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Reverse Anniversary Dance

Jillian, on April 12, 2018 at 11:17 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 15

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I was interviewing a DOC and we were chatting about different things to do at the wedding. I'm not planning on doing a bouquet or garter toss and was interested in an anniversary dance. She told me about a reverse anniversary dance where you call couples onto the dance floor instead of off so at the end everyone is on the dance floor to start your dancing. I thought it was neat because it brought everyone out to the dance floor. I was thinking about starting with the longest married and going down (so we'd be the last married couple on instead of the first off) and then calling all the non married on to start the night of boogeying.

Has anyone seen this/done this before? Thoughts?

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mjfortwedding · on April 12, 2018 at 11:40 PM
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Ive never heard of an anniversary dance let alone a reverse anniversary dance but it sounds fun!
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sarah · on April 12, 2018 at 11:46 PM
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I have, I love it. We are doing that rather than a Bouquet toss and Im putting a line on my rsvps for couples songs. I think my parents will be the longest married couple there so I am going to make sure my doc and dj know thier song. they will dance and then we will join them.
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JerseyGirl · on April 13, 2018 at 6:41 AM
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Have been to a few weddings where they did the anniversary dance (but not reverse like you mentioned). We skipped it as my grandmother had been windowed a few years before. We also had several guests where there SOs couldn’t attend. To get everyone on the dance floor, we had our DJ invite all guests to join in our first dance song half way through. Everyone was dancing, even those who’s SOs didn’t attend.
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WED18 · on April 13, 2018 at 8:11 AM
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I've never seen it done in reverse, but it sounds like a great idea!
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MrsV1027 · on April 13, 2018 at 8:53 AM
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That sounds like fun! It will let the oldest couple still show off their amazing commitment and then have everyone join in on the fun
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Emily · on April 13, 2018 at 10:51 AM
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I am planning to do an anniversary dance! My last couple will get a bouquet.
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Turnicia · on April 13, 2018 at 12:47 PM
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Thank your DOC for me. I am stealing this idea, oh and thank you for sharing. I really hope you don't mind me using your idea but it sounds like so much fun for my crowd.
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Carrie · on April 13, 2018 at 12:57 PM
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I went to a wedding that had the anniversary dance and I thought it was awesome but the reverse one sounds even better
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MrsGtoBe · on April 13, 2018 at 12:58 PM
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That’s an interesting idea! We are doing an anniversary dance as well in place of a garter/bouquet toss. I have never heard of a reverse one. Sounds like a cool idea!
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Jillian · on April 13, 2018 at 1:36 PM
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Of course!! That’s one of the reasons I posted is because it was such a cool idea that I’d never heard of before. Have fun!!
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Spaghetti · on April 13, 2018 at 1:47 PM
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This sounds cute. How do you logistically do this? Will you make a list ahead of time of the couples to have the DJ announce them and how long they've been married?
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Jillian · on April 13, 2018 at 2:54 PM
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Oh that sounds like a lot of work and I’m sure I’d forget someone. I’ll probably just have them say “if you’ve been married more than 30 years, join us on the dance floor” and then keep moving the time down until everyone is out there.
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Kristina · on April 13, 2018 at 3:33 PM
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Oooh I was planning on doing an anniversary dance, but I like the idea of a reverse one!
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Kathleen · on March 10, 2019 at 9:35 PM
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Curious to hear how this went! I’ve been thinking of doing the same as it gets everyone to the dance floor.
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