Do guests expect to dance at a wedding? From reading other posts, I get the impression that guests might be disappointed if they are not given the opportunity to really "get down" at a wedding. My personal experience with weddings, however, tells me otherwise, as most guests seem to want to "split" as soon as the DJ starts the music.
My fiance and I also absolutely abhor the typical wedding with the terrible band playing bad dance tunes, or the DJ spinning music and trying to coax people onto the dance floor.
Our reception is going to be on a very small boat, so the atmosphere is going to be a bit more intimate than it would be in a typical banquet hall. Of our 70 guests, most will be family members who are 50 to 65 years old. The few close friends of mine and my fiance who are attending are in their 40s.
I'd like to create a jazz bar/nightclub atmosphere. So, we are thinking of having a bossa nova 5-piece band (with singer) play low-key bossa nova for the entire reception. No 1st dance, no special wedding song....and people can slow dance if they feel like it.
Do you think most guests would be disappointed if all they got a chance to dance to was slow music?
You should entertain your guests in the way you feel would be most enjoyed by both you and them. Since we don't know your guests you must make that decision. Provide what is your opinion of the perfect party atmousphere for your wedding. Top Wedding Questions Forum Moderator - "Write your sorrows in the sand, your blessings in stone".
Thank you, Wedding Queen. I suppose I already knew the answer to this question, but allowed myself to become insecure about the event with all of the supposed "shoulds" and "should nots" that seem to float around out there in the world of wedding planning. Thanks for the reminder to make the event "ours"!
Is dancing expected?
