Thoughts on Dancing before dinner?

Your concept sounds great and can work since your skipping the speeches. I know there is dancing before dinner or speeches usually in that order or vice versa. You can start the party with the parent dance to lead into the party mood.

View quoted message I'd start with very fast/jumpy music and would ask the dj to invite everyone to dance and celebrate the bride and groom. I'd also would stay away from speeches until there's food 🙂

View quoted message Most people eat enough during cocktail hour to keep them satisfied for a while (personally I hate how soon dinner is after eating way too many apps - I know many that would agree with this) so make sure you have a good cocktail hour. Thirty minutes of dancing between that and dinner sounds perfect. If you're thinking of incorporating more in between it's actually perfect because it gives slower eaters time to continue but others time to move and do something else while waiting. It also allows staff time to clear and set between courses (if this is how your dinner is). I wouldn't do more than 20 minutes of dancing between courses though. Just enough for a few dances. Slow songs are really nice between courses - good vibe for people who want to just socialize in between or are still eating. Hope this helps but feel free to ask more questions 🙂

I think the only consideration would be to time it right. A lot of people have expectations on when dinner takes place so if you're pushing dinner down by an hour to have a dance party, some people may be hangry. Or if you let people know in advance, then they won't be shy around the cocktail hors d'oeuvres since they know it'll be a while before the bigger meal.

View quoted message I’d love to hear more if you have any tips on pulling this off

View quoted message Thanks!! I’d love to hear more on how to incorporate it from your experience. If you have dos or donts

View quoted message This!!! I never understood why more people didn't incorporate this into their weddings. I'm Jewish too so I could also be biased but I love that we weave dancing into dinner and speeches etc so no one's just sitting for the first 2-3 hours of a wedding! Do it!!

I think if you want to start dancing before dinner, go for it! It's your wedding day! Do what you and your fiance want to do. There's no right or wrong answer!

In Jewish weddings you always dance before you eat and not only it is the most energetic moment of the wedding because people just want to see the couple and celebrate but it definitely opens up an appetite to eat later. I recommend it!

I think this depends on the people. I don't think most of my close friends/family would take part in an early dance. Most people that I know prefer to partake later in the night after they've have more to drink .