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My advice is to pick a short song! :) And try dancing in your dress beforehand (around your house?), to work out the best ways to keep it from getting underfoot. Other than that, just enjoy it-- our was so very romantic and lovely.
Oh, and also: don't feel you need to mug for the camera, but do be aware of where your photographer is located-- you'll probably want a good pic of you dancing, right?
I was rather worried about the first dance since my FI and I are not good dancers. We thought about taking lessons but never got around to it. Ultimately, it was my favorite part of a magical night. It was just him and I, I didn't notice anybody else. It was so intense and sweet. Our song was 3 minutes, 20 seconds long and it went by in a flash. My advice to you is to pick a song that is meaningful to you (we resisted ours for awhile because it is kind of cheesy) and then not worry about it. In the end I am so glad I didn't have to remember any steps and could just focus on him.
Thanks for the tips. We considered doing something mor choreographed but I don't want to worry about missing steps, plus I'm very clumsy, so that would not be good. Had not thought about the song's length, thanks for that too.
We're taking dance lessons beforehand (we are just that bad of dancers) but I'm still terrified because our song is Tiny Dancer by Elton John - a little hard to dance to!
My biggest advice is to keep smiling. If you make a mistake, just keep smiling and act like you meant to do that, and your guests will likely never know the difference.
Take dance lessons, but don't actually do a choreographed dance. (We did this)
Don't do anything that feels unnatural in terms of the steps. There was one thing we did at the very beginning where I walked around my husband, and I think it looks sorta dumb now looking back.
See if they can cut the song down to 2 min or less. Seriously, we tried to do with, but the band leader forgot, and our song was about 4 min. Waaay too long for a first dance.
My best advice is to enjoy it and make sure you are wearing comfy shoes. We didn't pay much attention to the photographers during that time unless they requested us to look because it was our moment together. One of the best pictures of us that was taken that night was during our first dance where they caught us singing to each other. A moment I won't forget.
Yes, everybody told me that you should practice with your dress before the big day, it isn't that easy!
please enjoy the moment and don't be rehearsed! this was the first real moment after the ceremony that we really got to just be in love...it was wonderful.
my advice--short song + 1 dance lesson if you can.
i found the first dance to be more nerve wracking than the ceremony! the dance doesn't have to be overly choreographed and, yes, you should just enjoy the moment. but it is totally worthwhile to make that moment as comfortable as possible. even the shortest songs can feel like forever when you have 100+ sets of eyes staring at you. if you have to choose between looking stiff-yet-knowing what you're doing vs looking stiff-and-just awkwardly swaying to the music...well, you know what i'm getting at here!
My biggest advice is not to take dance lessons. We took them and learned a few steps and how to do some basic twirls and such. But all of this didn't make us feel like us. I remember being so nervous during the first dance because both of us were worried about getting the steps right. It would have been so much more relaxing and enjoyable had we just swayed back and forth.
Plus during the lessons they have you dance to your song a million times. It kind of made it less special for us then on our wedding day because we had heard our song so much lately.
I highly recommend not taking lessons. Just do what comes naturally to you and you will be more comfortable and your guests will be able to tell you are having fun.
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