Karaoke...Cheesy? Fun? Need your thoughts.

We are thinking about incorporating karaoke. I LOVE karaoke, as do many of our friends. I had originally thought that I would do it during the reception intermittently with the dancing, but then I thought that could kill the vibe of the party depending on what people sing, how well they sing it, if it is danceable, etc. So I am borrowing an idea from 4 weddings - I think during dinner we will have people come up and sing us a love song and we will kiss, instead of the glass clinky thing. And I am going to lead it off. haha.

I think this would be a nice tribute to your dad.

I think it's kind of cheesy, but then again, I just don't really like karaoke. Like DH & I will leave a bar & head to another one if karoake is going on ..seriously haha.

Also, if your crowd likes to dance/party, I don't think this would help, but rather hiccup it.

I can tell how important this idea is to you too & I wish I could get these creative juices of mine flowing for you haha. Do you have other ideas in mind to remember your dad or other loved ones?

I think that is an awesome ideas to remember you dad in such a way. I believe that you all will have great fun in dedicating that part of yoour reception to him.

I think it a really sweet idea and a great way to honor your dad. Depending on when you do it may be hard to transition into dancing afterwards, so you may want to do it at the cocktail hour or the rehearsal dinner.

Did he have a favourite song that he always sang? I like the idea, but I may be biased because I love karaoke. Fh and I go regularly, along with most of our friends and my mother. I plan on having karaoke later in the night (for the drunken crowd that doesn't want to go to bed.)

Coming from a strong karaoke background (I run a karaoke business in addition to my wedding business), let me tell you my biggest objection to karaoke at a wedding.

Your wedding is about you. The attention should be drawn to YOU. Not to your third cousin twice removed who tried to sing "Like A Virgin" because he was drunk off his butt and someone dared him to do it. Would that memory be more important than you?

I think having someone sing his favorite song would be nice. Something else you could consider is having a group (wedding party?) dance to one of his favorite songs. Something else you could do... if you have a recording of him singing (especially if he's way off-key), have your DJ mix his version with the actual song and play at a significant moment.

Karaoke will really detract the attention from you and your FH.

Think about it, long and hard. Karaoke will have additional equipment in the way of your pictures, it will affect the flow of your wedding.

We had a DW wedding weekend at an inn in VT. All 62 guests stayed in the same in. Friday night's festivities were a welcome dinner and karoke. It was a great way to break the ice between all of the different people from various aspects of our lives. The guests love it. They still talk about it.

I think stopping the dancing during your celebration will put a damper on a party vibe(if you are having a party vibe.) However, I think covering a few of his fave songs during dinner would be quite fun and a lovely gesture. It's a great way to honor your father in a lighthearted manner.

We had a DW wedding weekend at an inn in VT. All 62 guests stayed in the same in. Friday night's festivities were a welcome dinner and karoke. It was a great way to break the ice between all of the different people from various aspects of our lives. The guests love it. They still talk about it.

I think stopping the dancing during your celebration will put a damper on a party vibe(if you are having a party vibe.) However, I think covering a few of his fave songs during dinner would be quite fun and a lovely gesture. It's a great way to honor your father in a lighthearted manner.

I think that is really cute to honor him like that... but karaoke is super cheesy! And if I was a guest, I would probably leave during that portion, as I cannot stand Karaoke!

You could also hang your dad's picture off your shoes or bouquet or sew a piece of one of his shirts into your dress to honor him...

Or something like this with a picture of your dad, and in this case there are cigars, but you could do CDs maybe, with his favorite music?

I am putting pics of my father, mother and sister in charms in my bouquet for a memorial that only I will think about or know about.

It depends on your crowd and the person in charge of the karaoke. I've been to karaoke that was a lot of fun, and some events that were really awkward and not fun at all. For a wedding, I think you and your FH should just do a favorite song of your dad's in honor of him, because as said above you don't want people focused on karaoke and not you. Father daughter dances usually last a few minutes, karaoke would take longer and that could disrupt things. It would have to be an all night thing just for everyone to do one song. Plus unless you do a separate room and set up for it, there's no way the music for dancing and the karaoke wouldn't clash.