I am wondering ... has anyone's band given them an estimate as to how many dance songs they will actually be playing or how much time guests are actually dancing? I am trying to pick songs from the Band's list. Between dinner and courses and introductory dances etc., I'm wondering how many songs I need to select. Anyone know this?
CaCRmr
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Good Question, I would like to know as well.
DjPiLL
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My 'guesstimate' would be to plan for a good 90 minutes of dancing. Figuring the remainding 150 minutes (of a four hour ceremony) would be for dinner and 'cake cutting & first dance' type things.
That would equal about 25-30 songs.
Good luck!
May2004
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I don't really remember. My band only needed us to pick only 4 songs (1st dance, spotlight dance, father/daughter and mother/son) and they did the rest - I'm glad I didn't have to give them a list. They played the most recent songs and Italian songs.
But I think it depends on the band - ours played the whole song. And I have heard other bands only play part of the song (not complete song).
TracyInQueens
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The DJ we are using said between 50 and 75. I thought there would be more!
EvenEdan
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Approximately 60.
molly25
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I was wondering the same thing. I wasn't sure with the breaks they take and stuff. I just e-mailed them the songlist with plenty of extra songs so they would have more than enough to pick from. I know they won't get thru all of them but at least they won't run out of songs we love.
neesiepie
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I remember one DJ told me it's is approx. 60 songs.....
dawnie
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Don't forget most places are not allowed to play 'dance' music while the courses are being served. That takes away from the actual dancing... also: announcements, cake cutting, vienese hour, parent dances, speeches, garter and bouquet tosses. I have actually realized after my wedding and lots of others after..that there is really not that much time to actaully dance!
DjPiLL
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Posted by dawnie
I have actually realized after my wedding and lots of others after..that there is really not that much time to actaully dance!
EXACTLY my point! This is why I said only 25-30 songs. People get so tied up doing other things... they don't realize that time flies. My last wedding I did... I had a nice packed dancefloor once the couple wanted me to start 'the dance music'. From that point till the end of the night... it was about an hour and a half of dancing.
