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[Missouri Ivy]

One of my APhi sisters is getting married next month and was just asking opinions about the dollar dance today. While I don't really like the tradition, the older generations around here pretty much expect it to happen. One friend had a suggestion of donating the money from the dollar dance to a charity.

Also, in my neck of the woods, the groom dances too. My poor husband danced with all of my great aunts. It was kind of sweet though.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Missouri Ivy

Also, in my neck of the woods, the groom dances too. My poor husband danced with all of my great aunts. It was kind of sweet though.

Oh yes, this is what I've always seen. And then there's the one guy who thinks he's hilarious by paying to dance with the groom...

[ElieM]

Originally Posted by Missouri Ivy

My poor husband danced with all of my great aunts. It was kind of sweet though.

And here I was a chump for dancing with all my elderly relatives, for free, because they were my guests.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by agzg

This is a tangent but Live-in and I are attending his best friend's wedding in two weeks and they put on the invite "write on the response card your guilty pleasure song" (mine was "Call me Maybe"), and that's now their playlist for the event! I thought it was fun. Now, getting a DJ to play all those songs has proven pretty tricky - they're on their second, because the first refused, saying "I don't let people do my job for me, you might as well set up an iTunes playlist" - which was weird because typically the DJ is the MC of the event.

We went to a wedding recently where they opted for an iTunes playlist instead of a DJ because (a) it was a lot cheaper, and (b) DJs have a habit of making it about themselves instead of the music. They asked a family member to introduce the wedding party and make the few other announcements that were needed. Otherwise it was just an iPod. No one missed the DJ.

As for the topic of the thread—tacky beyond words.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

We went to a wedding recently where they opted for an iTunes playlist instead of a DJ because (a) it was a lot cheaper, and (b) DJs have a habit of making it about themselves instead of the music. They asked a family member to introduce the wedding party and make the few other announcements that were needed. Otherwise it was just an iPod. No one missed the DJ.

As for the topic of the thread—tacky beyond words.

I really hope that they didn't have one with all those stupid props, but I think that's not really the bride and groom's thing.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by agzg

I really hope that they didn't have one with all those stupid props, but I think that's not really the bride and groom's thing.

Props?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Props?

Glow lights, feather boas, leis, straw hats, etc.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by agzg

Glow lights, feather boas, leis, straw hats, etc.

I have never heard of a photobooth at a wedding reception.