Dollar dances

BrittBritt22 · September 2010

I didn't have one at my wedding nor have I ever been to a wedding that had them, so maybe I am crazy here but there is a girl on F&B complaining that her DJ didn't play the 15 songs she requested for the dollar dance.

That sounds like a hella lot of songs to me? Is that an insane amount or is that normal?

sw_wedding · September 2010

I didn't do one because we forgot to buy the pins. I've always seen it with one song and both bride and groom dance with the guest and have dollars pined on them.

ccbean034 · September 2010

i didn't do one either and i've never seen one done (although, you just reminded me that the wedding i was in last weekend was supposed to have one and they didn't... hmm). but anyway, i think 15 songs seems quite ridiculous.

whitneykaye87 · September 2010

15 songs is a ton. That's got to last freaking forever. Like, that's probably damn near an hour of dollar dance. Good grief.

I've seen it done a couple times, although I'm truly not a fan because there's no way to do it that isn't completely boring. I've always seen the BM/MOH collect the money before you take a 30 second turn dancing with them, never pinned on their clothes.

zora51 · September 2010

Wow!! Yeah, 15 songs IS about an hour (or more), which I would be dreadfully bored as a guest watching that for the longest time!

Oh, and the only time I have seen the dollar dance at a wedding was in Hungary, at a wedding of a friend of my family in Hungary. It's a very traditional thing there and most weddings have it. But it's actually seen more as "Yes, it's MY chance to hang out with the bride for a couple minutes!", and not the greedy aspects of it! But in the US, don't believe I've seen it.

mainemommy · September 2010

I've seen it done several times. Usually it lasts as long as there are people still standing there willing to play. I dont think I've ever seen it last longer than 2 songs.

amberpro · September 2010

I've seen them last up to 5 songs... and let me tell you, I'm bored out of my mind by the end of the 1st one. That's one of the (many) reasons we didn't do one.