Photo Credit: Bill Ellis Photography – billellisphotography.com
What Are Spotlight Dances?
Spotlight dances at a wedding are dances like a couples first dance together as a married couple. A brides dance with her father and the groom with his mother. Simply put: A spotlight dance is when two people dancing are the sole focus in a particular moment. The metaphorical “spotlight” is on them.
Are Spotlight Dances Expected?
This is an easy answer: Yes. spotlight dances are an expectation at any traditional wedding. The keyword is “traditional”. What is a traditional wedding? It is the same wedding your mom and dad had back in the 80s. Things become tradition when they are repeated over and over again engraining that into our minds as the “traditional thing to do” or “the normal thing to do”.
“I Don’t Want to Do What Everyone Else Does”
Spotlight dances are moments that should be special to the two people involved. You shouldn’t look at the spotlight dances as cliche… Everyone wants their wedding to be different and you can easily make it different by using music that suits you versus the top 100 songs you can find all over the internet. If you don’t want to slow dance with your new husband or wife, don’t! You can do something that is coordinated, involves your entire wedding party, or you can have grandparents and parents join you on the floor to take the sole focus off of you. (If that’s what you’re truly worried about…) Just make sure it is special for you and your future spouse… If it isn’t special to you then it something you may regret later in life. You only get one chance to do this, so make it something you hold dearly even if it seems a little overwhelming at first!
Photo Credit: Val Bozzi Photography – valbozziphotography.com
Photo Credit: Val Bozzi Photography – valbozziphotography.com
“I Don’t Want to Do What Everyone Else Does”
Spotlight dances are moments that should be special to the two people involved. You shouldn’t look at the spotlight dances as cliche… Everyone wants their wedding to be different and you can easily make it different by using music that suits you versus the top 100 songs you can find all over the internet. If you don’t want to slow dance with your new husband or wife, don’t! You can do something that is coordinated, involves your entire wedding party, or you can have grandparents and parents join you on the floor to take the sole focus off of you. (If that’s what you’re truly worried about…) Just make sure it is special for you and your future spouse… If it isn’t special to you then it something you may regret later in life. You only get one chance to do this, so make it something you hold dearly even if it seems a little overwhelming at first!
Photo Credit: Suzanne Simmons Photography – suzannesimmonsphotography.com
This is YOUR Wedding
I feel that the word “expectation” is a little firm when talking about a wedding… We aren’t passing in assignments and trying to meet some expectation to get a good grade, are we? The truth to the matter is nobody will miss the spotlight dances if your wedding reception flows well and people are having a good time. Sometimes change is a good thing, right? Just remember that spotlight dances are amazing Kodak Moments! Spotlight dances are great for photographers to capture for you to have for the rest of your life… A little more info on that here.
A Maine DJ Perspective
Spotlight dances are special moments. This is true for a couple of reasons:
- First, you’re dancing with someone special to you.
- Second, your DJ/Entertainment will make them more special with their MC skills and use of transitions between music.