First Dances

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Mrs. Hyena, College Station, TX Age and Occupation: 23, Marketing Specialist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Aerospace Engineering Grad Student Engagement Date: January 8, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Downtown 202 About Me: I'm a Texas girl who met my future hubby in high school, then headed up to Oklahoma for a college education (BOOMER SOONER!) before moving back to the Lone Star State to be with him. I love reading and recycling, Photoshop and reality TV, making lame jokes and then laughing at them, quoting movies, and Mr. Hyena most of all. I'm perpetually early and I like to get things accomplished. When my cat meows at me, I meow back. We're planning a laid-back, unintentionally DIY wedding with a cocktail-party vibe, and can't wait to celebrate our nuptials with our nearest and dearest!

First Dances

April 8th, 2011 @ 3:38 pm by Mrs. Hyena
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I always figured it would be pretty easy to pick our first dance song. “Our song” is Rascal Flatts’ Bless The Broken Road, and we could just leave it at that, but you know how I like to make things difficult. I thought it seemed a little slow for a first dance, and we decided we’d rather use it for the processional.

Back to the drawing board we went. Mr. Hyena wanted something very classic, and I wanted something that really represented “us” as we are. It took us a while to find the point where those two meet, but we’ve done quite a bit of brainstorming, and here are some options that, if we don’t end up revisiting, at least they can give you some ideas!

You and I by Michael Buble

We both really liked this song, but I think it might have been ruined by one line in the third verse. Something along the lines of, “You may not be here forever,” which I don’t really think is a deal-breaker, but he was over it. *pout* But … pianos!

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Smile by Uncle Kracker

The first time I heard this, I knew it was perfect. Mr. H didn’t like that it was sung by Uncle Kracker. Psh. No one will know!

Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra

I’m pretty sure Mr. Hyena has Frank Sinatra’s entire discography. There were a lot of song options by Frankie!

I’d Rather Be With You by Joshua Radin

I would like to thank Pandora for introducing me to Joshua Radin. He has a byooteeful voice!

‘Til There Was You from The Music Man

Start at about 1:15 in. This would be fitting, since Mr. H knows “Trouble” word-for-word.

Grow Old With You by Adam Sandler, from The Wedding Singer

Technically the song starts :27 in, but it’s such a cute scene you should watch the whole thing. This one was ALMOST PERFECT, but once we edit out all the talking, the song is only about a minute and a half long, and we both wanted our first dance to be longer than that.