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Brides and grooms: your wedding slow dance
choices project volumes about your
relationship. Victims of a lack of preparation
not only bore their guests with the unskillful
bob-and-sway, but send a message that as a
couple, they’re not in synch. Choose to
make the moment memorable with underarm turns,
dips and leans expertly completed in time to
the music. You’ll get true enjoyment out
of each slow dance and your guests will view
your skill as an expression of romance.
When choosing deliberate and sensual slow
dances for a wedding, consider a few key
factors:
- Location – Slow dance is considered
a spot dance. Participants stay in one
location on the floor, so a large area is not
necessary. However, it’s helpful to
imagine the number of people who may be
dancing at one time when determining if the
space is large enough.
- Music – Choose to slow dance
throughout an entire reception and your
guests will be falling asleep even with the
after-cake coffee. Mix up the playlist with
some up-tempo Swing or Salsa music and
include some party line dances. That way,
your single guests who don’t wish to
ask a stranger to dance will still enjoy the
night.
- Guest dance instruction – This can
be done either at your reception or
beforehand. Shawn
Trautman’s dance lesson DVDs make
for a great wedding party gift and ensure
that your guests will be prepared to dance
when the big night comes.
- Wedding party dances – Take time to
consider the lyrics in any song you choose
for a bride/groom, father/daughter or
mother/son dance. This is a moment that
you’ll always remember and honoring
your slow dance partner should be foremost in
your mind.
To browse through a large database of
Wedding Slow Dances and other great dance music
and song lists, check out Shawn
Trautman’s dance music
page.
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