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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Keep or Skip: Spotlight Dances?

Lynnie, on May 30, 2018 at 1:33 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 64

This week we're playing " keep or skip " with popular wedding traditions! We want to know which traditions you are keeping, and which ones you are skipping. ✔️

Are you going to have a first dance? What about spotlight dances with your parents? Or are you skipping them?


Keep or Skip: Spotlight Dances? 1

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64 Comments

Latest activity by Virginia, on June 14, 2019 at 2:54 PM
  • Maria
    Master June 2018
    Maria ·
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    Keeping! First dance, father daughter, mother son, and joint step parents and in law dance. Every parent dances lol! We've skipped other traditions so it's less overwhelming and won't be doing full songs.

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  • M
    Devoted July 2018
    Mrs. Terelo ·
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    Keeping. First dance together was one of the only traditions my FH cared about and since my dad will be the only one our parents at the wedding I want to honor him with a dance.
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  • Erika
    Expert April 2019
    Erika ·
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    Keeping! First dance, father/daughter and FH is dancing with his two sisters since his mother has passed away.
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  • Teresa
    Super September 2018
    Teresa ·
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    Both lol...we are having our own first dance but no other dances.
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  • Jaycie
    Expert March 2019
    Jaycie ·
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    Keeping! We'll have our first dance and parent dances. I'll have two different father daughter dances though. One with my dad that raised me. And one with my biological father.
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  • K
    Expert February 2019
    Kelsey ·
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    Definitely are doing the dances but i cant decide on songs for each Smiley sad
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  • FutureMrsKC
    Master January 2019
    FutureMrsKC ·
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    Keep, but only because they're sweet! Again, being close with my dad, he's really looking forward to our dance. FH and I love to dance and definitely plan to do a first dance and FH and FMIL are also planning on dancing.

    Our first dance will be before dinner and the other two will be after dinner to kind of break them up.

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  • Jen
    Super May 2018
    Jen ·
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    Keep! We did all three traditional spotlight dances. I loved those 2 minutes with both my H and my dad.

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  • Mrs. Fall Bride
    Master October 2016
    Mrs. Fall Bride ·
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    Definitely kept these! We had our first dance and parent dances.

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  • Carol
    Super April 2024
    Carol ·
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    Skip! We don’t like dancing and he’s never slow danced before! Definitely not into this!
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  • Katelyn
    Devoted January 2019
    Katelyn ·
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    We will do them, but we will do shorter songs, because we don't like dancing. We aren't skipping them, because they mean so much to our families.
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  • MrsSnez
    Super October 2018
    MrsSnez ·
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    First dance yes, parent dances no.
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  • KarenO
    Master June 2018
    KarenO ·
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    We are doing them. It's kind of funny that for a long time, I didn't think I'd ever get married. And, what made me the most sad about it was thinking I'd never have the chance to dance with my father at my wedding. Now, I'm looking forward to it and hope that my dad will feel up to it (he has back and hip issues). We're definitely cutting the dance short.

    For FH, his mother passed about 2 years ago, and he thought he'd dance with his oldest sister instead. But, his stepmom jumped right in, assuming he'd dance with her, so he's doing that even though they're not very close. He may dance with his oldest sister too. Again, keeping all the songs to 2 minutes or less.

    And, we're also doing our first dance as a couple. There was never any question about that for us.

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  • Mhm
    Dedicated August 2019
    Mhm ·
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    First dance yes we are keeping and we are also dancing with our parents. I’ve never heard of a spotlight dance. That sounds like it would be a little weird and uncomfortable. Idk I just wouldn’t do it
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  • Nicole
    Expert November 2018
    Nicole ·
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    Keeping the first dance, and the father/daughter and mother/son. This is one aspect my dad is looking forward to since I'm the first daughter to get married!

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  • Happy Hedgie
    VIP September 2018
    Happy Hedgie ·
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    Keeping for sure!

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  • He Put A Ring On It 2019
    Devoted September 2019
    He Put A Ring On It 2019 ·
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    Keep. These dances are so beautiful and it's emotional to watch the interaction between the bride/groom, father/daughter etc. I love them and often shed a tear or 2
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  • #TiffaniLovesJohn
    Savvy November 2018
    #TiffaniLovesJohn ·
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    Only doing first dance.

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  • A_Mart
    Super June 2018
    A_Mart ·
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    First dance yes, and this will be impromptu, either during our beach cocktail hour or back at the cabin during dessert!

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  • S
    Super May 2020
    Shari ·
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    Keeping; but I want to do them with our children instead!

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