Father-Daughter dance....dad is deceased.

Just leave it out? I am sure your guests know the situation, and nobody will question why you left it out.

You could play a slide show of pictures of you and your dad and use the song"dance with my father" by luther vandross, if you want to leave it out thats fine too im pretty sure people aren't going to question why.

I would just leave it out, I've never had my dad in my life so I'm omitting that dance although I am having my grandfather walk me down the aisle.

If you don't want the dance you can always leave it out. If you feel like you'll be 'missing' something I like the idea of playing a slideshow to a song that has significance to you or that reminds you of your dad.

I agree you can always leave it out. I also lost my dad but my mom will be walking me down the isle and I will do a mother daughter dance.

I like Jessica's suggestion to play a slideshow!

The slideshow is a cute idea. I lost my father 6 years ago. I'm omitting the dance all together, I'm too afraid it will make me overly sad to be dancing with anyone in place of my dad and only want happy cries that day

I'm walking down the aisle alone too, and am not doing the dance. My fear is that too much focus will be on the fact that my father is NOT there on my wedding day, rather than it being about me and my FH - that is just my personal take on it though (and knowing how emotional my family can be).

This has to be a painful decision for both you and all of the other brides whose fathers are no longer with them. I am sorry you have to go through this, but I I love Jessica's idea of a slideshow.

My father was a WWII POW and a very proud veteran. So in place of the father/daughter dance, we are having all past/present military gather on the dance floor. We have flags with ribbons saying "thank you for your service" to give each one. this will happen with the song Proud to be an American playing in the back ground.

I am in the same boat. Both my father and step-father are deceased. My mother will walk me down the aisle. FH and FMIL will have their mother son/dance, but I will just skip the Father/Daughter dance.

I like the idea of a slide show but I only have 1 picture with my father. He was my step-father and was only in my life for a few years, but made a hugh impact on my life. Even if he was around longer, I'm sure I still wouldn't have any pictures.....we're not really a 'picture-taking' kinda family. LOL

Thank you ladies for your supportive words and suggestions.

I lost my father years ago so am going to leave that dance out. I will carry his memory with me as I walk down the aisle

My father died earlier this year. I am getting married in 2016. I am having my brother walk me down the aisle. I have three brothers and they are taking turns walking part of the way down the aisle nad then taking turns dancing with me at the reception. There will also be a slide show of pictures of my father going on during the dance. We will be playing "I'll Be There" by Escape Club for the song. If you are not close to your brothers, ask a good friend or uncle.