Dollar Dance (w/poll)

Soon2bMrsERH Posted: Jul 25, 2006 03:35 PM

Dollar Dance (w/poll)

Who is having a dollar dance? (where people give you a dollar to dance with you)

Mitabtrfly Posted: Jul 25, 2006 03:41 PM

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I heard about this..but am not sure if I want to do it. FH is ALL for it though!

maryb Posted: Jul 25, 2006 03:45 PM

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ive seen and heard of up-state NY doing this.. i think we might.. its cute... and you get money for the HM...

plus my FH is from syracuse and we went to school upstate, so a lot of people have seen it..

without sounding snotty - and im not - but i dont know if it is a 'long island' thing to do.. a lot of my LI friends had NO IDEA what it was..

evnme Posted: Jul 25, 2006 03:50 PM

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it's a cultural thing from places like Greece and Persia that have assimilated into American wedding customs.

smurray Posted: Jul 25, 2006 03:50 PM

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I've seen it done at plenty of receptions, but I doubt if I do it. But hey you never know

Soon2bMrsERH Posted: Jul 25, 2006 04:11 PM

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To me it's partly about the money-because I coule really use some extra $ on the honeymoon. (However, I would probably never tell anyone that I could use the extra money)

I think it's just an opertune time to spend one on one time with the guests. I live in Northern Indiana and I've paid a dollar at a number of weddings to dance. One dollar isn't a lot-but the sum that you receive is.

LaurenluvsTJ Posted: Jul 25, 2006 04:20 PM

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Posted by maryb

ive seen and heard of up-state NY doing this.. i think we might.. its cute... and you get money for the HM...

plus my FH is from syracuse and we went to school upstate, so a lot of people have seen it..

without sounding snotty - and im not - but i dont know if it is a 'long island' thing to do.. a lot of my LI friends had NO IDEA what it was..

Yeah, the only time I have seen this was when I went to DH's cousin's wedding upstate, I had never seen it before. He told me that usually people will give more than a dollar (like a $20 or whatever) but this is because they don't give as much for gifts as they do on LI.

maryb Posted: Jul 25, 2006 04:32 PM

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like myself - i usually throw in $5,10,20 (whatever i have at the time) but its also at the point when im a little intoxicated and sooo happy for the bride and groom - haha

Soon2bMrsERH Posted: Jul 25, 2006 04:34 PM

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I'm sure we ALL will be intoxicated at this point!

Katie&Chris2006 Posted: Jul 25, 2006 04:37 PM

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We will probably do this because it is a bit of a tradition with FH's family/friends. He tells me it's a polish tradition but I dont know??? I'm a little skeptical, but he asks for so little it's the least I can do.

sarahradio5 Posted: Jul 25, 2006 05:03 PM

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what exactly do you do? I always thought with the dollar dance, the money went to the band?

maryb Posted: Jul 25, 2006 06:48 PM

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the band/dj tells the crowd the dollar dance will take place and its their chance to dance with the bride and groom...

usually the MOH and best man stand there to take the money and give the people their time.. its about a 30 second spin around dance..

my friend that got married in the beginning of july said they had money for the honeymoon.. for all you do for the BIG DAY - i think its a cute reward..

Danigrl28 Posted: Jul 25, 2006 07:44 PM

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We didn't do it or anything like the chicken dance, elcetric slide, etc...

JazzyT Posted: Jul 25, 2006 08:00 PM

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I never heard of this

shellibean Posted: Jul 25, 2006 09:12 PM

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Posted by Katie&Chris2006

We will probably do this because it is a bit of a tradition with FH's family/friends. He tells me it's a polish tradition but I dont know??? I'm a little skeptical, but he asks for so little it's the least I can do.

I think it is, my friend did it at her wedding b/c of her Polish ancestry!

Shellycakes123 Posted: Jul 25, 2006 09:17 PM

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i would do it if it was a tradition but i am not greek or anything,...its fun i went o a wedding in ct. that did it, but again they dont give money...just gifts!! its cute i think