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Beginner February 2022

Kids during the first dance?

Sandy, on December 21, 2021 at 1:33 AM Posted in Wedding Reception 1 4
My fiancé and I decided to not do a kids free wedding in order to not offend our family members. We will be having a small wedding and not many of our family members have kids so luckily there won’t be too many kids to worry about. However, my biggest fear since the beginning was that kids would start playing on the dance floor during our first dance since I’ve seen it before. For our first dance we will be having a fog machine to make it look like we are dancing on clouds and I can only imagine how fun it will look to children so I don’t blame them. Is it rude to tell the parents beforehand to be please watch their kids during our first dance because the fog will look fun but we want that moment to be ours? I figured we’d also have the DJ announce it that day but I wasn’t sure if it’d be rude to also tell parents casually during a conversation as they are all very closer friends and family members Kids during the first dance? 1

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Latest activity by Sandy, on December 21, 2021 at 3:59 PM
  • Sarah
    Master September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    I guess this is a know your crowd thing but we had kids invited to our wedding and no one was on the dance floor during our first dance except us. Our DJ didn’t even have to mention staying off the dance floor. If you feel it absolutely necessary to say something, I’d just have the DJ say “now let’s keep the dance floor clear as the newlyweds enjoy their first dance”
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  • A
    Dedicated August 2022
    Ann ·
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    I think it's not rude, it's your day! But as a compromise, I would set aside 5-10 minutes separately after the dance so that the children could play. It's not every day they can run through the "clouds".

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  • Heather
    Super November 2021
    Heather ·
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    You can have your MC/DJ or your host to announce "good evening everyone. the bride and groom are about to have their first dance. if we could please have everyone remain in their seats while they do that and that way the photographers and videographers can capture the moment."

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  • S
    Beginner February 2022
    Sandy ·
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    Thank you everyone for all the good point! I’ve seen some videos online thag I think really had me worrying but I feel a lot better about how to handle it!
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