special dances and starving guests
This is a thread that was started in our old BlissWeddings.com forums by lilhoney1976 on 09/16/2004.
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posted by lilhoney1976
I hope I don't seem stupid for asking this but, should i have all my special dances right after the reception entrance or should I wait until after dinner. If I do it immediately after the entrance I imagine that I will have a lot of starving guests. This is my second marriage,(the first one was when I was 20)and although everyone seemed to have a great time, there are still some things that after all these years I wish I could have done differently(not with the marriage but with the wedding).Thanks in advance for the advice.Smooches!
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posted by catina
I've only ever seen the dances after dinner. In our area and family it's, the entrance of the bridal party then the bride and groom. Dinner, desert, speeches, cake cutting, Bride and Groom dance, Father/daughter, Mother/son, Bridal party, then everyone else.
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posted by vandygirl
I've heard of brides doing the "first dance" with the husband right before the food, but not all the special dances. That could be a away to break in the dance floor without starving your guests.
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posted by Marge129
I did all the dancing after dinner... I was starving too!
Margie
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posted by lilhoney1976
Thanks everyone! Not to keep bringing up the past but the first time I got married, we did the bride/groom dance and the rest after dinner. I wasn't sure if that was the appropriate way to do that and if we should have done everything after dinner. But , thanks for the advice!Smooches!
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posted by vandygirl
Oh sorry, lilhoney, I thought you meant you did ALL the special dances before dinner. I know that the moderator in "Next Step" actually recommends doing the 'first dance' before dinner to open up the dance floor, but when it comes down to it, I guess its a matter of preference.
In your first wedding, did your guests actually start dancing during dinner because you had opened up the dance floor, or did they wait anyway?
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posted by wynelle
Only one of our four weddings had a sit-down dinner, but for that one, the wedding party was introduced, the B/G had their first dance, then the F/D, M/S, then the wedding party then dinner, so the dance floor was open for guests between courses, etc. Then after dinner was the toasting, cake, and a few more special dances, the BM sang , the MOG sang and so on...
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posted by HeatherR
We did our dance right after we were introduced into the reception room, we went right to the dance floor with the bridal party lined up behind us. We did the other dances after dinner. (Mother/Son, Brother/Bride, etc...)
Heather
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posted by lilhoney1976
Hey Vandygirl! To answer your question, after the b/g dance a couple of people danced -but for the most part most people just sat. I guess the guests were weak from hunger-hee-hee. After dinner everyone was on the floor-young and elderly-lol!
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posted by TheaterDiva1
I hadn't thought about that... but we're only having three spotlight dances (B/G, F/D, M/S), and it's a sit-down dinner, so guests will have to place their orders fitst. Maybe do the dances then, while people are waiting?
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