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We danced our first dance to Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours. A few weeks before the wedding I’d gotten in my head that we needed dance lessons, so we contacted Dancing Til Dawn. I based the choice of teacher on which website mentioned “emergency” rehearsals, as we were only 3 weeks out. Dawn was a pleasure to work with; we ended up having a second lesson with her and both our sets of parents on the Thursday before the wedding as well. I wouldn’t call our first dance fully choreographed—it was more like she gave us a few bits and told us how to string them together, and then we just went out and repeated them in whatever order Cinnamon Buns felt like until the song was over. We could move around the floor, do a spin, and a turn or two.

But first, at Dawn’s suggestion, we faked everyone out like we were going to do the high school sway for the whole time.

Then we danced properly! Well, Cinnamon Buns danced properly, and tried to lead me, but I was a bit flustered by dancing in a giant dress. File this one under “Wedding Tips a Stage Manager Should Know” but try to find yourself a rehearsal skirt! It makes a huge difference in how close you can stand to your partner, and where their feet can go!

I spent a lot of time looking at my feet (or trying to see them! Dress too big!) and Cinnamon Buns spent a lot of time telling me just to look at him.

We spun! (I bite my bottom lip when I’m nervous.)

See how far apart that dress keeps us?

We could still lean in to kiss though, so that was OK.

As my dad is definitely not a dancer (I have to get it from somewhere!), and so all of us wouldn’t have to spend so much time being stared at by people, we did the father/daughter and mother/son dances at the same time. I think that made it way better for everyone’s nerves! We danced to The Beatles’ In My Life.

Neither of us is looking at our feet (or my hem) in this photo. That’s pretty rare!

Cinnamon Buns is a natural leader, so their dance went quite well.

It was lovely to do those dances, but there was also a feeling of relief knowing that all the in-the-spotlight events were over for the night. One of the actors we’d invited asked me later what it felt like to be up in front of everyone, when I’m normally the one backstage, behind the scenery and he’s the one out in front of the people. I told him that I was very glad being stared at by people was his job, and not mine!

Are you an ‘in-the-spotlight’ person? If not, how do you plan to deal with it on your wedding day?

Unless otherwise noted, all photos in this post are by Fotograffika.

The Cinnamon Bun Recaps:

• Baking Pies
• Rehearsal
• Girls Getting Ready
• Guys Getting Ready
• First Look
• Photos in the Park
• Getting to the Venue
• Ring Warming & Ceremony
• The Details!
• The Reception
• PIE!!
• Family Portraits