DOLLAR DANCE?

I dont think it is tacky at all. At the weddings I have seen it at everyone always had fun with it.

I have seen money pinned to a brides veil, but not the dress. And I have also seen the money given to either the maid of honour or best man kept in pouches.

Sometimes they would even make a competition out of it to see who got the most, the bride or the groom.

Another thing you can do is find a way to choose one person at each table (maybe put a small ribbon on one chair at each table before the reception) - and whoever is sitting at that chair needs to get up for one song and dance around his/her table (or the whole reception room) to collect money. Also looked very amusing and fun for everyone involved.

I agree with the above. I dont really think its tacky but I think it is boring as hell to watch especially if they have a ton of guests. My cousin did this at hers and I was bored out of my mind watching them dance around in circles for 45 minutes, and have been to others with this dance. I wouldnt do it if you have a large number of guests..unless you dont care and would rather get the money haha.

I am not doing the dollar dance, but I don't think its tacky. Its personal preference and depends a lot on your culture. My cousin made 1K from a money dance at her wedding.

Whoa, someone wrote that they had one for 45 minutes??????

Wow.

Everyone that I have seen has been fast paced songs - and usually just for like two songs. With each person getting like 15 seconds to do a quick dance and switch off.

I think the dollar dance is kind of a fun Idea and a un-rude way to help get money to get to what ever you want. there are a lot of wedding traditions out there where people give money to the bride and groom. In greece, they throw money on the wedding bed. some people have kiss jars, some do dollar dances. Its nothing more then a fun way for people to help the new couple get started. If people dont like it, and they dont want to give money, they wont participate.

My FH is from Minnesota and it is very popular there. I am from SC and never heard of it.

All his family is talking about doing it...so we will be. I think it will be fun.

Tacky? Why does it have to be tacky....that is a culturally unsensitive thing to say.

At most of the weddings i've been to and at my sisters, the dj announces the dollar dance or money dance, and people that want to dance with the bride or groom will put money in the money bag, then they will dance with either one or both, for about 30 seconds to 1 minute and then they usally get a shot of something after. I'm not too sure if i want to do this or not, we are having a dry wedding so the shot would have to be something other then a shot...lol. my mother in law to be said that she got alot of money at her wedding from it. a lot of people wanted to dance with my sister and groom at her wedding...so i guess its up to the couple

I kinda figured this was one of the least tacky (and most fun) ways to be gifted some cash for the honeymoon. We won't be getting any vacation pay for the time we take off for the honeymoon so doing something like this would really help us and probably end up going towards rent Not to mention a cousin of mine had one at her wedding so I consider it fair & un-tacky for our semi-casual reception. Wondering if a money tree type thing might be slightly more tactful & less upfront though...?

I was really surprised to ready that so many people find it tacky. That's not because I cannot understand their point, but every wedding I have ever to been to has had one and until now I assumed everyone did it. I always took it as a good clean time for everyone to have a quick moment alone with either the bride or groom. It has even been a really fun joke to have (the brave) groomsmen and various other male relatives to dance with the groom, or even have a mini contest between the couple to see who can get the most dances (the bride usually wins). If you don't want to dance you don't have to, it isn't a requirement, and really is it so terrible to ask for a whole dollar?

I'm Salvadorian marrying a Honduran, the dollar dance is traditional in both our cultures. I love it when its time for the dollar dance. It's fun, just a dollar or what you please, and you get to cut in when ever and as many times as you'd like. As for Tacky? Hum?? Both my fiance and I believe registering for gifts is tacky yet it's custom in this capitalistic american society. The dollar dance in my culture its just like the people in your culture placing the gift registry in those envelopes and or stating where you registered. Remember don't offend my culture If its tacky to you don't do it, its as simple as that.

I'm having a no stress, crazy fun, happy Wedding. Cant wait!!

The dollar dance is a traditional dance that allows any of the bride or grooms friends/brother/sister/cousin/aunt/uncle/anything have a slow dance with them. The dollar dance lasts about 15 minutes and is a mix of 45 second slow songs that allows for the couple to have unawkward cut off times with awkward relatives. In good tradition it is all to benefit the couple. The whole point is to give the extra spending cash for their honeymoon, same with the auctioning of the garter (which is considered a lot less classy).

The fun part is, most of your guests don't only donate a dollar! Friends and family have a feeling that if they donate more than a dollar they will get more than a 45 second dance, but that's not always the case.

(In some modern cities this tradition is called the money dance, so they don't limit their guests to only a dollar)

This is a super fun tradition, and it makes me sad that some people think it's trashy or tacky . I grew up with it all my life!