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WWKatie
Master January 2016

Did you practice the first dance?

WWKatie, on October 29, 2015 at 10:57 AM Posted in Planning 0 36

Did you and FH/FW practice your first dance before the wedding? I'm a terrible dancer and FH hates to dance, so I'm starting to get pretty nervous about being in the spotlight for this.

Did you practice or attend lessons or anything?

Share below! Smiley smile

36 Comments

Latest activity by Christe, on August 21, 2019 at 2:31 AM
  • Beth
    Master May 2015
    Beth ·
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    Nope. We knew we weren't doing anything fancy, just the "prom sway." No stress! (:

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  • Ally
    Master October 2016
    Ally ·
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    We will be because it'll be a modified waltz.

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  • R
    VIP September 2015
    Rosie9615 ·
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    We were planning to but forgot... Id recommend practicing a couple times, just so it's a little more comfortable.

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  • Tiffany
    Super August 2016
    Tiffany ·
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    My friend was the same way at her wedding. Neither of them like to dance. It ended up looking like an awkward middle school dance. We plan to just look up some YouTube videos and do a little practice before so we at least know kinda what's going on

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  • Samantha
    VIP August 2015
    Samantha ·
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    We did a lesson but didn't end up using it because my dress was a little to big for what we practiced. Where pretty good dancers though both took ballroom dancing in school.

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  • WWKatie
    Master January 2016
    WWKatie ·
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    LOL I'm glad to hear the "prom sway" is so common! That's 100% what FH and I do at every wedding we go to when there's a slow dance on !

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  • LB
    Master May 2014
    LB ·
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    We didn't, but I wish we would have. It's awkward to dance in front of 150 people -- difficult to look natural.

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  • SummerS
    Master January 2016
    SummerS ·
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    We want to avoid the "prom sway" and keep saying we're going to see if we can find a good, basic tutorial video on you tube that might make it look like we know what we're doing, but we haven't yet. FH brought up maybe going to one quick lesson at a studio, but we haven't put much thought into that either. We need to to something!

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  • Sara
    Expert December 2015
    Sara ·
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    We had our first dance lesson this week, and will be going back for a few more. FH was so against it, but he ended up enjoying it. It's nothing fancy or choreographed, but I think it will look great in pictures and help us feel more relaxed when everyone is watching us. It was honestly a really good experience for our relationship, boosted FH's confidence, and was so nice to have that time together during this crazy time!

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  • Staci
    Master September 2014
    Staci ·
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    We should have. One of my uncles came up to me after and said that we were holding the wrong hands and apparently I was "leading" the whole time. Whoops.

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  • LindseyC
    Super October 2015
    LindseyC ·
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    We planned to practice but ended up forgetting. Neither of us like to dance but we just did the prom sway and it was fine. It took a minute to get used to all the eyes but then we were fine.

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  • WWKatie
    Master January 2016
    WWKatie ·
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    @Staci I would hate if someone said something like that to me! I hope if anyone noticed something like that, they would keep it to themselves!

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  • Ariella
    Super February 2016
    Ariella ·
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    I am so glad you posted this lol I am a TERRIBLE dancer and this was something I have been so nervous about.

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  • MzRosaLu
    Master July 2016
    MzRosaLu ·
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    We can't freakin' agree on a song, so we have been practicing dancing to a few different songs as we try to figure out what we are going to choose. Pretty sure we are just doing the prom sway anyway, but I am extremely nervous about having so many eyes on me so we will probably practice a few times.

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  • OG Kristen
    Master October 2015
    OG Kristen ·
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    Nope, we prom swayed away.

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  • VWCat
    Master October 2015
    VWCat ·
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    Not really. Sometimes we dance around the house to music, so does that count? We started with the sway threw in some dips and twirls (some of which we missed) and we just talked and laughed. It was fantastic. My one recommendation is to make sure your DJ knows to fade the song out after a couple minutes! No one wants a full on 5 minute song for the first dance.

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  • Janeen
    Master January 2015
    Janeen ·
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    Lol yes, for many many weeks. Smiley winking

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  • N
    Master November 2015
    NenaBear ·
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    We took a few lessons and have been practicing sporadically since. Soooo happy we did, FH in NOT a dancer.. We can be silly and goof off, but when we tried to dance for the first time it was bad. lol Poor guy has no rhythm.

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  • Mrs. Kassy
    Master June 2015
    Mrs. Kassy ·
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    We mostly prom swayed, but our song had a few tempo changes, so we practiced when we needed to sway faster.

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  • Watermill Girl
    Super May 2015
    Watermill Girl ·
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    Yes but we could never do it the exact way every time so day of we winged it and it was perfect Smiley smile

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