First Dance Before or After Dinner

FH wants to do it all after dinner (dances, cake cut). I wanted to get it out of the way while everyone is already focused. Ah well. So after dinner it is.

This seems to be heavily dependent on your region and local norms. In my area of the Midwest, speeches and spotlight dances always happen when the couple and BP have finished eating but the guests are still enjoying their meals because they started a bit later (plated dinner weddings are also uncommon in my area). It also seems like cocktail hours are a little less decadent here with just passed apps, charcuterie, fresh vegetables, etc. instead of heavy stations like pasta. I would say that unless you're absolutely sure that your guests won't be hungry because of a really heavy cocktail hour, dances after dinner would be ideal. No one wants to sit through dances or speeches while hangry.

After dinner

We did our first dance immediately after we were introduced.

We are having our first dance before dinner, after we are introduced.

After dinner.

We are doing after dinner

After you get introduced.

Ours will be right after we are introduced

We are doing it right after being introduced. Mother son & father daughter will be after dinner. There will be appetizers & drinks at cocktail hour so I'm not worried about them being hungry

Ours will be after dinner. Just made sense for us with our timeline.

We are doing ours before dinner

Right after we get introduced

After we get introduced... Everyone is still right there from the introductions and no one will feel rushed eating their dinners.

I think it really depends on how formal your dinner service is. If you think people will finish earlier than others and want to start dancing, doing your first dance earlier might be nice.

Im gonna do before because I dont want to dance on a full stomach!

After we are introduced we'll dance then dinner.

We're doing it right after introductions, before dinner. Mostly to give some time between heavy cocktail hour and dinner.

We're doing it before dinner after we get introduced.

I agree I want to get all dances over with before dinner so that I don't have nerves. If I'm nervous I won't be able to eat! We're not spending $$$ so everyone else can enjoy their meals and not us. Personal preference!