Getting people dancing at your wedding is both the fun part and – sometimes – the hard part. Be sure to enlist the help of bridesmaids and groomsmen. Your wedding party becomes your unofficial “dance captains” and can help bring friends and family to the dance floor. Read on for other tips to pack the floor for slow and fast dances alike.
Ask for song requests in advance
Leave space on your RSVP cards and ask guests to write down a song that they’d love to hear (and dance to!) at your wedding.
This also lets you coordinate with your DJ to make sure the songs your guests want get played. You could even have some guests mentioned when their song gets played. Think: “We want to see the bride’s cousin Jessica out on the floor for this next song (title). Come on, Jessica, dancing time!” Just be sure to provide this information to your DJ (and maybe your cousin!) in advance.
Play some guaranteed favorites, even silly ones
Whether you go with the cheesy YMCA or the trendy song of the moment (think Gangnam Style in 2012) it’ll be sure to coax people onto the dance floor. While they might not be works of music genius, they’ll get your guests dancing and laughing together.
Organize a special slow dance
Coordinate with your DJ for a longest married/newest married dance. First, choose a song for the slow dance and ask your DJ to call the new bride and groom to the floor. The DJ can then ask for the longest-married couple by asking couples to raise their hands if they’re married, and put them down when the DJ says the number of years they’ve been married. So the DJ might ask couples to keep their hands up if married for 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, etc. until there is just one couple left with their hands up. The DJ then invites that couple to the dance floor. The longest-married and newest-married couples begin the dance, and after a minute or two, the DJ can invite all the couples to join in.
Remember your DJ can be a great way to help coax people to dance, but it’s also a good idea to let the DJ just keep the music rolling without too many interruptions once people get started dancing.
