Praise dancers or not

If you're having a church wedding and this is part of your typical liturgy, I'd say it is marginally fine, but not at the reception. It's inappropriate.

Please, no. I'd us the opportunity to hit the ladies room, or the bar.

@Doty I've seen it done at a wedding reception the performance was really nice. They didnt dance to a praise song it was more of an R &B love song.

I'm fairly religious (regularly practicing Catholic) and I'm a dancer (danced through college and was a dance minor) but I'd still find praise dancers at a wedding very awkward. I'd feel very uncomfortable especially if it were during the reception.

I'm with your sister. Skip it. It's awkward to do that at the reception.

I personally don't care for praise dance performances in general, and especially at a wedding. It's a bit awkward and people who are not on the more religious side will be uncomfortable. I've been to 2 weddings with them and the guests were like... Okay... It also takes unnecessary time you can be using for something else. If you absolutely had to have praise dancers I would suggest doing it at the church prior to you our your bridal party walking down the aisle. It should also be very short. Your guests will thank you.

Someone on Four Weddings had them once at a reception. It was indeed awkward. You can do it at the ceremony.

I agree with others who suggested moving the praise dancers to the ceremony. Even then, if several of your guests are NOT religious, it will be awkward.

Regarding your sister, if you don't want her to make final decisions, don't ask her the question. For instance, "I want praise dancers at the reception" would become "we are having praise dancers at the reception".

At the ceremony it wouldn't be a bad idea

Definitely not!!

I don't see how it would fit in to honest.

Speaking as someone who has done liturgical dances at weddings, please don't. It's awkward no matter where you put it, if the dancers are also wedding guests they may not get to eat with everyone else or at all and lastly no matter what song you use, it will feel forever-long to your guests. If you must do it, the ceremony is a better option but it still can feel awkward.

Praise dancers are dancers who do a choreographed dance either solo or within a group to a christian/gospel song. A lot of churches do this for special programs or sometimes for Sunday service. I like some praise dances/dancers. It just depends.

OP - do you guys plan on having regular dancing? If so, probably not a good idea. If you need entertainment because you don't dance to secular music - go for it. It's your wedding.

No

I think it depends on your crowd. If they are religious people and will appreciate the praise, by all means do it. But if you have guests who, like many on WW, don't know what a praise dance is for or what it signifies, I would skip it. Some Christian songs can actually go on for a long time and you don't want your guests to feel uncomfortable. I personally love praise dancers because I was one lol

My sis is a bridesmaid and she didn't like the fact that all the dresses will not be identical. I just said well that's how it's gonna be. And that was the end of that. No drama.