Can you have a first dance if you elope?

You can do whatever you want to! Except invite 200 people lol

I say dance if you want to You should celebrate as much as you possibly can.

I'm so glad you're going ahead with it! We've scaled our plans WAY back as well, and when I realized we could still do a first dance, even if it was playing our song on someone's phone on the sidewalk, it made me feel so much better. (No idea why that was what did it, but I'll take it!) I can't wait to dance with my husband for the first time, no matter where it happens.

I don't think you need to have guests present to dance at your own elopement. I mean my fiancee and I are bad at dancing, so we only dance together at the comforts of our own home. If anything I envy you for having the opportunity to dance without an audience staring at you awkwardly.

The great thing about an elopement is you can do whatever you want! ABSOLUTELY do your first dance.

We ended up doing a super small socially distanced ceremony on our original date with just our parents and a few close friends (less than 10 guests), and our photographer. We threw it together in less than 10 days and got married at the outdoor ceremony site at our venue, no chairs or decor, just us on a hillside with a small table our venue provided for us and a few people we loved standing around. We did a first look with our photographer, then our guests joined us and we said our vows, exchanged rings, popped a bottle of champagne, cut a small cake, and did a first dance. Because we were in the thick of Covid at the time (we got married on May 30th in New Hampshire, when cases in the northeast had just peaked), everyone was pretty nervous and kept their distance and it didn't feel much like a celebration because there was no hugging or anything. Our friend officiated and the ceremony he wrote didn't fit with the whole Covid situation so he just winged it and my husband and I never had a chance to have anyone review our vows so mine were a lot longer than his. We didn't have a procession, we just kinda said, "um, we're going to start now," and we couldn't even stand near the arbor because we got married later in the day and the sun was shining in our eyes. The whole thing felt rushed and awkward and anticlimactic and was NOT what I dreamed of my wedding day being. Our dance ending up being my absolute favorite part of the entire ceremony, because I was just able to get lost in the moment with my husband and it didn't really matter that none of it was happening the way it was supposed to. For our dance, it was just me and him and it was real and it felt perfect. We used a simple Bluetooth speaker and my husband's phone to play our song and it worked really well, especially because we had such a small crowd. If having a first dance is important to you, I highly recommend doing it at your elopement!

It wouldn't be weird at all. It's your day do what makes you happy. It will be very special and intimate for you and for husband. You'll still get that experience regardless of how many people are around or how big your wedding is.

Definitely do it. we will be doing a first dance at our tiny wedding