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Starting first dance early

Jennifer, on August 5, 2021 at 9:37 AM Posted in Planning 0 11

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We only get our venue until 10:45pm and by the time dinner is complete it will be approx 8pm. My fiancé doesn’t feel like this is sufficient time for the dance floor to be open. He would like more time dancing. Would it be weird to do our first dance sooner so that way the floor could be open to guests to dance? I was thinking while people are eating we dance but I’ve never seen that at a wedding before so not sure if it’d feel odd. Also our current floor plan has the dance floor outside so if we did that we’d have to figure out a way to move the dance floor inside where people would be eating. Or what if we did our entrances, did first dances really quick outside while everyone is out there for cocktail hour? Then we all head inside for dinner after? And whoever finishes eating early can go ahead and start dancing?

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Latest activity by Jennifer, on August 6, 2021 at 9:11 AM

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Mcskipper · on August 5, 2021 at 9:44 AM
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I’ve been to a number of weddings that have a little bit of dancing before dinner. It doesn’t really matter when you do your first dance. We did ours immediately — our “intro” to the reception was also our intro to the dance floor. We went directly into our first dance , and then invited people to the dance floor to join us. Something like that sounds like a good option for you, and you can keep it going for a couple songs.
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Liz W · on August 5, 2021 at 9:49 AM
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We're pretty close to that timing (we assume our dinner will be close to done by 7:15/7:30). We're doing our first dance right after our entrance/introduction, then dinner, then Father/Daughter and Mother/Son dances then open dancing.
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Samantha · on August 5, 2021 at 10:17 AM
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I did all our traditional wedding stuff right away.. first dance, parent dances, cake cutting. That way people could eat, drink, dance, mingle, and leave at their leisure. I didn't want it to feel scheduled out.
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SLY · on August 5, 2021 at 10:52 AM
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All the weddings I've been to had the first dance and parent dances done right after they were introduced for the reception. I've never seen or heard of this stuff being done after eating, so I'd suggest doing it all before.
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Jessica · on August 5, 2021 at 11:51 AM
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We have our venue until 10:30pm. Our first dance is right after the grand entrance. Then we will give a welcome speech, have dinner, more speeches, & all the other dances & special moments (father/daughter, cake cutting etc). Our dance floor won't be open for group dancing until 8:40pm but we feel that is plenty of time to get our groove on with everyone & just enjoy the night after getting everything else out of the way.
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Melissa · on August 5, 2021 at 12:14 PM
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IF we do a reception our timeline had us doing our grand entrance into the reception hall, and then going straight into our first dance. Half way through the first dance we invite people join us, and then we would move into dinner, cake cutting, then dancing for the rest of the night!
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Thinn · on August 5, 2021 at 1:07 PM
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Like many others, I am also doing my first dance immediately after our entrance. The dance will end with inviting the guests to join us on the dance floor and after that, it’s free for all. Whoever wants to dance while others are eating can do that since we are serving a buffet
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Jennifer · on August 5, 2021 at 1:43 PM
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Good to know thank you!
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SLY · on August 5, 2021 at 1:44 PM
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You're welcome!
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Melody · on August 5, 2021 at 2:04 PM
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Our first dance was right at the beginning of the reception. The guests moved from the cocktail hour area to the reception area and then my husband and I were announced and went straight to the dance floor for the first dance then father-daughter dance. After that was when the guests made their way to their tables. It worked out perfectly!
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