The Big Day: Dance Off!
September 15th, 2008 @ 4:59 pm by Mrs. Gingerbread
We finally made it! It’s time for the last of the Gingerbread wedding recap posts.
Mrs. GB 2.0 had planned to do an official first dance. Well, a few days before the wedding we both said, “You know what’s really stressing me out? The first dance!” So we decided to scrap it. Why do something we weren’t comfortable with? You know what, no one missed it (except for Miss Sweet Tea, but that’s just because she read my posts about planning to do a first dance in the first place).
Now just because we didn’t have a first dance, didn’t mean that we didn’t have dancing!
Check this out. As a special bonus, you’ll even get a peak at the elusive Mr. Sweet Tea in this photo montage.
Mrs. GB 2.0 danced with everyone!
Even with me! 
I guess this was our first dance after all, we just didn’t do it to a particular song and we didn’t have everyone stop and stare at us.
Oh wait, maybe this was our first dance!
We had some serious ballroom dancers in the house, which made us even happier that we decided to forgo the formal first dance.
The great thing about having kids at a wedding is that they pretty much guarantee that someone will indeed be dancing at all times.
Dancing makes people thirsty.
The last couple of photos in the set had me cracking up. My aunt and cousin ended the night by horsing around like they always do. It was such a fun night!
We were glad that we got to skip the part about being sad having to say goodbye to all of our guests, since we were having dim sum the next day!
All photos by Carlton Chan.
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15 Responses to “The Big Day: Dance Off!”
i love how Mrs. GB2.0 and others are dancing without their shoes!
Is Mrs GB 2.0 doing the sprinkler?! Priceless!!! =)
Ok, so which one is Mr. ST?? I am a bad guesser!
Ill say it again……I wish I was at your wedding! It was gorgeous and it looks like you had a blast! Yall are great dancers! Maybe you can come teach a dumpling how to dance cause Ive got two left feet.
Looks like you had a wonderful time. And thanks for showing the animoto video. I loved it and did a little test one of my own on our website, so thank you!
I’m thinking of forgoing the first dance too. Looks like everyone had a blast. I love the last two photos. I’ve got some crazy aunts and cousins that are likely to be caught in similar poses.
Yum, dim sum!
it looks like you had a wonderful time. i love that all your guests had fun, and your cousin and aunt crack me up!
it’s funny because mr. onion and i had not planned on a first dance, and about 2 weeks before the wedding decided we wanted to. we picked a fav. (and short — 2:30) song — “kiss to build a dream on” performed by louie armstrong — and danced at the very beginning of the reception so we could enjoy the rest of the night and not break up to flow. i’m glad we did, but might not have missed it if all our guests danced like yours.
OMG! Looks fabulous! I love dancing and it looks like everyone at your wedding does too.
@jG: Mrs. GB 2.0 and I set the tone by discarding our shoes as soon as we sat down for dinner
@Starry-Eyed Barefoot Bride: It certainly is!
@Miss Sweet Tea: Me too!
@KateMW: I might have inadvertently tricked you since he’s also the guy in the background photo of the collage.
@Miss Sea Breeze: That’s my brother-in_law!
@Miss Dumpling: There were some great dancers and some silly dancers. It was the perfect combo
@Debi: Prepare yourself for hours of fun
@chibride: I don’t regret not doing the first dance. I think if you have fun, that’s all that matters!
@Mrs. Onion: We were pretty last minute with prepping for the first dance which is probably what lead to the last minute cold dancing feet.
@Leah: It was such a blast!
wow i’m totally jealous! i sure hope there are some good dancing pics when i get the pro pics back!
Mrs. Gingerbread, Vancouver
Age and Occupation: 32, Psychologist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Software Engineer
Engagement Date: Sometime in the fall of 2004
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Blogging Since: March 24, 2008
Venue: Rainforest wedding, beachfront restaurant reception
About Me: I recently moved to Canada from Southern California. Trying to plan a wedding in a new city, not to mention a new country, is tough, but the fact that we can get legally married here more than makes up for it! The wedding will be an opportunity for most of our family and friends to see our new city for the first time so it will be both a wedding and a reunion. Besides my future wife, I am also madly in love with a good bargain, Swedish pastries, Tivo, and my two dogs and calico cat (in no particular order).
Looks like so much fun! And I love your slideshow