how much time for dancing do you have?

I have 2 1/2 hours of dancing, but mine is for 6 hours

I had about 3 solid hours of dancing. The reception was around 4 1/2 hours but if you take out dinner and special dances it left us with 3 hours.

We had about 2 hours of dancing.. We had a 5 hour event, but I didn't have any of the other wedding stuff… no cake cutting, no bouquet/garter toss, toasts were during salads, First dance was while guests were finishing up dinner.

One suggestion to optimize dancing is to put all the ceremonial stuff together. So when you guys enter the reception, do the toasts, the dances, the cake cutting all together. Our band told us that it's hard to get people to start and stop and that it cuts out time and discourages people from getting back up on the dance floor.

Personally, I would like ALL of my hours to be dancing, but for some silly reason, our guests expect to eat! On a more serious note, we decided to cut out some of the traditional stuff to maximize the amount of time we have to dance and party. We have a 6 hour rental total, but after we do the ceremony, cocktail hour, and dinner, that doesn't really leave very much time. We are planning to do the toasts during dinner, then once the food is cleared, begin to move. After an hour, do a short break for cake cutting, then starting the music right back up as people have dessert.

We are also thinking about having an after party, for those who want to continue the fun.... so that's always an idea!!

I had three hours of solid dancing.

Then we had an after party that lasted until 5am (I didn't last that long).

After party!

Here's mine...plz help

6:00 Ceremony

6:30 Reception Starts

6:45 Bridal party Entrance

6:55 Bride and Groom Grand Entrance

7:00 First Dance

7:10 Dinner Starts

7:40 Best Man Toast

7:50 Man of Honor Toast

8:10 Cake Cutting

8:25 Father Daughter Dance

8:30 Open the Dance Floor

9:15 Bouquet Toss

9:25 Garter Toss

9:35 Dollar Dance

9:45 Thanks Yous

10:00 Wedding's over

Mayra, I'm telling you no one will miss the bouquet and garter toss.

edit- Also, I would move the wedding thank yous. I would do them somewhere before you open the dance dance floor

WHy don't you do your toasts during dinner at 7:15 that gives you some extra time, 5 mins for cake it will all work out

You can probably cut the time on some of those things too - 5 minutes for the bridal party to enter, 5 minutes for each toast, 5 minutes for each toss, etc.

Mayra, dinner took 1.5 hours for me.

I was thinking on eliminating the presentation of the bridal party and us...would that be acceptable...Also I was wondering if I could do that bouquet toss as I'm walking out the isle...Since my ceremony is at the same place as my reception...

You definitely want to be presented as husband and wife!!! You can have everyone walk out quickly and maybe not announce their names - but you deserve to be announced!

We get 3 hours because family & friends are dance maniacs!!

If you're doing a program, maybe you can skip announcing the bridal party?

We eliminated garter/bouquet toss but my whole thing is also 6 hours

No do the introductions. It took like 2 minutes for us.

We haven't decided if we are doing pics before the ceremony or after so I currently have two timelines...

AFTER CEREMONY PICTURES (1hr 35min Open Dancing)

4:15-4:30 Guests Arrive at Ceremony

4:30-5:30 Ceremony & Receiving Line

5:30-6:30 Photos

6:15-6:30 Guests Arrive at Reception

6:30-6:35 Bridal Party & Bride/Groom Introductions

6:35-6:40 First Dance

6:40-7:45 Blessing, Meal & Toasts

7:45-8:15 DANCING

8:15-8:35 Bouquet/Garter Toss & Cake Cutting

8:35-9:40 DANCING

9:40-9:45 Last Dance

9:45-10 Goodbyes/Sendoff

BEFORE CEREMONY PICTURES (2hr 5min Open Dancing)

4:15-4:30 Guests Arrive at Ceremony

4:30-5:30 Ceremony & Receiving Line

5:30-6:00 Extra Photos (if any)

5:45-6:00 Guests Arrive at Reception

6:00-6:05 Bridal Party & Bride/Groom Introductions

6:05-6:10 First Dance

6:10-7:15 Blessing, Meal & Toasts

7:15-7:45 DANCING

7:45-8:05 Bouquet/Garter Toss & Cake Cutting

8:05-9:40 DANCING

9:40-9:45 Last Dance

9:45-10 Goodbyes/Sendoff

Mayra, here is how I would adjust your timeline for more dancing:

6:00 Ceremony

6:30 Reception Starts

6:30 Bridal party Entrance

6:35 Bride and Groom Grand Entrance -- GO RIGHT INTO FIRST DANCE

6:35 First Dance

6:40 Dinner Starts

7:05 Best Man Toast

7:10 Man of Honor Toast

7:15 Cake Cutting

7:20 Thanks Yous

7:25 Father Daughter Dance

7:30 Bouquet Toss

7:35 Garter Toss

7:40 Open the Dance Floor

8:15 Dollar Dance

10:00 Wedding's over

@ Kristen G. Omg this is awesome... how can I thank you you did it all...you're awesome...

We are having 4 hours of dancing. I even cut the tosses and $$ dance so our guests could get their boogie on.

Lol I'm a latina girl so I know what you mean about loving our daning!!

We have 5 hours of dancing planned.