Dance

Wedding celebrations are simple. People want to get up and dance! The wedding DJ needs to be a great MC who knows how to motivate guests and help them overcome inhibitions. Everyone has a great time when the dance floor gets packed. Interestingly, there have been no shortage of songs built around the words ‘get…

Singer, songwriter, and actor Kris Kristofferson died in Hawaii on September 28th. He left behind a rich legacy of well-crafted songs that were anything but cookie-cutter. This blog looks at his top love songs for weddings. Kristofferson was a high IQ Rhodes scholar who had a knack for telling great stories in country songs. Many…

On their 15th wedding anniversary, Eric and Jenny were reminiscing about their wedding day. And do you know what they remembered most? That the band played the wrong song for the first dance! Mistakes happen, but this one was a whopper! First dance songs are practically sacred, because they define a romance. They provide lifelong…

Will singers still be singing Taylor Swift songs fifty to a hundred years from now? Time will tell. Time HAS weighed in on a canon of American songs dubbed “The Great American Songbook.” These are songs that have withstood the test of time. The Great American Songbook Foundation defines these songs like this: The “Great…

Two music giants were just in the news. Country star Toby Keith passed away a couple of weeks ago after a cancer battle. And R & B star, Usher, performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Mr. Keith was a big deal in country music circles, selling over 40 million albums. Although he never had…

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeren are 2 of the biggest stars around. Nonetheless, a long dead rock legend headlines the list of top first dance songs of 2023. Yes, Elvis Presley’s 1961 hit love song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” knocked Ed Sheeren’s “Perfect” off the top of the list, according to the Real Weddings…

The quick answer to the headline is: you. YOU can change the order of traditional wedding dances if that is your wish. Is it a good idea? Maybe, maybe not. What are the traditional wedding dances most couples request? The couple’s first dance. The Parent’s dance. The anniversary dance. The money dance. Depending on the…

This is a wedding blog. Love songs play an important role in the overall scheme of wedding entertainment, especially when it comes to the first dance.  Interestingly, Billboard Magazine said fewer love songs are being written these days when compared to pop songs of the 20th century. This should concern all of us. As music…