This
is your Wedding Dance rather than your Wedding Song. Try
to avoid choosing very slow music
Many couples believe that the slower the music, the
easier it will be for them to learn to dance to but this
is not the case. Very slow music can fall below the
optimum dance speed and make it difficult to control
movement in "slow motion". The dance will then
look and feel very laboured and can become tedious for
the watching guests. It will also mean that the couple will
take much longer to progress around the floor before
inviting their guests to share their wedding dance.
Popular tracks that are really too slow to dance to
include:
Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
Charles Aznavour - She
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Shania Twain - From This Moment On
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Choosing the dance style
A couple's choice of music and therefore the dance to go
with it is no longer limited to a traditional Waltz. In
fact, the majority of music choices favour an easy,
comfortable and straightforward Social Foxtrot. However, if
you are considering something a little more exotic, such
as Salsa, Samba, or Tango, though this will undoubtedly
reflect your personality, it is worth considering
whether the wedding guests will be able to dance to it
when invited to share your wedding dance. If the guests
are unable to dance to your choice of music, you may
have to dance the entire track yourselves and that
may mean a considerable commitment to produce a dance
lasting between 3-5 minutes compared to a
more standard wedding dance, where the guests join the
wedding couple after only about 1 minute 20-30 seconds.
For a more exotic choice, Merengue, a Latin
American dance closely associated with Salsa, is
recommended. This has a great party feel with a
straightforward rhythm that guests can join in and
bop to, even if they don't actually know how to Merengue.
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Practice not only makes perfect it makes possible
Just 10 minutes of practice a day will make a
considerable difference to the quality of your wedding
dance experience. As a really useful aid to help you
practice correctly, The Dance Matrix has produced an
Emergency
Dance Lessons DVD featuring the basic moves in a
selection of the most popular wedding dances. If you
have not yet chosen your dance style, the DVD also
offers the opportunity to see what is likely to be
involved before you make your final choice.
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| I
Don't Want to Miss a Thing |
Aerosmith |
| Let's
Stay Together |
Al
Green |
| When
You Say Nothing At All |
Alison
Krauss |
| Can't
Take My Eyes Off You (Bridget Jones Diary) |
Andy
Williams |
| My
First, My Last, My Everything |
Barry
White |
| Can't
Get Enough Of Your Love Babe |
Barry
White |
| More
Than a Woman |
Bee
Gees |
| To
The End |
Blur |
| Beyond
the Sea |
Bobby
Darin |
| All
About Loving You |
Bon
Jovi |
| The
Look Of Love |
Burt
Bacharach |
| What
the World Needs Now |
Burt
Bacharach |
| Because
You Love Me |
Celine
Dion |
| Green
Eyes |
Coldplay |
| Be
Mine |
David
Gray |
| Thank
You |
Dido |
| Heaven |
DJ
Sami |
| This
Girls In Love |
Dusty
Springfield |
| Swonderful |
Ella
Fitzgerald |
| Are
You Ready for Love |
Elton
John |
| Your
Song - Moulin Rouge |
Elton
John |
| Just
Can't Help Believing |
Elvis
Presley |
| Something
Stupid |
Frank
& Nancy Sinatra |
| Strangers
in the Night |
Frank
Sinatra |
| Come
Fly With Me |
Frank
Sinatra |
| Fly
Me To the Moon |
Frank
Sinatra |
| It
Had To Be You |
Harry
Connick Jr |
| Love
Is In The Air |
John
Paul Young |
| Stomp |
Johnson
Brothers |
| Dance
Me to the End of Love |
Leonard
Cohen |
| Dance
With Me |
Lemar |
| All
the Time in the World |
Louis
Armstrong |
| Dance
Me to the End of Love |
Madeleine
Peyroux |
| Crazy
for you |
Madonna |
| Show
me Heaven |
Maria
McKee |
| Lady
in My Life |
Michael
Jackson |
| Rome
Wasn't Built In a Day |
Morcheeba |
| Let
There Be Love |
Nat
King Cole |
| Unforgettable |
Nat
King Cole |
| L.O.V.E. |
Nat
King Cole |
| More |
Nat
King Cole |
| Come
Away With Me |
Nora
Jones |
| You
Do Something to Me |
Paul
Weller |
| Fever |
Peggy
Lee |
| Satisfy
You |
Puff
Daddy and R. Kelly |
| She
Makes My Day |
Robert
Palmer |
| Forever
and Always |
Shania
Twain |
| It
Feels So Good |
Sonique |
| You
Are the Sunshine of My Life |
Stevie
Wonder |
| My
Cherie Amour |
Stevie
Wonder |
| Moondance |
Van
Morrison |
| Find
My Way Home |
Vangelis |
| Indigo
Girl |
Watershed |
