Anyone else not having dancing??

@AB Z, just getting back to this thread, but the wedding with no dancing was also mostly dry (they had about an hour where cocktails were served, not nearly enough for me to dance or for NiseyyD to drink enough to pull me on the dance floor).

I say do whatever you can to make dancing possible, or else people will be bored and leave early. It is amazing how cheerful music gets everyone into the dance floor, whether they are good at it or not!

Aside from the fact that it would be extremely boring with no dancing, how do you plan to entertain your guests? I have been to 2 "dance-less" weddings and I'm not going to lie, I left as soon as the cake was cut. There was no reason to stay. I didn't know all of their other family and friends and saw no reason to sit there when I had better things to do at home. If you are expecting people to spend the money and time on you and your fh, you need to at least provide them good food and entertainment. People spend a lot of money to dress for the occasion, come to the wedding, and bring you a gift. Show them the courtesy of at least ipod music. I'm not trying to be harsh, just letting you know it is in MHO.

What about looking at things a different way. First off, yes, I believe that most people enjoy to dance and it does increase the fun. But what about having a photo booth, or something different to give your guests an opportunity for fun? Game shows, although not popular at receptions, could also bring a lot of fun, if you're willing to REALLY think outside the box.

I'll say that it depends on your crownd, I've been to about 2 weddings with no dances and 95% of the crownd were christians (not saying christians don't dance) and they were all fine with it. There were no complaint but the youngsters were bored but at the end of the night they were all fine, nothing they could do about it, lol.

A few weddings I attended had no heavy dancing but they did do group dances at the end, about 2 or 3 like the electric slide and that was enough for most of us to have fun.

Personnaly, I'd say do what's in your budget and also you need a more valid reason to not have dancing, skipping it just because you think you're not good at it, I don't think is fair. Good luck

I dont know what we would have done at my wedding if there wouldn't have been dancing....it provided some GREAT pictures and we had a great time. it would have been a snoozer without dancing.

I wont be having dancing at my wedding- But Im doing something a little different.

I am having a Morning ceremony with a Breakfast reception (Bloody Marys and Mimosas ). We are however having a barber shop quartet do a mini performance a long with singing at individual tables.

The whole wedding and reception should be done around 1pm- with the rest of the night for the after party

You can do it. Just make sure you have some type of entertainment

I didn't read posts past pg2.

I think it would depend a lot on the culture of the families and people attending the wedding. I know for mine it would be boring as hell if there was no dancing. My whole family likes to dance, my friends like to dance and I absolutely love to dance with my two left footed boyfriend

Despite what others say, not having dancing does NOT equal a boring reception. We had no dancing at ours (not even the traditional dances). We were originally planning to have a DJ but he pulled out last minute. We decided to just play music so we hooked up an mp3 player to a stereo. Our reception was about 3 hours and was in the afternoon (ceremony was 1pm). We had a picnic theme, and everyone just ate, and socialized. Everyone was happy, no one was bored, and we all had a great time.

If you don't want dancing, don't have dancing. It's your day and FH's day...no one else's.

In my circle, not having dancing would be as bad as not serving alcohol. I think they would check our pulses to see if we were in fact dead. To us, a reception is for partying and dancing.

I have been to one wedding that did not have dancing, and I would never do it again.

I think at certain types of weddings, you can get away with no dancing. For example, if you are having a cake and tea reception, or a morning breakfast, than not having dancing would be more accepted by guests.

I agree with majority wedding without dancing.....i couldn't stay even if i loved the bride and groom i would just go crazy bored

I just got married and we didn't have dancing at the wedding and everyone had a ball because we had other things going on and everyone said they loved it. The best activity we did was a game where I had 25 questions to ask and each table had mark whether someone at the table had that questions (i.e. Who at your table has on a hat? Who at your table does not have an IPhone?, etc etc). Which ever table had the most questions...tha't how many kisses the bride and groom had to give. They loved it. Then we had someone do a solo, another person did a dance presentation....basically we had a variety of activities in between eating and mingling and it worked for us. BUT...it depends on your guests. We are all church folks and aren't used to partying and dancing so nobody cared that we didn't dance. If your guests are the party type..they may think it's boring. It worked for us!

I think it depends on who you're inviting. We're having a small, intimate wedding and though we've never gone dancing, we always have TONS of fun when we're all together (however, we're still having a dance floor and music at the wedding). I do agree that an i-pod would be better than nothing and your guests should have the option to dance if they want to. At least you're having background music. I can't even imagine a reception without music!

It totally depends on your guests. We didn't have dancing, but as most of our guests all knew each other and were older, nobody would've danced anyways. We all had a great time chatting. Some of these people don't see each other much, so it was great!

We aren't doing any dancing at our reception. Ours is a ceremony on the beach then dinner with just family - we will be cutting cake and toasting with champagne. It will be really small ceremony/reception - about 14 people.