Wedding Day Recap: Our First Dance

Click here to hear our first dance song...

J and I only practiced our dance one time between our last lesson and the time we actually had to do it in front of everyone else.  We practiced the day before and I had taken lessons in my wedding shoes, but I had never danced in my dress.  I was actually kind of nervous before we started, but I knew that J was probably more nervous than me (he doesn’t like to be the center of attention) so I had to make sure I didn’t make him more nervous.

I really wish I had a video of our first dance all ready to show you, but I don’t yet.  It went really great and we had fun and we got lots of compliments.  All I’ve got for now are pictures…

We also did a father/daughter dance to “Stand By Me”… a song that has always reminded me of my dad… it’s one of his favorite songs.

J and his mom had their mother/son dance to a song that she chose, “A Song for My Son”.

And then, it was time for the wedding party’s next performance.  Once again, I didn’t ask any of them to do much before-hand… but I did drop the hint to the girls that we’d be doing the “Cupid Shuffle” to get the party started.  The night before at the bar, we taught some of the guys to do it, even though most of them were being losers and not participating… well, this time they did  :-D

And then everyone joined the party!!!

Next Up: Wedding Day Recap: Some Time Alone Together

Dance Lessons - Half Way Through

Happy Friday!!!

Well, we've been to three dance lessons now and I'm loving it!  Between our lessons and the fact that it's So You Think You Can Dance time, I'm in heaven and totally into dancing right now.

Here's the song we are dancing to... but only the first minute and a half...

So our dance instructor (Tony) has been awesome to work with!  We determined that we would do a rumba to this song, and it's been so fun.  He's told us a few times that the fact that we are both competitive (not so much with each other, but more in the sense that we want to be good at everything) has made it easier for him to add stuff in that other couples may not get to.  Now, don't get me wrong, we aren't on our way to Dancing With the Stars, but I definitely think we are going to have a nice dance that's more entertaining than watching two people sway in the middle of a huge floor.

SO, we have two lessons next week.  I don't think we'll probably add much to the dance at this point... we'll probably just work on perfecting it... Tony said that we were going to "work on our style" next week and he's going to tape us so we can see ourselves dance.

Side note... it's TONS of fun to get to dance with a professional here and there, too... not that I don't love dancing with J, and he's doing a REALLY great job, but it's being able to follow someone who REALLY knows how to lead is really cool!

I'll let you know how our last week goes!!!

Dance Lessons - Session 1

We were supposed to have our first dance lesson on May 16, but our instructor was unable to get back in time from a trip that he was on, so we had to reschedule for last night.  It has been a couple of weeks since we went to our consultation, and we were really excited to actually get the lessons started!

1st Dance Lessons

We went on Thursday for our first dance consultation at Dance on the Vine in Grapevine.  It came very highly recommended from a friend of mine at work, and I'm really excited to start our lessons!

They listened to our music and showed us two options for dances.  We decided on a rumba and I think it's going to be a lot of fun to learn!  They are slightly pushy when it comes time to decide how many sessions you want to pay for, but overall I am really excited to get our lessons started.

We are going back next week for our first lesson and we will get to start on our choreography.  Once we get our lessons started we will make our final determination on how long we want our dance to be.  J's initial cut of the music makes our dance about 2:45 and I still think that's going to be a long time for two reasons...

1. He doesn't like to be the center of attention
2. We are doing 5 lessons and I don't think we will be able to learn that long of a dance in such a short time

We will just wait to see how things go, though... we have plenty of time to make the final decision on the music.  More to come after our first real lesson!!!