The New First Dance

Once upon a time, wedding couples would dance together for their first time as a married couple to a slow love song, swaying side to side with the glow of love radiating from their faces. Not any more! More and more couples are taking the opportunity to learn how to dance together, choosing to create a more memorable moment injecting this "mandatory" reception requirement with their own personalities, tastes, and fun. Since the YouTube video of the crazy wedding couple and their dance montage, wedding couples have a new perspective on their first dance. Now not all want to put on a show but they do want to have a fun dance that really reflects who they are individually and as a couple. Many couples are opting to combine a favorite slow song with a more up beat song and do more than sway to the music for 3 and a half minutes. Learning some basic patterns along with a few "star" moments, couples are creating with the assistance of their dance instructor/choreographer a fun dance that is what they like and enjoying the process as well. Other couples are more ambitious and select more complicated dances or several songs for their compilation to embrace their vision of their perfect first dance. This is a great new trend and the keys to it are simple - select songs that you enjoy, that reflect your personalities, find a good DJ to mix your songs into a compilation, find a fun dance instructor that you can connect with and finally give yourself time to learn and put it all together for a fun and enjoyable experience.