the first dance songs….

6th May, 2012 - Posted by Lia - No Comments

 All eyes are on you! The first dances of the wedding reception; father/daughter and husband/wife are the most memorable of a girl’s life. It won’t really matter how well you dance, but I guarantee you will never hear those two songs after that day without the memories of your wedding flooding back into your mind. But what songs, you ask. How do you pick the ‘perfect’ songs for these two monumental moments?

Choose from the heart. What kind of music means the most to you? Is there a song you learned to dance to? Is there a song you remember from the grammar school father/daughter dances? What was first song you heard after your husband proposed? What was the first song you danced to? You get the picture…choose something meaningful and fun.

For the father/daughter dance, why not consider:

1. Theme from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” or Snow White’s “Someday My Prince Will Come”.
2. “Daddy’s Little Girl”-sung by the Mills Brothers
3. “I Loved Her First”-Heartland
4. “My Wish”-Rascal Flatt
5. “Stealing Cinderella”-Chuck Wicks
6. “He Didn’t Have to Be”-Brad Paisley
7. “Love Me Tender”-Elvis
8. “Daddy’s Hands”-Holly Dunn
9. “Wind Beneath My Wings”-Bette Midler
10. “Cleaning This Gun”-Rodney Atkins
11. “Isn’t She Lovely” or “You are the Sunshine of my Life”-Stevie Wonder
12. “Sarah Smile”-Hall and Oats
13. “There Goes My Life”-Kenny Chesney
14. “My Girl”-the Temptations

And now for that irreplaceable first dance as husband and wife…(drum roll, please)

1. “God Bless the Broken Road”-Rascal Flatt
2. “Can I Have This Dance”-Anne Murray
3. “Come Away with Me”-Norah Jones
4. “Everything”-Michael Bauble
5. “On This Day”-David Pomeranz
6. “Feels Like Home”-Chantal Kreviazuk
7. “I Got You Babe”-Sonny andCher
8. “I Walk the Line”-Johnny Cash
9. “Peaceful Easy Feeling”-Eagles
10. “Unforgettable”, “When I Fall in Love” or “Embraceable You”-Nat King Cole
11. “Chances Are”-Johnny Mathis
12. “Longer”-Dan Fogelberg
13. “I Honestly Love You”-Olivia Newton John
14. “Close to You”-Carpenters
15. “The Glory of Love”-Jimmy Durante

The lists could go on and on and on and…. Music is the language of love and love is what marriage is made of. So sway to the music, get lost in the moment and in the arms of the man you love and just dance.

Portrait/Photo by www.sharonkarst.com