Introduction Songs

I've never seen parents introduced at a wedding. Maybe ask your DJ for suggestions?

I've also never seen parents introduced at a wedding. Why does she feel she needs introduced? Maybe just a quick "can we get the parents of the bride and groom to stand for a moment? Let's give them a round of applause since without them none of us would be gathered here today." I don't think they need to be in the grand entrance nor do they need a special song. Here's a list of Grand Entrance songs for you to start with..

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Thanks! I completely agree with you. I have no clue why she needs to be introduced. I just know that's what she expects.

We introduced 3 sets of parents (mine are divorced/remarried), his grandma, flower girl and ring bearer and our bridal party of 12 (6 men, 6 women). We had one song and it was more than enough for everyone to be introduced. I don't really think it's necessary to have a separate song. If they want to be introduced, just have them introduced with the same song.

(For reference, we used ZZTop's "Sharp Dressed Man" for the bridal party/parents intro, and "Baba O'Riley" from The Who for ours. Just in case you were wondering!)

I would think one song would cover all the parental introductions

If it's something you want then one song should be enough. Def don't ask and give them the option of picking, it'll just be a bigger headache. If it's not something that you want then just tell her no. Then tell your dj your wishes. That way mil isn't off making her own plans. That was one of the first things my dj let us know, was that all parts of the wedding had to be approved by me. If it wasn't, then it wasn't happening no matter who it is. We love our dj

I know my fiance was leaning towards Timber by Kesha and Pitbull for the bridal party song instead of Get the Party Started. I was thinking we could use Get the Party Started then for our parents. My mom suggested I Got A Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas. I like either Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake or Happy by Pharrell Williams for us. But I really want to dance to Can't Stop the Feeling later in the night so I don't know if I want to use it as our entrance.

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I love this, and we had this exact conversation with our DJ recently. My FILs aren't the problem, but I do have a couple of crazy relatives that seem to make events all about them (even when they are not), so I had to make sure one of my "do not play" songs was refused if requested by anyone. That's when our DJ told us that he would get our approval for everything ahead of time, and refuse all requests at the reception, unless he could get a quick approval from us.

But I've also never seen or heard of parents being introduced at the reception. Just a quick thank you, and stand, after everyone is seated for dinner. Sounds like your FMIL is trying to make this wedding about her. Don't let her.

View Quoted Comment She has definitely tried to make this wedding about her. Not sure if you have seen my other posts about her, but she thinks she can add spotlight dances to our wedding and tell us how our ceremony will go with her walking down the aisle. She also made comments about how our wedding is her special day and she is going to work the room. To top it off she gave us a list of 60 people that had to be invited to the wedding. This is so unlike her which is why we aren't sure how to deal with her. We were expecting my mom to be difficult, but she has been very laid back and go with the flow like we thought my MIL would be.

View Quoted Comment Oh no, no, no, no, no!!! Sounds like you and Fh need to have a sit down with her!!! 60 people to the guest list, omg. I'm so sorry, didn't realize how serious this was. Now repeat after me "IT'S NOT YOUR WEDDING" and that's exactly what you are going to say to her. I thought it was bad the other day, when a mother was on ww, and was upset that her son was making a fuss about 6 people she wanted to invite. I told her that he should make a fuss about 6 strangers at HIS wedding. OMG but 60?!? That's a whole other wedding. It's ridiculous!!! You and your FH really, really need to put your foot down. Like hey, we will let you have an intro, but we will be picking the song, and then you will enjoy OUR wedding!!! See how i stressed OUR!!! All I keep seeing in my head is the scene from the movie "Hitch" when Will Smith is teaching Kevin James how to dance. None of this, i don't wanna see none of that, stay right here. And you need to tell her no 60 guest, no spotlight dance, this ain't grease, he ain't Danny, and you ain't Chacha. And after your talk with her, you my dear deserve a spa day, alone!!!

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Haha thanks! Luckily, most of the 60 people were already on our list, but I still thought it was ridiculous that she gave us this list. She also invited several people to my bridal shower I have either met 1 time or never. I said it was fine because we were under our numbers for the shower. Everything else we are putting our foot down. I have discussed it with my fiance and we 100% agree his mother is out of line and he is going to sit down and discuss this with her. She seems to think this is her wedding. A spa day sounds wonderful!