening and during dinner.
I'm with HunnyBear - every wedding I've been to has had the following "schedule". After the couple is announced they would do first dance, then daugther/father, mother/son dance, then speeches and then dinner. Dancing music wasn't played until after dinner is over.
In my experience, the bride and groom do their first dance and then other couples start to join in. More dancing before the first course and so on throughout the evening. I've always seen the parent dances happen later in the night before the cake cutting.
Sometimes there's dancing and sometimes not, but it only starts after the couple had shared the first dance.
All the weddings I've been to here in Michigan goes as follows.
Guests never dance before all the above happens. Thats because a lot of the time we have buffet style and the food is on long tables on the dance floor anyways.
I have never seen dancing before a meal so the idea doesn't really make sense to me and feels like it would be very awkward. Then again, I have only ever attended one wedding that had a meal and was not cake and punch only. As a guest, I would not personally dance before dinner, and I would never do so as a bride either. To each their own.
I've never seen dancing before the main meal (which is normally after the couple dances too) but then I'm in Australia so not sure I'm great to discuss differences in the States :)
I went to four weddings last year and all 4 of them had dancing before dinner! So maybe it's just random?
I also thought it was a little weird to dance before eating. For that reason, we're doing our first dance after the food.
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I recently attended a wedding with my FI. After the couple was announced, I asked him to dance and he said, “no” and wouldn’t dance with me. I thought it was because he didn’t like the song we would be dancing to! Later on, he and I were talking and he said, “I never went to a wedding where people danced before dinner. Everyone always waits until after dinner.” I didn’t know what he was talking about because here, a lot of people start dancing as soon as they enter the reception room. Guests eat their appetizer and go dance then go back to their seats for salad and then back to dance until the entrée comes out. He had never seen that before! Do any Bees not dance until after the complete meal is served?