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Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by belleofyourball
3/30/2010  12:21:00 AM
I agree with Dheun. It can be a nice foxtrot. If you speed things up you are usually okay but slow them down and the dancing looks really spotty unless you have great technique.

Yes, you could do an excruciatingly slow swing...but why? Swing isn't really a good wedding dance anyway...not for the first dance. Same for the hustle unless you're doing a 70's themed wedding and I somehow don't see that being your aim based on your music choice.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by terence2
3/30/2010  1:51:00 AM
You may be amazed at the different style of dance Ive been requested to Chor. for weddings ( some songs were totally impossible )From "2" step to tango.. " he who pays the piper " etc...

The day was, when it was always waltz...
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by SLGUI
3/30/2010  1:19:00 PM
American Rumba or west coast swing would be my choices. You could also do a bolero
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by SmoothGeezer
3/30/2010  7:13:00 PM
If someone played this song at a dance, I would be sitting this one out - and complaining about the DJ.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by Telemark
3/31/2010  3:55:00 AM
If the track was speeded up just a bit, then I would consider International Cha Cha as a reasonable basis for wedding dance choreography, but I'm no fan of the song as a dance track, either.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by dheun
3/31/2010  9:07:00 AM
In tossing in my two cents again, I generally try to convince a wedding couple to do a dance in which they would be more inclined to be smiling and looking in each other's eyes through a majority of the routine. That's why I steer away from a swing quickly. Let the full wedding party have at it with a fun swing. The wedding couple should be doing a nice Fox Trot to this song, with a constant smile and gaze in each other's eyes to match what the song is saying. No, it isn't a song that I would pick to dance to in a social setting, but for a wedding message it's a good choice. The fact that it would work in a Fox Trot makes it even better because the couple can have some semblance of acting out what the song's message is.
None of the advice posted here has been wrong, per se, but if the couple tests a few patterns from each suggestion to this tune, I would have a hard time believing that the Fox Trot wouldn't serve the purpose of class, elegance and meaning that you'd want in your first dance as a married couple.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by D.W.
3/31/2010  5:55:00 PM
Heres my two cents worth. Wedding couples. Take your chosen tune to a teacher and ask is it possible to dance to this. Dont be disapointed if the answer is no. Many of them are just not suitable to put dance steps to.
If i got married again i would choose the Anniversary Waltz fom the film the Jolson Story. Oh how we we danced on the night we were wed. We vowed our true love but a word wasn't said. The world was in bloom there were stars in the sky, except fot the few that were there in your eyes. I like the Tom Jones version.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by D.W.
3/31/2010  5:59:00 PM
Sorry that is the Anniversary Song not Anniversary Waltz. Although is a Waltz.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by Ladydance
4/1/2010  5:18:00 AM
As said, couples often pick songs that don't work. No song is even more of a problem. A couple once asked for a 'generic' dance because they hadn't picked their song yet. We told them to call back when they had a song, we don't do 'generic' dances.
Re: 1st Wedding Dance
Posted by masonluraa
11/4/2010  3:48:00 AM
Hi, friend wedding dance is not difficult to perform with your fiance. Just be romantic and dance with your fiance. And one thing be practice on your romantic and dance.



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