Wedding: Anniversary Dance
The anniversary dance is a nice ice breaker to get some of your guests on the dance floor. It is a dance that honors the wedding anniversaries of the couples in attendance. During this dance, your DJ will use a process of elimination and determine who the longest married couple is. It starts with your DJ inviting all (married or non-married) couples to join the bride and groom on the dance floor for a slow dance. After about a minute, the DJ weeds out the younger couples by asking those who have not been together for ___ number of years and to please leave or step to the side of the dance floor. Within 10-15 second increments, the number of years are increased until we get to the last and longest together couple on the dance floor. We have seen couples that have been married to one another for over 62 years, so we make sure to collectively obtain as much information on those couples that may win this acknowledgement. These long lasting unions are an inspiration to us all. At times, the bouquet is awarded as a prize. The DJ may also approach the last couple and ask to see if they can give the newly married couple some words of advice on a long lasting marriage. The anniversary dance is a great reception idea as it involves many of your guests and makes for a great photo.
When choosing that perfect song, think about which married couple may be the longest married. What was their wedding song? The DJ will normally just invite married couples but have on many occasions, invited all couples. Eventually, those that are not married will be eliminated and we will be left with the married couples. When choosing a song, think of the longest married couple and wonder what there first dance song was? Choose a song that everyone will know as a bad song choice can deter a couple from joining in the fun. Here are a few suggestions
Remember When – Alan Jackson (4:31)
I Cross My Heart – George Strait (3:31)
Endless Love – Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross (4:26)
Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (3:54)
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For you – Peabo Bryson & Roberto Flack (3:31)
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston (4:32)
Have I Told you Lately – Van Morrison (4:20)
Groovy Kind of Love – Phil Collins (3:30)
Always – Midnight Star (3:48)
At Last – Etta James (3:00)
When a Man Loves a Woman – Percy Sledge (2:58
You Send Me – Sam Cooke (2:46)
Stand By Me – Ben E. King (3:00)