Dance Floor Tip #1. Get on the dance floor. The bride and groom on the dance floor is the single best way to energize the dance floor. You are the center of the party, and everything revolves around you. That doesn’t mean that you need to be dancing all night, but the more you dance, the more energized the floor will be. The same goes for your wedding party as well. If the bride, groom, and wedding party all shy away from the dance floor, you can count on the dancing never gaining a critical mass. Regarding your bridal party, if you are choosing fun people, who are genuinely excited for your big day, getting them to dance should not be a problem.
Dance Floor Tip #2. Cut the cake before the dancing begins. It’s okay to stop the dancing once for the bouquet/garter toss, but don’t kill the mood yet again for the cake cutting. A major trend in wedding planning now is to cut the cake before the dancing begins. This is a fantastic idea because trying to start and stop the dancing too many times will kill the party. Serve the cake, then after some digestion has occurred (perhaps the first dances will be a good time for guests to digest dinner/cake) then let the dancing begin.
Dance Floor Tip #3. Don’t necessarily shy away from “cliche” dance songs such as the Cha Cha Slide, The Wobble, or the YMCA. Many of the brides and grooms we talk to hate these songs. And if I’m honest, I would never listen to these songs in my car or at home. But, nobody can deny that they are fun to dance to and guests love them.This is not a request to play songs you hate at your wedding. But, if playing one or two “played out” wedding songs won’t kill you, consider playing The Casper Slide, Wobble, or even the YMCA. These will fill your dance floor, and they are great for guests who don’t know how to dance, as the song’s themselves instruct the participants in how to dance. We at Kaleidoscope never play these songs without the bride and groom requesting them, but it’s not a bad idea to include one or two at your wedding.