Father Daughter dance

Our evening guests arrive at 8, will be greeting them all etc for half hour to an hour then cutting the cake, doing our first dance then straight after dancing with my dad. Hopefull after that people will all get up dancing and then the waiters will start bringing round the bacon and sausage butties/ cones of fish n chips about half 9!

Thanks sounds brill, just wasnt sure where the dance with my dad would come in..

xxx

I think traditionally, the bride and groom have the first dance, and then the bride dances with her dad...although I'm not sure, this is just something I've picked up from Four Weddings...

Ours is a little different to the usual arrangements but part of that is because we aren't able to invite everyone to the wedding breakfast due to cost issues.

We're having a welcome line at 5.30pm, with the speeches starting at 6pm. At 7.15pm we will have the cake cutting, then at 7.30pm the barn dance begins with our first dance, which we are working with the band on practising but basically it's a couples dance, so we'll do a few turns together for photos then we'll be dragging up my mum and her dad so we'll dance as two couples, then we'll drag up my dad and her mum to dance with us, then my two stepparents (my parents are both remarried), then the best man and chief bridesmaids, then usher/bridesmaid, usher/bridesmaid, flower girl/ring bearer, finally our two readers, and then open the dance floor up to everyone for the next dance.

Buffet comes out at 8.30pm when the band take a short break, then they'll continue till about 10.30pm when we'll go back to background music playing.

As many of our guests are travelling some distance, we fully expect there to be not many people still around by 11pm which to be honest suits us fine as neither of us are night owls or fancy chugging gallons of Mountain Dew to keep us going all evening (particularly as it seems that taking my, by then, new wife to the loo is a precision military operation requiring several people and lots of coordination) and non residents need to vacate by midnight as per our hotel's normal policy.

I believe normally the first dance is husband and wife, and if you're having a father/daughter dance it comes after that as a 'second dance' if you like - maybe your new husband can dance with your mum or something at that point too?

Our order of the evening is;

- Have a drink

- Dance

- Have another drink

- Dance more

- Have more drinks

- Just one more drink then

- Eat something.. soak up the alcohol

- Have more alcohol

- Dance!

I have no idea what the tradition is with the dancing, but I'm sure you would dance with hubby first.

I was wondering the same thing, found this lovely song to dance to, want it to be a surprise with my dad because i know he will like it x

What song is it, if you dont mind me asking? I have asked my dad to find one, however think i want to give him a help in the right direction xxx

We are going to do our first dance first and then do the father daughter dance after that.

For the father daughter dance we are going to play Unforgettable by Nat King Cole because my Dad used to sing it to me at night when he tucked me in. This will be a surprise for him too.

For our father daughter dance we are having ' you can let go now daddy' my other half has took the end verse away

Sorry for the late reply its Natalie Grant - Always be our baby, If you listen to it on youtube the words are lovely xxx

If you're stuck for ideas, there's a few tried and tested ones here.... https://www.weddingdja.co.uk/bridal_party_dance.php

Thank you, think i will send him this link!

xxx

TBH i hadnt even thought of doing one as didnt think my dad would be up for it so was really happy when he asked me, if if its 2 months before the wedding! I just hope the band know what ever it is he decides upon...

What does everyone think of... Having the first dance when band starts and then father daughter to start off 2nd set? or should it be after first dance with hubby?

xxx

Hi

at my sisters wedding yesturday, she had 1st dance with new hubby, then dad came onto to have a dance, after shaking grooms hand, they danced to farther & daughter, and were both in tears, along with everyone else.....

Got lovely lyrics in that song never heard it before i looked online for songs, im having it after the 1st dance with hubby x

I am dancing with my dad first as we are having the song Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman as it is about a father giving his daughter away to her prince charming, then my dad is going to give me to my fiance and we are dancing to Take That- Rule the world.

After our first dance I danced with my FIL (my Dad doesn't dance), whilst H danced with his Mum.

Fab, think i will do father daughter dance after the first dance... Thanks guys xxx