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Just Said Yes June 2014

First dance alternatives

kl.reese@Yahoo.com, on April 11, 2014 at 1:54 PM Posted in Planning 0 5

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I am not a fan of first dances, father/daughter and mother/son dances. We plan to not do those dances. Beyond the fact that I don't like them, my FI is handicap and unable to dance without being in a tremendous amount of pain. And I personally find the parental dances awkward. I've already spoken to my dad about omitting the dance and he's 100% on board (he hates them too). It isn't that we aren't close, we are. We just don't like them.

So I'm looking for alternatives. Any ideas of things my FI and I could do that's short and sweet maybe have a few laughs but avoid dancing? Maybe a game?

Welcoming all ideas. Thanks!

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Latest activity by Emily, on April 11, 2014 at 3:04 PM

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kl.reese@Yahoo.com · on April 11, 2014 at 1:59 PM
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Will it be awkward? Maybe we could just play our song while cutting the cake after dinner and mask the dance that way..?
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Kimberly · on April 11, 2014 at 2:38 PM
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You could just have the DJ announce your song as a dedication to your father sometime during the evening. If you aren't having a DJ you could announce it or someone in the BP could.
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kl.reese@Yahoo.com · on April 11, 2014 at 2:59 PM
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I feel I need need to mask/replace it because it is so expected.
I don't need to dedicate a song to my dad. That's not necessary.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Soon to be a Mrs! · on April 11, 2014 at 3:03 PM
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I don't think you need to do anything in it's place.
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Emily · on April 11, 2014 at 3:04 PM
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Personally, I think if you try to mask the absence of the dances by substituting something that might seem forced and awkward, it will draw more attention to the lack of dances than if you just skip it and don't make a big deal out of it. (That was a horrible run-on sentence, sorry about that!) Honestly, I think guests at weddings get bored watching all those dances and rituals (bouquet toss, garter toss, cake cutting, slide shows, etc etc etc), so they may be grateful if you don't have a lot of that stuff and they can just get on with eating dinner.
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