random question: What song did you and your spouse dance to at your wedding reception

[Philothea]

What year were you married too...so we know if you chose something current or an "oldie."

We were married in 2002, and we chose Wondeful Tonight, by Eric Clapton. I think manly because my parents also chose that song when they married in 1982.

While we're at it, what song, if any did you walk down the aisle to? I walked down the aisle to Ave Maria, sung by a very good friend.

(I did not know this until we planned our wedding, but the Wedding March is not allowed for a traditional (Latin) nuptial mass)

[BMW]

We danced to Steven Curtis Chapman "I will be here". That song has deep meaning to me and I could NOT think of the words as we danced or I would have bawled, so we gazed lovingly at each other and told jokes!!

Bee

[clwcain]

The Nuptial Mass was a Novus Ordo in Latin. Most of my relations couldn't tell the difference. :001_huh:

I don't recall the music we used, but it was well played on the organ.

At the reception, and to your question, we danced to Helloween's If I Knew. Or was it Forever and One (Neverland). I'll have to ask my wife. I honestly don't remember...

[LizzyBee]

Our first dance was Everything I Do and our last dance was Unchained Melody. We walked down the aisle to the traditional wedding march. We got married in 1992.

[klmama]

No dancing - the church we were married in didn't allow any dancing in the gym. We had great music playing at the reception, though!

I walked down the aisle to the Pachelbel "Canon in D." We exited to "I Will Celebrate" by Rita Baloche.

[Momto4kids]

What year were you married too...so we know if you chose something current or an "oldie."

We were married in 2002, and we chose Wondeful Tonight, by Eric Clapton. I think manly because my parents also chose that song when they married in 1982.

While we're at it, what song, if any did you walk down the aisle to? I walked down the aisle to Ave Maria, sung by a very good friend.

(I did not know this until we planned our wedding, but the Wedding March is not allowed for a traditional (Latin) nuptial mass)

Never Thought That I Could Love, By Dan Hill. :001_wub: We got married in May 1998

[Philothea]

No dancing - the church we were married in didn't allow any dancing in the gym. We had great music playing at the reception, though! I walked down the aisle to the Pachelbel Canon in D.

I love Canon in D!

[NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too]

We were married in 1990.

A friend of mine sang "Wind Beneath My Wings" during the ceremony.

The rest of the music was classical (piano and trumpet)...picked out by my father-in-law (musician).

[HeatherH]

1991 -

and my sweet dh, a jazz comp & arranging major, wrote a song called "Heather" - it had a sweet ballad, with an uptempo section in the middle. If you knew me, it's perfect!

He was going to write for each kid, but, well, the kids came faster than the tunes did! :D

[Kathleen in VA]

No dancing - the church we were married in didn't allow any dancing in the gym. We had great music playing at the reception, though! I walked down the aisle to the Pachelbel Canon in D.

I was going to say almost the same exact thing. I marched down the aisle to "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," by J.S Bach. We had a string quartet at our reception and my personal choice for them to play was Pachelbel's "Canon in D." It was so elegant and lovely - a wonderful memory.

[chaik76]

None! We had a big dinner at a hotel in Vegas for our reception...no dancing!! (worked perfectly for us!)

[Mekanamom]

Fields of Gold- Sting

[Jen in NY]

We walked down the aisle to something played on herald trumpets (you know, the really long straight ones with flags?) by guys dressed in Medieval garb.

When I think about my wedding now my most frequent reflection is, "What were we thinking?" :tongue_smilie: I guess there's no talking to a lovestruck 23yo trumpet playing girl who "Just wants the herald trumpeters!!"

~Jen in NY

[Pencil Pusher]

1999

danced to Annie's Song by John Denver

don't know what I walked down the aisle to; dh chose all the music

but our recessional was to a jazzy, acapella version of Amazing Grace. Dh's aunt sang the trad vers earlier in the ceremony

[Joanne]

None at the church reception. But, upon being pronounced husband and wife, DH put on his cowboy hat to match his tux. We then two stepped our way out of the sancutary! It was a complete surprise to everyone, including our Pastor.

We danced to Josh Turner's "Would You Go With Me?".

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[momtolgd]

We got married in March 2000. I walked down the aisle to the traditional Wedding March. Our first dance at the reception was to Bryan Adams' "(Everything I do) I do it for you."

[Philothea]

1999

danced to Annie's Song by John Denver


OH BOY, please please don't tell DH, but we did not dance to Wonderful Tonight, we danced to Annie's Song...I think Wonderful Tonight was a different dance.

Hehe I can't believe I forgot, lol.

[jonesloonybin]

We danced to Van Morrison's "Have I told you lately that I love you." (2000)

I walked down the isle to the traditional wedding march. I would have to look up the other music. I just know it was all wonderful...but to get back at my MIL we did play Jimmy buffett's "Let's get drunk and....S*rew". We did it at the very end when only the hard core party people were left. :lol::lol:

[Liz Mc in SC]

(1992)
Firehouse - Love of a Life Time .......my mother begged me not to have it played during the ceremony, so it was our first dance song. Guess it was the electric guitar LOL

[genie]

Another one who danced to "Wonderful Tonight"! It was performed by a string quartet. I got married in '94.

I don't know what I marched down the aisle to, but it wasn't the wedding march. I found out at rehearsal that it was considered secular, and therefore could not be played in the church. :glare:

[OnTheBrink]

1996; walked down the aisle to Trumpet Voluntary, up the aisle to the traditional wedding recessional. Someone sang "I Will Be Here" by SCC.

We were married in a Baptist church; no dancing allowed. We almost caused a scandal by having *gasp* sparkling apple juice for the toast.

[nestof3]

We were married in 1998. We danced to Great is Thy Faithfulness. We took lessons to learn how to waltz for it.

I danced to some George Winston music with my Dad and with Aaron (who was 8).

That was all of the dancing -- I didn't have regular dancing at our reception.

[CLHCO]

Danced to "The Stars Are Ours" by the Nylons.

:001_wub: 1991

My brother and some friends played Trumpet Voluntary, and a friend sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water" in the ceremony.

[Jenny in Florida]

So, we had a dance-free reception.

We did our wedding on a pretty strict budget, so we used recorded music for the reception. My husband combed through our CD collection and recorded several hours' worth of love songs from film and stage soundtracks.

I walked down the aisle to our tiny church choir (of which I was a founding member) singing the song "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride.

The choir also sang "The Rainbow Connection" (from The Muppet Movie) at another point in the ceremony.

Edit: Ooops, forgot to mention we were married in 1994.

[Rich with Kids]

At my first wedding in 1994 we danced to "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis. Unfortunately, he ruined all Elvis and most country music for me.

Sexy new DH and I didn't stick around to dance. We were married in 2004 by my parents' pool and then we burned rubber to the hotel for business time. Grrrowr!!! :auto:

[Mama Lynx]

Although we are a loving family, we are not a very demonstrative family. I have to admit, dancing with my father would have unglued me. On top of that, DH can't dance ;-) We had no dancing.

We had lovely live flute music at the reception, and a trio at the wedding - I have no idea what I walked down the aisle to. Some trumpet voluntary. I specifically requested *no* Wedding March.

[JFS in IL]

1988 and we used Presly's Falling in Love (or whatever it is called).

[cin]

Married in a Baptist Church, with our reception in the Gym. No dancing. Went down the aisle to the traditional wedding march, and left to the traditional recessional, whatever it is. I was in my last year of college nad student teaching. I didn't really care, I just wanted to get married.

[3lilreds in NC]

1995 - we danced to "Go There With You" by Steven Curtis Chapman. It was going to be a Corey Hart song, I can't think of the name, but it was TOO LONG. :D

[Janet in Toronto]

Married in 1983 and danced to "(Love Lift Us Up) Where We Belong", sung by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker in the film "An Officer and a Gentleman". It came out in 1982, so I guess we sang a current song (at the time)!

DH still requests it when we're anywhere with a DJ!

I have no idea what we walked down the aisle to.

[Shannon831]

Danced to "It's Your Love," by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

[dirty ethel rackham]

I cringe now at what we danced to ... 'More than Words" by Extreme. I didn't know they were a metal-ish band at the time. We had planned on dancing to 'You Send Me' by Sam Cooke (a fantastic oldie) but the dj forgot it. Dh suggested "What a Wonderful World" and I overrode his suggestion and have been kicking myself ever since. We did dance to that when the entire wedding party joined us on the floor.

When I danced with my dad, we started off with the gag-me "Daddy's little girl", but then the DJ morphed it into "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller (not the disco version, but the old big band version.) My dad loved to dance and he taught me the Swing when I was little. Whenever they had dinner parties and my mom pooped out on him, he get me to dance with him, even in my jammies. Ah, the memories. That's what I miss most about my dad - dancing with him.

Dh is not much of a dancer. Even though we took lessons when we were engaged, I have to get him "good and liquored up" to get him to dance with me. That certainly doesn't happen anymore.

[kokotg]

1999...Ernest Tubb's Waltz Across Texas. We had a local alt-country band playing--The Star Room Boys http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Women-Break-Others-Hearts/dp/B000R013RC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1221158474&sr=8-1

[Carrie1234]

Oh, man. I can't remember if we danced to "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" or "Amazed." It was a month after our wedding.

Dh and I did not want "a wedding." He did want the church, so I agreed to that. We did not want a reception, so his parents forced one upon us at a later date. And then they complained that it cost more than we had received in gifts. <sigh>

Oh, we were married in 2000.

[Virginia Dawn]

No dancing at the reception here either. I walked down the aisle to "The Wedding Song" by Paul Stukey.

[krazzymommy]

We danced to my uncle singing Elvis' "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You/Fools Rush In". (We were young) My dh is 6'2" and I am 5'2" and we don't dance. It was probably the most awkward moment of my life.

I walked down the aisle to the boring ol' "Here Comes the Bride" (I thought I chose a pretty version!) The mom's walked down to Canon in D and the bridesmaids walked down to Shania Twain & Brian White's "From This Moment On". We had Steven Curtis Chapman's "I Will Be Here" when we did the unity candle during the ceremony.

The best music in our wedding was when we were pronounced man and wife and walked back down the aisle - we had "Brown Eyed Girl" but by Pennywise. It starts off like the original, but then quickly turns pretty hard core. It was hilarious to see everyone's faces. The DJ quickly looked at us, afraid that it was the wrong song. :D

[Cricket]

We didn't have a dance either. I walked down the aisle to "Arise My Love" by Michael Card. Dh sang it just before I walked down and then the pianist played it through again while I came down the aisle. Dh did a great job even when the pianist messed up the song. The pianist thought the song was too long and decided to edit the song in the middle of the wedding. Oh, but he studied at Juilliard, which he pointed out to us many times. :rolleyes: Horrible arrogant man. But the church required we use him or pay him anyway. I guess I still have issues with that. :lol:

[Philothea]

We danced to my uncle singing Elvis' "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You/Fools Rush In". (We were young) My dh is 6'2" and I am 5'2" and we don't dance. It was probably the most awkward moment of my life.

I can relate-- DH is 6'5" and I am 5'2"!

[AndyJoy]

We didn't dance at our wedding when we were married in 2003 because of the church's denomination, but "our song" is "I Love You, Always Forever" by Donna Lewis.

[Kalah]

"Can't Keep it In" by Cat Stevens in 1994. It's an awesome song and I still love it.

[TN Mama]

We danced to Steven Curtis Chapman "I will be here". That song has deep meaning to me and I could NOT think of the words as we danced or I would have bawled, so we gazed lovingly at each other and told jokes!!

Bee

My sister sang this song at our wedding. :) LOVE it!

[Miss Peregrine]

"I Love the Way You Love Me" by John Michael Montgomery.
We were married in 1993.

[TN Mama]

2000
We danced to Keith Urban's "Your Everything" and I walked down the aisle to Purcell's Trumpet Tune. You didn't ask, but my husband and I walked out together to Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary.

[Heather in NC]

When a man loves a woman by Percy Sledge

[Michelle T]

Michelle T

[Parrothead]

We didn't dance. We didn't really stay long at the reception either.

[transientChris]

We got married in 1985. We had no dancing since I was putting on the very small reception in my apartment which was very small. Some of you got married by the time I had started homeschooling (1993).

[Paula in PA]

We were married in 1991. I came down to the traditional wedding march and the first song we danced to was (Everything I do) I do it for you by Bryan Adams. There were several after that (we loved to dance) which were all love songs of some kind. But the first is the one I really remember the best. :001_smile:

[whitestavern]

We were married in '97. Walked down to the wedding march. Processional was Pachebel Canon in D. My sister sang Grow Old Along With Me (Lennon song based on a Browning poem) during the mass. First song w/hubby was I Could Write A Book (oldie but goodie) which he also sang to me in front of everyone later on in the reception. He's a keeper that one :)

[Dawn]

Married in 1995.

Danced to I Will Be Here by SCC.

Walked down the aisle to Canon in D.

[Nancy in SoCal]

1996 - "Jill" by Harry Connick, Jr.

[LizzyBee]

I can relate-- DH is 6'5" and I am 5'2"!

Me too. Dh is 6'4" and I am 5'0".

When we were engaged, we were walking through a mall and I caught a glimpse of us in a mirror. I gasped and said, "We can't get married. We look ridiculous together." Obviously we got married anyway. :001_smile:

[LizzyBee]

When a man loves a woman by Percy Sledge

That is one of my favorite songs! But I couldn't have it at my wedding, because, uh, I associate it with the ex boyfriend who introduced me to Percy Sledge. :001_unsure:

[anissarobert]

We walked down the aisle to an original composition by my husband's friend, and our first dance was to "Walking in a Winter Wonderland." (We were married in Dec.)

[abbeyej]

No dancing. The music at the wedding itself was all traditional stuff, but I don't even remember what we ended up with, lol.

[CactusPair]

Married in 1991. I haven't a clue about the music during the wedding ceremony. A woman with a beautiful voice sang--we hired her through the church. Traditional wedding songs, I'm sure.

At the reception, which was at the Knights of Columbus & very boozy & raucous, we had a live band. I can't remember any special song we danced to.

Margaritaville was played many times, though, as were traditional Italian wedding dance numbers (the chicken dance, hokey-pokey, different polka-type music, etc:D).

When I hear Margaritaville on the radio, it always reminds me of the wedding and we consider that "our" song:001_smile:.

[orangeblossom]

No dancing here, but we did have a couple sing "Always" by Atlantic Starr. I suppose that was our wedding song. That was in 1987.

[Kay in Cal]

and were married in 1993. So, it was not a NEW song at the time, but current to our youth (copyright 1984).

[Sahamamama]

Have You Ever Been in Love? by Celine Dion. It was beautiful. We "dance" to that song every year on our anniversary... of course, it's less like a dance and more like an embrace, with a bit of a sway. :001_smile:

[azmom]

We danced at our reception to "Have I Told You Lately". The Rod Stewart version was pretty popular at the time. It was sung by a live band. We were married in 1994.

[magistramom]

No slow dances here...A tradition with my five best friends is to sing Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. Guys on one side, girls on the other, singing back and forth. Done it for seven weddings so far (yes there's been a couple divorces in our group). It's one of my best life memories.

[Lisa in Jax]

We danced to "Love Can Build a Bridge" by the Judds.

"Our song" (which was sung by a friend of ours at the wedding itself) is Luther Vandross' "Here and Now." (I walked down the aisle to "Here Comes the Bride.")

We did the "Electric Slide" and sang along (badly) to Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Friends in Low Places." My hair was MUCH too poofy. ;-)

Lisa
who loves dh today more than ever.

[melmac]

Dance? I thought wedding receptions were all about *eating*, at least that's the impression I was left with at mine in 1991. :001_unsure: :tongue_smilie:

[cathmom]

We were married in 2002, and we chose Wondeful Tonight, by Eric Clapton. I think manly because my parents also chose that song when they married in 1982.



Your parents got married in 1982?!?!?!?!??!

Suddenly I feel very old...

[cathmom]

1994 - first dance was to "Unforgettable"

[Pretty in Pink]

as guests were seated we had "jesu joy of man's desiring." i walked to "canon in D" by pachelbel. our first dance was "wonderful tonight" by eric clapton. we were married in 2002.

[dcjlkplus3]

We danced to either "If You Could See" by Geoff Moore or "I Will be Here" by SCC and they sang "Together as One" by Stryper (without the long musical interlude in the middle) during the ceremony when we did our unity candle. How pathetic is it that I don't remember, DH probably will. We were married in 1997 (our 11th anniversary is Sat.):D

[LibraryLover]

Our first dance at the reception was Our House by Crosby, Stills & Nash, sung by my bil (we had a live band). It was an oldie even back then.