No dance wedding

You could do a swanky, cocktail style reception. That is usually danceless.

Ive been to a few, and I wouldnt olab on them lasting much past dinner. Theyve always been more like a dinner party- people mingled at cocktail hour, had dinner, the cake was cut, people had dessert and went home. I wouldn't plan on games as those feel more like a shower or kids birthday party thing (to me at least).

I had an intimate wedding so this may be different in your case, but we didn’t have an open dance floor. We didn’t have games either. We all had a great time talking, drinking, and walking around the estate though! People were having such a great time that we had to start dropping hints for them to leave because we were past our venue’s alloted time lol.

Thank you❤️❤️ I had thought about doing a cocktail hour for our guests while finishing up some after ceremony photography. I'm FH wants a first dance so we will do that when we come in. After cocktail hour is over well probably go straight into dinner? That sounds good. We both come from pretty laid back families and enjoy just being able to mingle and talk with guest so maybe with have a no dance wedding this will give us the opportunity to actually see our guests, where as at many other weddings you don't get to see everyone.

My brother had no dancing and did a lunch instead of dinner.

We aren't having dancing but we have an early afternoon wedding. It's not at a meal time so we will just have soups, snacks & desserts, and, of course, cake & music. But we also aren't planning on having a long reception because it is a Sunday wedding in January and people will be wanting to get home at a decent time.

We are also having a pretty open floor plan for mingling.

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Were doing this too! We are having a small, family only wedding with 60 or so people, so the dance the night away idea doesn’t fit well with us. We’re renting out a floor of a nice restaurant, and having a big sit down dinner with everyone. There will still be toasts and the cake and what not, just not dancing. We also get to save money on a dj or band which is a huge plus

Traditionally a first dance opens the dance floor, so if there is no dance floor a first dance is out of place. I would be very confused as a guest if you danced and then just sat down. You either dance or you don't.

I agree with what PP have said about not having a first dance if you’re having a no dance reception. FH and I went to a wedding once with no dancing, which was fine, but there was an open place for a dance floor and the bride and groom had a first dance. We were very confused about if there would be dancing later and sort of awkwardly waited around for awhile until we realized that we wouldn’t get to dance.

Wanted to add - I would have no problem attending a no dance reception and it sounds like it would be a good fit for your crowd.

I’m not sure what kind of games you were thinking of, but for my reception we’re using different board games as our centerpieces. Some of my relatives are really excited about having something to do after dinner other than dance. I know people worry about games seeming more like a birthday party thing than a wedding thing, but incorporating it into the decorations might make it seem a little more fitting than just having a stack of board games in the corner (in my opinion anyway!)

I’m doing just a seated dinner.
No toasts no dancing no games no bouquet toss no garter toss no registry no rehearsal dinner no favors no wedding party
ceremony pictures and dinner.

Its both our 2nd marriage and we are having under 30 people.

I work on a dinner boat and we have many weddings on board. Due to the size of the ship there is not a large dance floor. Last season we had a couple play the shoe game because they were not dancers. That was a nice way to fill up some time after dinner. If you are unfamiliar, the bride and groom sit back to back holding one of each shoes. The DJ or moh/bm/ etc read aloud questions like “who is most stubborn?” Etc and they would each raise the shoe of the one who fit the question. (Raise the bride’s shoe if she was most stubborn). It was really funny and all the guests seemed to enjoy it a lot.
Also, depending on your location, if you haven’t looked at venues yet, look into a dinner boat. The boat ride aspect is entertainment in itself, the changing scenery, sunset, etc will all be very memorable to your guests without a focus on dancing and there is a clear end Time when the boat returns to the dock. I know I’m biased though personally. Good luck!

We don't plan on dancing at our wedding either. My fiance and I think that traditional receptions are boring, honestly.

We are having giant games. And yadda yadda lots of people here don't like them, and that's fine. They can go do their thing. Fortunately, our crowd are gamers.

We are having giant chess, yahtzee, tic tac toe, dominoes, and cards. We are also doing a photo booth. Other than that, heaven forbid, it'll be like a dinner party where people socialize and don't dance.

We're not doing dancing, our reception is at a restaurant and we're just doing toasts, dinner, cake cutting, dessert. We have a LOT of OOT friends coming who are college friends that scattered after college, so I don't anticipate having trouble mingling into the night.

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Bottom line - you can have any kind of wedding you want but I agree that it would seem awkward to have a first dance and then no dancing. I would suggest one or the other.

We held a Lip Sync Battle at our wedding. We had 4 people/groups perform and our guests loved it. It only took about 20 minutes but was a lot of fun. I work for the media company that owns Spike (the channel the show is on) so I was able to get LSB t-shirts and hoodies for prizes. I bought a boxing championship belt at Party City and personalized it.

We did have dancing at our wedding - for us it was a must. However, we had dinner first (following a cocktail hour) with background music and then dancing and dessert in a different room for 3 hours. A lot of people commented on how much they enjoyed having dinner and being able to talk and laugh without blasting dance music interrupting their dinner and conversation.

We are planning an cake and punch reseption with no dancing because of budget and venue size. Its a intimate way to get to know your guests and gives you the option to not do a sit down dinner for the masses. Our event time is gonna be at 7pm after dinner.

We are not doing a first dance or parent dances, but there will be regular dancing. We just want everyone to let loose, have fun, and not be so stuffy and formal.

Our wedding was at a restaurant, and we had a dance floor, and had a first dance. There was dancing for about 20 to 30 minutes, and then everyone just drank, and talked. We knew a lot of people wouldn't dance, but had the option for those who wanted to.