I’m going to start listening to songs. What did you choose?
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Our kids chose all the mother-son, father-daughter dance songs. Same with (it seems) our friends and their sons and daughters. Our kids did tell us ahead and sometimes gave us a choice of a couple or three they had selected. The times when there was a band/singer we asked our kids to ask the band to do a shortened version.
My D did a combined father/daughter mother/son dance (D and H started and then SIL and his M were announced and joined in)…they used What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) which was lovely – a traditional option.
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Loves Me Like a Rock, Paul Simon
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We had a band, and asked the lead of the band for a bunch of suggestions. He was very happy to give us a bunch …but also said they would learn anything we wanted. Ours was a father daughter dance to My Girl.
Band or DJ probably has suggestions too!a
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My son and I did All You Need Is Love. Live band, with horns. Very big hit and many joining us on the dance floor part way through, including the bride’s family.
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My nephew and SIL used Dancing Through Life - I’m not sure why that was meaningful for them but it was!
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I just saw a wedding where the mother son song was The Rainbow Connection by Kermit the frog - it was actually very sweet
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D1 is going to dance with H to Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra when she gets married next May. The song has special meaning since H would dance with D1 and D2 around the house all the time when they were little to this song.
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I love this! How fun.
I chose Louis Armstrong’s “What Wonderful World” because it’s short, and I knew I’d be a mess trying to get through anything longer, but I’ll never forget the beautiful things our son said to me as we danced.
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My future DIL asked me if I had chosen a song yet. So I guess it’s OK if I give son some ideas.
I love that song, but hiw do you dance to that? Slow, fast? It reminds me of the wedding in Love, Actually.
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Yes, it provided a lighter moment amid slower/sentimental dances. We goofed around and had a good time. Others joined us on the dance floor, which was great!
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@conmama one thing we did before DDs wedding…we took ballroom dance lessons (which we have continued for almost 6 years). All You Need is Love is a 4/4 timing. You could do rumba, foxtrot, west coast swing or a slow regular swing. Very versatile song.
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Ok, part of it was my son is 6’6". I am a foot shorter. We did a combination of dancing apart, getting closer, me making love signs. People were yelling out, very fun. I got very close at one point to my son and reached way up and grabbed his face. One of his friends later told me his younger brother got tearful when that happened. Son and I had a chance to say what we wanted to say to each other.
I wanted something upbeat and we were not going to be suited for a song that involved a slow, close dance. It worked out. And the band was a top wedding band but the song was not in their repertoire but they were willing to practice it and do it. People could hear them practicing in the afternoon before the wedding. And when I heard the horns at the beginning of the song, I knew it would be all good.
And it was.
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I am your child- by Barry Manilow
There was no dancing at my son’s wedding, but Forever Young is something I thought about.
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That’s definitely a contender! You can dance apart, together.
I love that song! Again, not sure how to dance to it though.