Wedding Entrance Dance & Divorce Entrance Dance

[desmom]

GMA showed this video this morning.

A great way to start off the wedding celebration! It definitely brought a smile to my face.

Congrats JK!

JK Wedding Entrance Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

[Scampi]

Hiya Des, wasn't that just the best?? I have been emailing it to my entire family and insisting we do something like this with the next wedding..........:tongueside:

I can only imagine how much fun the reception was, after a wedding like that!

Jill and Kevin were on The Today Show this morning and the rest of the party will be on tomorrow to perform the dance. :thumbsup:

[coffee1950j]

I just watched it also. What a fun group! Bet the reception was a blast!

[summit]

I loved the wedding entrance saw it on the telly this morning and it made my day.

[kitty1182]

I love it!!!!!:thumbup:

[sunbunny]

OMG! it made me so happy that i'm actually sitting at my desk with tears in my eyes and a huge smile on my face!! :wub: what a great way to start the day!!!

[Debb]

I just love it!! I'm not sure how many churches would allow it though. I bet it becomes the new trend in weddings. Yeah!!!

[juliekan]

I just love it!! I'm not sure how many churches would allow it though. I bet it becomes the new trend in weddings. Yeah!!!

I showed it to my daughter, she thought it was a great idea.

What a joyful way to start a wedding! :biggrinjester:

[DesertStars]

I guess I'll be the one with the unpopular opinion here. I saw the clip of the ceremony and I wasn't too thrilled about it. I think the ceremony should be a serious event that shows the couple take their vows seriously, especially if done in a church. IMO, the couple looked like they were goofing off and partying or doing a comedy skit rather than dedicating their lives to each other. The reception and honeymoon, IMO is the place to let it all hang out and party, not the church. JMO, no offense to the happy couple. It is, after all, their choice.

[BorderCollieMom]

That was great !!! Me and little girl just watched a few more on Youtube. There's 1 where the groomsmen do the Thriller dance. It was good too.

[bchand]

I watched it on The Today Show this morning.

They're going to have the entire wedding party on tomorrow to do it live.

[ExArkie]

I guess I'll be the one with the unpopular opinion here. I saw the clip of the ceremony and I wasn't too thrilled about it. I think the ceremony should be a serious event that shows the couple take their vows seriously, especially if done in a church. IMO, the couple looked like they were goofing off and partying or doing a comedy skit rather than dedicating their lives to each other. The reception and honeymoon, IMO is the place to let it all hang out and party, not the church. JMO, no offense to the happy couple. It is, after all, their choice.

I agree with you; but, I'm old - 73 today!!!:scared: Our wedding cost about $10 and lasted 47 years!!!:biggrin:

[bchand]

I agree with you; but, I'm old - 73 today!!!:scared: Our wedding cost about $10 and lasted 47 years!!!:biggrin:

Well Happy Birthday ExArkie !!!

[DesertStars]

I agree with you; but, I'm old - 73 today!!!:scared: Our wedding cost about $10 and lasted 47 years!!!:biggrin:

Happy Birthday ExArkie! And congratulations on your 47 years of marriage.:thumbsup:

[Postergeist]

I guess I'll be the one with the unpopular opinion here. I saw the clip of the ceremony and I wasn't too thrilled about it. I think the ceremony should be a serious event that shows the couple take their vows seriously, especially if done in a church. IMO, the couple looked like they were goofing off and partying or doing a comedy skit rather than dedicating their lives to each other. The reception and honeymoon, IMO is the place to let it all hang out and party, not the church. JMO, no offense to the happy couple. It is, after all, their choice.

oh my word! I'll join you DesertStars in the little tiny group that- wow!

I'm just not real familiar with folks dancing before the wedding! Inside a place of worship! *thud*

(and I'm a bit skeered- as tomo I will be attending a wedding- the reception is actually being held tonite, and personally- I do not want to see the bride bouncing down a church aisle with her 40 longs- but it could happen- she wore a tube top to her hubby's funeral a few years back)

At least there was no grinding and humping that I could tell from this wedding party- lol!

[SavannahStar]

OMG I am laughing and crying at the same time!!!!!!! That was WONDERFUL!! God bless them, may they have a long and happy and joyful marriage!

I looked very closely around the church, especially the altar area and it looks very much like it could be a Lutheran church. I am Lutheran. Although that one is probably ELCA because there is a woman pastor. My church is LCMS, we don't ordain women. (Those are two "branches" or synods, of the Lutheran denomination.)

Oh wow wow wow....would LOVE to see a wedding like that in person. Maybe I can talk my son into it. :laugh:

:thumbsup:

[darcie]

I guess I'll be the one with the unpopular opinion here. I saw the clip of the ceremony and I wasn't too thrilled about it. I think the ceremony should be a serious event that shows the couple take their vows seriously, especially if done in a church. IMO, the couple looked like they were goofing off and partying or doing a comedy skit rather than dedicating their lives to each other. The reception and honeymoon, IMO is the place to let it all hang out and party, not the church. JMO, no offense to the happy couple. It is, after all, their choice.

I understand, and totally respect your opinion! So please, please don't take this the wrong way! But my God, would absolutely get a kick out of this!

So my :thumbsup: to this couple!

[angellaw]

I see the pros & cons..but dang it..I think it set the stage for a great reception...IMO:thumbsup:

[Carol25]

I thought it was grand. I think this is a marriage that will last. I can just see them paracticing and having a ball. Bet there were good friendships made during the event. :thumbsup:

[frances1]

OMG I am laughing and crying at the same time!!!!!!! That was WONDERFUL!! God bless them, may they have a long and happy and joyful marriage!

I looked very closely around the church, especially the altar area and it looks very much like it could be a Lutheran church. I am Lutheran. Although that one is probably ELCA because there is a woman pastor. My church is LCMS, we don't ordain women. (Those are two "branches" or synods, of the Lutheran denomination.)

Oh wow wow wow....would LOVE to see a wedding like that in person. Maybe I can talk my son into it. :laugh:

:thumbsup:

Savannah, yes, it was a Lutheran church in St. Paul, Minnesota. I googled and found an article. Believe it or not, the bride said they only practiced about 90 minutes on it. What a joyous celebration! It actually made me cry when the bride appeared and started to dance down the aisle. We have a family wedding coming in September, and my nephew (the one getting married) is a notorious danceoff king at other peoples' wedding receptions. I wish they would do this.

[Veritas]

OMG! it made me so happy that i'm actually sitting at my desk with tears in my eyes and a huge smile on my face!! :wub: what a great way to start the day!!!

Me, too. It really touched me for some reason. What a glorification of their love they share. :wub:

[kennedy06]

Oh I'll have to join the minority here, I wonder if they attended that church often and felt a deep respect for what it stands for, attending other weddings and funerals in it, or were they one of those that ask can we get married in your church on the.....type of couple. I guess if the minister of that church didn't care well...what more can I say! LOL

[mood*ring]

I thought it was joyful and loving and shows how much the wedding party cares for this couple as well that they would "embarass" (not the word i'm looking for but hopefully you know what I mean) themselves in that way.

I enjoyed it and find it more appealing than couples who have animals as attendants.

At first I thought it would have been more appropriate to do it after the ceremony as they were leaving, but thinking back on my own wedding, had we done something like that, I maybe would not have been so nervous during the ceremony that I had a panic attack and almost passed out :ohmy:.

[CindR]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072403199.html?hpid=topnews

Great article on the subject - I thought the dancing was perfect! :thumbsup:

[SavannahStar]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072403199.html?hpid=topnews

Great article on the subject - I thought the dancing was perfect! :thumbsup:


What a terrific article! Says it all!

[SavannahStar]

Hi Savannah!

Do you think you could also get your son to marry my daughter?
:wub:

I dunno, is she a nice Lutheran girl? :lol:

[SavannahStar]

Savannah, yes, it was a Lutheran church in St. Paul, Minnesota. I googled and found an article. Believe it or not, the bride said they only practiced about 90 minutes on it. What a joyous celebration! It actually made me cry when the bride appeared and started to dance down the aisle. We have a family wedding coming in September, and my nephew (the one getting married) is a notorious danceoff king at other peoples' wedding receptions. I wish they would do this.

Last night I told my son I had something for him to watch on youtube and he was like, he had no time, yada yada, getting ready to go meet his girlfriend, yada yada.....I'm like, oh c'mon, PLEASE.....guarantee you'll get a laugh, just watch one minute of it!

So, he agreed. OMG he cracked up, said he wanted to watch the whole thing.....he LOVED it.

My pastor's on vacation right now but I can't wait to show him when he gets back.

I just knew it was a Lutheran church, one look at the altar told me that.

:smile:

[magnolia]

It exudes J O Y...:) Nothing wrong with that in a church!

[CindR]

It exudes J O Y...:) Nothing wrong with that in a church!

There is a time and place for everything. A wedding in a church - a time for JOY. A funeral in a church - a time for sadness. I think a church can take it all.

[n/t]

I loved it!! What a beautiful way to start the journey! I hope they dance for many years to come!

:thumbsup:

[bchand]

Seems this couple got a lesson in the cut throat ways of tv programming. They were thrown out of their hotel by ABC!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07252009/gossip/pagesix/newlyweds_bounced_by_abc_181268.htm

[R~O~S]

Oh I'll have to join the minority here, I wonder if they attended that church often and felt a deep respect for what it stands for, attending other weddings and funerals in it, or were they one of those that ask can we get married in your church on the.....type of couple. I guess if the minister of that church didn't care well...what more can I say! LOL


I can't help but think how sad it is that you don't realize the house of god is a place to celebrate, not just the coming together of this couple through his goodness and grace but of him, our love for him and joy for his love of us & the gifts he bestows upon us (like a lifetime of love between two people).

[BorderCollieMom]

Some of you may remember back in 1995ish, One Life to Lives, Bo & Noras wedding entrance dance with Little Richard on the piano.
Whats the name of that dance ? Is it The Stroll ? or ? I remember as a child seeing my parents & their friends do this dance.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDuRpsOOxYo



Bo: "Yeah, it's been some dance though, hasn't it? My life's never felt so full. I’ve never felt so alive. I hope the music keeps playing for us as long as it possibly can, because as long as I got you, that dance can just go on forever."

[kennedy06]

I can't help but think how sad it is that you don't realize the house of god is a place to celebrate, not just the coming together of this couple through his goodness and grace but of him, our love for him and joy for his love of us & the gifts he bestows upon us (like a lifetime of love between two people).

Ohhh, you don't have to feel sad for me!!!:smile: I have a good life, morals, love and family.Trust me I'm just as aware of the meaning of why we go to Church and all that goes along with it as you seem to be in accordance with your explanations of how things are to me.

Dancing to such a tune and down the aisle..no still doesn't get a 10 in my book but hey if it does in yours more power to you:smile:

Times they are a changing, I'm well aware of that in my everyday life..let me tell you! Yes I might fall off the pew if the next wedding I attend they are doing the Electric Slide down the aisle but I will laugh at myself when I come to! and have to realize I'm in the minority as usual LOL!

I still like the traditional weddings, I know they don't guarantee a long and happy life, but hey I like picnics with baskets and checkered red tablecloths and all that stuff to so...just me!

Thanks and I'm sure you are a very good person and I respect that.

Have a nice day.:smile:

[Patriot]

I agree with you; but, I'm old - 73 today!!!:scared: Our wedding cost about $10 and lasted 47 years!!!:biggrin:

Happy Belated Birthday! Wow, 47 years married? That's very impressive.

I would tend to agree with the two of you. I'm all for acting appropriately at the appropriate times. But I admit I did laugh when I saw the video on the news and thought it was very cute. But I agree - I would prefer to see them enter the reception that way.

[Patriot]

Ohhh, you don't have to feel sad for me!!! I have a good life, morals, love and family.Trust me I'm just as aware of the meaning of why we go to Church and all that goes along with it as you seem to be in accordance with your explanations of how things are to me.

Dancing to such a tune and down the aisle..no still doesn't get a 10 in my book but hey if it does in yours more power to you:smile:

Times they are a changing, I'm well aware of that in my everyday life..let me tell you! Yes I might fall off the pew if the next wedding I attend they are doing the Electric Slide down the aisle but I will laugh at myself when I come to! and have to realize I'm in the minority as usual LOL!

I still like the traditional weddings, I know they don't guarantee a long and happy life, but hey I like picnics with baskets and checkered red tablecloths and all that stuff to so...just me!

Thanks and I'm sure you are a very good person and I respect that.

Have a nice day.:smile:

What a nice response. :)

[Patriot]

Seems this couple got a lesson in the cut throat ways of tv programming. They were thrown out of their hotel by ABC!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07252009/gossip/pagesix/newlyweds_bounced_by_abc_181268.htm


Shame on ABC! That's terrible to leave them stranded like that. I'm glad NBC showed some class, unlike their rival.

[R~O~S]

What a nice response. :)

Yes it was.

God bless America where we're all free to celebrate him in our own way. :smile:

[Patriot]

(snip) I do not want to see the bride bouncing down a church aisle with her 40 longs- but it could happen- she wore a tube top to her hubby's funeral a few years back)



Please tell me you are kidding. :ohmy:

[ExArkie]

Happy Belated Birthday! Wow, 47 years married? That's very impressive.

I would tend to agree with the two of you. I'm all for acting appropriately at the appropriate times. But I admit I did laugh when I saw the video on the news and thought it was very cute. But I agree - I would prefer to see them enter the reception that way.

Thank you one and all!!! I'm alone now - last March 2nd would have been our 53rd!! Reception would have been much better, IMHO!! To each his/her own though!!:laugh:

[doctor_J]

I enjoyed the video as much as anyone and got a good laugh.

But when I realize it's REAL and in a REAL church......Not for me or mine. It's smacks of disrespect and borders on the sacrilegious. I have a problem with a church being quite that liberal. Boy am I gonna get smacked down. So be it.

Of course, to each his own and I certainly wish them well.

[Scampi]

There is a time and place for everything. A wedding in a church - a time for JOY. A funeral in a church - a time for sadness. I think a church can take it all.

Music at funerals, brings to mind this scene from The Big Chill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiw_3olyJ2c

and this one from Love, Actually:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tJbXSiuRdE

In my own life I have attended family funerals where Oh, Danny Boy and She's Gonna Fly by Collin Raye was played. Both songs brought everyone to tears. The one by Colin Raye was particuarly significant because my Aunt died from Alzheimers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVXk56PhFU

[Postergeist]

(snip)

Please tell me you are kidding. :ohmy:

nope Patriot- it's all true! I was at the visitation and she wore a tank top and track pants (just picture Rosie O'Donnell but older, sans bra) and those that attended the actual funeral got to see the tube top. (this was actually brought up last nite at the party)

today at the wedding- I counted 3 guys inside the church wearing ball caps (hubby noticed they took them off during the prayer) and several flip flops (mostly on the men).

I think I was one of two females in attendance that wore a dress (the other was very young, goth and all in black) but no dancing today- that was all done last night. :smile:

[Postergeist]

Scampi- it was about 3 years ago I told my hub one of the songs I'd have played at his funeral (this was after a funeral service we'd attended and were heading to the gravesite- now having been born and raised in the Midwest myself, and still getting used to how some of the Southern funerals I've attended have been - this song popped into my head)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM

CCR's Midnight Special

:biggrin:

[Scampi]

Scampi- it was about 3 years ago I told my hub one of the songs I'd have played at his funeral (this was after a funeral service we'd attended and were heading to the gravesite- now having been born and raised in the Midwest myself, and still getting used to how some of the Southern funerals I've attended have been - this song popped into my head)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM

CCR's Midnight Special

:biggrin:

LOL, Postie that would be some send off!!! My Hub
said that if he goes first, I can choose any song I want with the
exception of AC/DC's Highway to Hell. I agree, that would be most
unfortunate. :laugh:

[msgatorslayer]

:laugh: That was awesome!

[bearwds]

Just watched the vid for the first time.

What joy.

I didn't see one frown or harumph in the whole place.

I've been to everything from bikers weddings to starched high holy Catholic marriages and think this was wonderful.


bearwds

[Patriot]

nope Patriot- it's all true! I was at the visitation and she wore a tank top and track pants (just picture Rosie O'Donnell but older, sans bra) and those that attended the actual funeral got to see the tube top. (this was actually brought up last nite at the party)

today at the wedding- I counted 3 guys inside the church wearing ball caps (hubby noticed they took them off during the prayer) and several flip flops (mostly on the men).

I think I was one of two females in attendance that wore a dress (the other was very young, goth and all in black) but no dancing today- that was all done last night. :smile:


LOL @ the tube top and that it is still being discussed. Too funny.

Don't even start me on baseball hats. Today my husband and I ate out and there were many of them. Where on earth have basic courtesy and manners gone??

[Spyder88]

Just watched the vid for the first time.

What joy.

I didn't see one frown or harumph in the whole place.

I've been to everything from bikers weddings to starched high holy Catholic marriages and think this was wonderful.


bearwds

Ditto, bearwds!

As I recall, King David danced before the Lord, so I'm willing to bet that God was smiling when these young people danced in His presence during their wedding, too. :thumbsup:

[ExArkie]

What genius came up with the idea to have a Wedding Party dance down the aisle to a song by a guy who plead guilty a few weeks ago (Represented by our friend Mark Geragos, interestingly.) to beating the cr@p out of his girlfriend?:confused:

Now, that's funny!!!:w00t:

[Debb]

nope Patriot- it's all true! I was at the visitation and she wore a tank top and track pants (just picture Rosie O'Donnell but older, sans bra) and those that attended the actual funeral got to see the tube top. (this was actually brought up last nite at the party)

today at the wedding- I counted 3 guys inside the church wearing ball caps (hubby noticed they took them off during the prayer) and several flip flops (mostly on the men).

I think I was one of two females in attendance that wore a dress (the other was very young, goth and all in black) but no dancing today- that was all done last night. :smile:

I know what you mean! I think it must be the attitude that has developed over the last 5-6 years. Many people don't know how to dress for certain occassions IMO. I know some people who find it perfectly okay to wear jeans, t-shirts and flip flops to any function. It boggles the mind. And what can you really say..go home and change? I don't get it. LOL. I like to dress up for special occassions. Other people must like it too because I usually get lots of people come up and compliment me and tell me how great I look. Maybe the tube top wearers think they look good too. Naaaay....

I love the dancing by wedding party, but I am certain that my parents would not approve and neither would their church. My mom recently told me that her pastor had been shocked and horrified when he was presiding over a funeral recently and the deceased boy's family said a few words then played a CD of their loved one's favorite song. The song was Sweet Child of Mine by Guns & Roses!!!! This was in a VERY fundamentalist church. My mother said the pastor looked like he was going to faint. LOL.

[desmom]

Ditto, bearwds!

As I recall, King David danced before the Lord, so I'm willing to bet that God was smiling when these young people danced in His presence during their wedding, too. :thumbsup:

I agree Spyder. I think God was smiling too when he saw the joy being expressed.

I was raised in the Catholic Church. We never missed mass. I remember back in the late 60s - early 70s, some of the teens wanted to have a guitar mass. After a lot of negotiating, the Bishop finally agreed they could have the guitar mass in the school cafeteria IF they could find a priest willing to say the mass, take down the cafeteria tables, set up chairs and restore the cafeteria to business as usual after the mass. The mass would have to be held on Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m., the same time the traditional mass would be held in the church. The teens kept their end of the deal.

The first Sunday the guitar mass had seating for 100 and the chairs were full and the next Sunday was SRO. By the 3rd Sunday, people were standing in the school hallways. The numbers at the 8:30 traditional mass were dwindling. Eventually the guitar mass was moved to the church and had the largest attendance of any of the masses. The other 3 Sunday masses continued with the traditional organ and choir. jmo

[Adalena935]

I thought the wedding dance was cute. Wouldn't be my choice but to each his/her own.

[barskin&co.]

Some of you may remember back in 1995ish, One Life to Lives, Bo & Noras wedding entrance dance with Little Richard on the piano.
Whats the name of that dance ? Is it The Stroll ? or ? I remember as a child seeing my parents & their friends do this dance.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDuRpsOOxYo



Bo: "Yeah, it's been some dance though, hasn't it? My life's never felt so full. I’ve never felt so alive. I hope the music keeps playing for us as long as it possibly can, because as long as I got you, that dance can just go on forever."

Yes! I remember Bo and Nora's rock n' roll wedding! :thumbup:

[barskin&co.]

What genius came up with the idea to have a Wedding Party dance down the aisle to a song by a guy who plead guilty a few weeks ago (Represented by our friend Mark Geragos, interestingly.) to beating the cr@p out of his girlfriend?:confused:

I didn't know that he was the guy singing that song, and probably neither did that couple. I think they couple just thought the song sounded right for them.

It is ironice though.

[TealMermaid]

I LOVE IT!!! I can't believe they got the whole wedding party to go along with it! What a JOYFUL:wub: way to start their marriage!!!:wub:

[Krystal]

This put a smile on my face for the first time in days! What a fun way to start married life!:wub::thumbsup:

[ExArkie]

Actually, I prefer this one to the Wedding Entrance AND they are professional dancers - this one is not in a church.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbr2ao86ww0

[barskin&co.]

Actually, I prefer this one to the Wedding Entrance AND they are professional dancers - this one is not in a church.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbr2ao86ww0

Very funny parody! :lol:

(I will say that I have high hopes for the real couple. I am not expecting a divorce dance for them.)

[Kether]

I love this wedding entrance, you can't help but smile while watching it. One of my all time favorite videos is of the first wedding dance for a new couple. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqiw-Kqtlr0

[ForestFairy]

I wish I was in this wedding party! What FUN!:wub: