Your First Dance as a Married Couple
Soon you'll be husband wife and holding each other in your first dance as a married couple. You may want to put some special effort into preparing for this occasion! To make it special, fun, exciting, and unique, you may want to prepare for your first wedding dance by taking some wedding dance lessons. If you're not a good dancer, or have never danced, don't worry, you can learn to dance in a hurry with a few private lessons.
The first step in preparing for your first dance is to pick a dance tune, one that you both love, one that inspires you. Don't just pick a song out of some wedding planning book!
Once you pick out a song, it won't take long to get comfortable dancing to it. Once approach is to just hold each other romantically and sway to the music. But you may want to consider taking some private dance lessons. A dance instructor can help you learn some easy dance steps especially suited to the music you love so well.
The First Couple.
There is a traditional sequence of pairing up couples at a wedding dance that you may want to observe. The first couple on the floor, of course, will be the Bride and Groom.
Father of the Bride & Mother of Groom.
After the first dance, the Bride and her Father will dance together. After a few bars of music the Groom may invite his Mother to Dance. When the song finishes, the couples thank each other, and the Bride and Groom return to each other.
The Attendants.
Next the attendants (as they were paired in the wedding) begin dancing with each other. The parents of each attendant also dance together. All this time, the Bride and Groom continue dancing together. The parents of the bride and groom may also join in and dance with each other.
The Guests.
Then the attendants and parents of the attendants may split up and start asking guests who are still sitting down to dance. It is a good idea for the attendants to thank their partners at the end of the dance and find someone new to dance with who is still sitting down. This approach will help to ensure that everyone has a good time and everyone is invited to dance.
Your dance instructor can help you decide what style of dancing is best suited for your favorite music and how many lessons you will need. But it is best to start the lessons as soon as possible. Don't wait until the month before your wedding. It is a good idea to learn a dance well and then to go out dancing once a week for several weeks before your wedding. This will be great fun and it will ensure that you feel really comfortable with the dance.
Divorced Parents
A wedding party can be awkward for divorced parents. It can help to have a plan, whatever it is and discuss it openly ahead of time with all concerned. This will reduce uncertainty and help everyone to relax. If the divorced parents are on friendly terms, consider seating them at the same table during the dinner/dance party. This may be a lot less awkward than separating them. After all, they still have a lot in common and you can rest assured they will be on good behavior on this special day. If the divorced parents are not on friendly terms, then separate seating is best. Whatever you decide, be sure to discuss everything ahead of time and have a plan.
