Cutting the song short

You could ask the dj to fade the song out and then make the announcement for whatever is happening next. This is what I intend to do.

First Dance- Stand by Me, by Ben E King

Parent Dance (also at the same time)- My wish by Rascal Flatts

Absolutely agree with your planner -- watching nonprofessionals dance for more than a minute or two is at least awkward and sometimes painful (even Dancing with the Stars only uses 90 seconds or less). Your DJ should know how to help you select an appropriate 60-90 second segment of your songs, and, believe me, that will be plenty (for you, and more than enough for your guests)!

Hi Arielle,

Yes, people edit their song choices all the time for different reasons. Working with the DJ to get your favorite parts of the song, then fading them into the next dance will surely keep the attention of your guests.

Be prepared to provide the DJ with song cut/edit times. (Ex: at 2:25 into "Perfect" announce the parents and fade into 1:05 of "You'll be in my heart" )

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We honestly just walked off the dance floor when we were done. We forgot to tell the DJ we wanted to cut it short, so we did a big dip, then were done.

No one ever wants to watch a full song.

This is the time for the bride and groom to enjoy this dance together as husband and wife. Nobody should every cut their song short. Our first song is over 3 mins and everyone better enjoy the moment

Our band and dance instructor said no more than 2 minutes because people get bored just watching others dance. So after our two minute mark, either other couples will be invited to join us on the dance floor or we will fade to the parent dances, also being kept at 2 minutes the most.

I'm a wedding singer and spotlight dances (couple's first dance, parent dances) are pretty much always cut down. Totally normal and standard to have your DJ or band fade out after a minute or two.

Your other option, though, is to have your guests join you on the dance floor halfway through the songs. We did that halfway through our first dance, and it was really nice to have everyone out there for our song. Parent dances we cut short though.

We aren't doing parent dances, but we're going to have the DJ invite guests to the dance floor about half way there our first dance. FH is picking our song so I don't even know what we're dancing to yet lol.

It is your wedding yes it might be odd but it is your day. I don't find anything wrong with have a song that long if it means a lot to you.

View Quoted Comment Love the idea of inviting the others to join. Parent dances aren't being done at my wedding simply because the only one left is my mother. She hates attention so just giving me away will be more than enough for her. 😉