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Wedding Dance: The Foxtrot, The Waltz and Swing Dancing your First Wedding Dance at your Wedding Reception

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:04:59 +0000

It’s your wedding dance, and you’re not a dancer. Uh oh! Don’t freak out. You’ll be fine, especially so if you treat where so many have danced before. The standard wedding songs, and wedding dance steps that so many people your for their first wedding dance. These three dances are the standard wedding reception music. The foxtrot, the swing, and the waltz comprise a large portion of standard wedding first dances. However, you don’t want to be just standard, right?

Within these wedding dances, even theses standard choices, there’s so many options for making your first dance something really special. The choice of wedding song will be your greatest choice, and it will likely dictate the style of dance that you do. Let’s talk about each dance style in this article, and how they all relate to wedding dancing.

First, there is Foxtrot. The Foxtrot originated in 1914, in none other than New York City, by none other than Harry Fox (imagine that). It’s considered one of the most versatile ballroom social style of dances, and it can be danced to a really wide variety of music and tempos. It’s much like a walking, smooth, relaxed style of dance. Sounds easy eh?

Next up, the classic waltz. A beautiful dance for your first wedding dance, but not as easy as foxtrot to be sure. The Waltz originated near Vienna (yeh, saw that coming), and by the 17th century (yes, long ago), it was danced in the ballroom all over the place. Today, it’s pretty social. This dance moves a lot, and is elegant, regal, and graceful IF you can actually pull it off. Never danced? Waltz wedding dancing is a tough sell! While the basic step is a box step, there’s a lot of other things (such as rise and fall and sway) which make this a dance for the real dancers! Yes, there is simple waltz, but …

Does it compare to swing? Really, does anything compare to swing? Swing is fun, playful, hot, fast (or slow), and marked by a combination of rock steps and triple steps. It can be danced to variety of music, and while lacking the grace (perhaps) of waltz, or the formality of foxtrot, it’s for the young (or young at heart). Uptempo music that makes you want to move – it’s a very common first wedding dance to be found at a wedding, and wedding songs in swing are covered by most wedding bands during the wedding reception!

Are there other choices for your wedding dance? Yes, to be sure, there are. These are only the most common wedding dancing styles!

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What songs should I dance to at my wedding?

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:43:09 +0000

I want to do something like this for my wedding dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4OzHWvVyb8

I want to use some different songs though.. Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Im getting married November 18th 2010

lol, if you did the single ladies dance routine with your husband that would be hilarious and cool! XD

Ok Go dance for my sister’s wedding

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:32:06 +0000

My dad, my brother, and brother in law do a surprise performance of the Ok Go dance for my sister’s wedding. All of us are over 6′3″ except for the little guy Chris so cut us some slack for the sloppiness.

Duration : 0:4:26

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Mammothian Surprise Group Wedding Reception Dance

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:28:56 +0000

The wedding party “spontaneously” breaks out into a group dance at Thryn and Gabe’s wedding. The dance was choreographed by members of the wedding party and kept a secret from the guests until the moment it began.

Duration : 0:3:22

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Tim & Amy’s Napoleon Dynamite Wedding Dance

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:23:03 +0000

Tim and Amy’s First Dance as a Married Couple.

Duration : 0:3:55

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COOL WEDDING DANCE

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:59:03 +0000

Cool couple performing a crazy dance!
The song is called “Baby got back”

Duration : 0:1:51

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J and E Wedding Dance Entrance

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:41:05 +0000

We want to thank J K wedding Dance Entrance for the inspiration. We truly appreciate everyone who helped with the dance. We wouldn’t have such a memorable day without you.

Duration : 0:4:40

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First Dance of Beth and Patrick…BEST EVER WEDDING DANCE!

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:44:17 +0000

A young couple from Sydney, Australia, strut their stuff on the dance floor for their first wedding dance. Roping together the likes of U2 (With or Without You), Melbourne Cup, Olympics, US Presidents, a Lara Bingle scandal, Tina Turner (Nutbush City Limits), Village People (YMCA), The Wiggles (Hot Potato), Tubthumping (I get Knocked Down), Pitbull (I Know You Want Me), Michael Jackson (Blame it on the Boogie), MC Hammer (Can’t Touch This), Frank Sinatra (New York, New York), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Time Warp), Michael Jackson (Thriller), Ray Charles (Shake a Tail Feather), Backstreet Boys (Everybody), Beyonce (Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It]), Grease Megamix (Greased Lightning) and Frank Sinatra (You are the Sunshine of my Life). No doubt this rivals Justin Bieber’s First Dance.

a SAME SAME but DIFFERENT production

Duration : 0:7:59

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Which of these songs should we use for the wedding dance?

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:58:06 +0000

Drops of Jupiter – Train, or Wherever You Will Go – The Calling. They’re both kind of "our" songs, we’ve shared some very important and sweet moments to both of them, but we only get one wedding dance so i don’t know which to play for it?

I would pick "Wherever You Will Go" if only because the lyrics to "Drops of Jupiter" seem to strongly suggest an unrequited love. "Wherever You Will Go" has lyrics that suggest being apart (i.e. "Who will be there to take my place" and "If I could turn back time I’ll go wherever you will go"); however, these lyrics can be interpreted as coming to the end of life and reassuring your love that you will be with him or her even if he or she finds someone else to love.

Wedding dance

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:37:47 +0000

This movie gave us the idea to do the same…:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=QujA8YYgTWU&feature=related

What do you need:
1 bride who dances for 13 years
1 groom who doesn’t like dancing

Duration : 0:5:30

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