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Just Said Yes September 2020

Ending the night without dancing

Aiden, on September 13, 2020 at 7:48 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 8

I am getting married in a few weeks and we are not doing a dance floor due to COVID concerns. We are planning to do first dances (bride/groom, father/bride, mother/groom). After talking to our DJ, he recommended that we do one dance for everyone to get on the dance floor because the transition between mother/groom dance and the send off isn't super smooth. My FH is NOT onboard with doing a group dance, but I'm not sure how to bridge the transition between the mother/son dance and the send off. Would it be weird to have a final song and encourage people to just dance at their tables? Any recommendations on how to end things? (Note: We're serving cake before the first dances.)

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Latest activity by Jules, on September 22, 2020 at 10:49 PM
  • Kristen
    Master November 2020
    Kristen ·
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    Eh not if COVID is still an issue. I would not play with people catching this at your wedding. I doubt you would want that responsibility. Maybe do the dances after dinner before the cake cutting. Allow for social time and then the send off?

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  • Kerin
    Super February 2021
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    Maybe a parents dance instead of open floor?
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  • C
    Devoted October 2020
    Chelsea ·
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    Have you considered maybe doing a game (shoe game, couple trivia) to.end the night that way instead?
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  • L
    Super October 2020
    Leslie ·
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    How about asking people to dance at their table? I’ve done that at a bar.

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    Savvy November 2021
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    Love this idea
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  • Liz
    Devoted August 2021
    Liz ·
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    A line dance depending on the space and number of guests could work even keeping in social distancing.

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  • VIP August 2020
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    I would do the first dances earlier so you avoid this transition altogether.


    ·dances ·cake cutting ·light music/cake eating ·send off
    It would be an awkward transition from everyone sitting and looking at you to doing a send off, but it's not that awkward to go from unstructured socializing to a send off.
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  • Jules
    Dedicated October 2021
    Jules ·
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    I like this idea. Much more natural. And if you're going to do one group dance it defeats the purpose of no group dancing at all unfortunately. Smiley sad

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