Ours is a small party, only 30 people of mixed generations, but I still want to do some dancing. Any ideas for good songs or favors (a friend of mine handed out masks) that might get people out of their chairs and onto the dancefloor?
2006-07-22 07:00:54 · 25 answers · asked by Chi 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Make sure the music is a good mix of nostalgic oldies (think I LOVE ROCK N ROLL) and newer dance tunes....Keep them dancing by dancing yourself and pulling different people up! Have a few of your close friends promise to help out by dancing their butts off with you!
2006-07-22 07:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by sun kissed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw money out on the floor?
Announce that you would like to start a tradition where everyone has to dance at least one dance, everyone all out on the floor at once, for good luck. Who is going to refuse?
You pick a male, your husband picks a female to bring out onto the dance floor and start dancing with them, then you put them together to finish the dance while you both go get two more. Tell them it's the "Noah's Ark Happiness Dance", or something like that...
Form a conga line periodically.
If you are having a DJ ask people what their favorite songs are ahead of time and then have them available to be played. Who can resist dancing to their favorite song?
Keep the banquet light or spread out over a period of time. People with full stomachs want to just sit and talk or worse yet nap. You might want to look into foods that energize instead of making you feel tired for your meal.
Contrive dances for guests only under 40, or just kids, or people with blond hair, or pink on, or, well, you get the idea. Offer prizes.
Have a "So You Think You Can Dance", contest with a prize.
That's all I can think of right now.
Congratulations and I hope it all works out just the way you want it!.
2006-07-22 07:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avoid the hard, hard rock stuff. Have a variety of music that covers several generations and is dance music. Certainally there must be something by today's artist that doesn't have kids jumping from tables into the arms of grandma, grandpa, Aunt Edna and Uncle Fred. You know...he does have a heart condition.
Ask your DJ. If you provide him with an age group and style of music on what to play and what to avoid he'll get you set up and people dancing in no time.
Either that or set tables with no chairs at them during the reception.
2006-07-22 07:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your dj about your concerns, and ask him/her what they do to get people dancing. A good dj should know what to do to get people out on the dance floor.
Also, make sure you're out there yourself, people won't get up and start dancing if the bride and groom are off in a corner talking with Uncle Al.
Have a great wedding day!
2006-07-22 07:54:40 · answer #4 · answered by basketcase88 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Play the hokey pokey song. Sounds odd....but, It's fun and everyone of all ages knows it and alot of receptions do it for fun/to break the ice. It will get them out there, you just have to keep them out there. I have seen it done at several weddings and it's a blast!
If you have all ages, make sure you have a good array.
Do a polka, the older generations will love it, and you could always ask them to teach you how to do it. Everyone 45 or older knows how to do at least one polka dance. And it's fun to learn.
Otherwise with being a small reception you could also do karoake/music. Get someone that has a good mixture of music.
2006-07-22 07:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by rdhedhottie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the first weddings I helped plan had a similar problem. It was a little bigger than what yours was but no one was getting up and dancing. The DJ played "The Macarena" and suddenly everyone was on the dance floor. Some people may consider it tacky but it worked.
2006-07-22 13:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by Patricia D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my wedding we had a lot of people dancing. We had fun dances where only the birthday people could dance (what can I say we had a lot of birthdays around the date of our wedding). We had a William and Mary dance because we had a lot of Williams and Marys at the dance. We had a girl asks the guy dance. We had a dance where the bride and groom went and asked couples to come join them for a dance. We had a dance for the parents, grandparents and siblings of the bride and groom. But be prepared...some people might not want to dance because they are not great dancers and feel very shy about dancing in public. Take it in stride and just have fun.
2006-07-22 07:04:17 · answer #7 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am actually a DJ that does weddings. People always go out to the YMCA. People also like to start a conga line or train line, which you use C'mon Ride It by the Quad City DJs. The fail safe is always though slow songs, everybody can dance to those.
2006-07-22 07:09:25 · answer #8 · answered by bman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One tradition I saw was the "dollar dance" people pay a dollar to dance with the bride or groom, you guys keep the money as a gift of course, but it gets everyone up. Play a variety of music, if you have a lot of old people keep it slow or medium beat, no acid rock.
2006-07-22 07:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by arvecar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could ivite others in on your dance starting with you and then married couples of 5,10,15 years and so on then have the couples called off the floor and asked to sit down if they have been married for less than so long then the couple left gets a prize.
2006-07-22 11:48:27 · answer #10 · answered by movin12006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋