Stinkerpants

Stinkerpants Wedding: Grand Entrance and First Dance

October 14, 2008 in Our Wedding • Recap Photos • Reception

After our formals, it was time to head up to the reception!

One thing about me: I am always cold.  As a result, I knew I’d need something to keep me warm on the day of our wedding, especially given San Francisco’s summer weather (read: freezing).  After looking at boleros and other small jackets, I realized that my dress would look best with a pashmina.  My mom and I did a lot of “research” (read: shopping) before deciding on a color for said pashmina, and eventually settled on hot pink to match my shoes.  Sadly, the pashmina disappeared when I needed it most and I had to borrow a white one from one of my darling bridesmaids (so much for the research!).  When I got our photos back and saw this one, I wondered what happened to my pashmina.  And then I saw another photo, where my mom was wearing it!!  THIEF!!! hahahaha.

In the elevator on the way up to the reception:

Our caterer set up a special room for us to get some hors d’oeuvres before the cocktail hour.  Y was happily eating away and having a glass of champagne, but I was super antsy and couldn’t wait to get to the party.  I ate two hors d’oeuvres and drank a little water, then started begging Y to head into the wedding.

We decided to do something a little different for our grand entrance: we entered to our first dance:

Our first dance was kind of silly: “our” song is My First, My Last, My Everything, by Barry White, which is a pretty goofy song.  Our awesome band learned how to play it, and the horn section made it really cute. We decided quite awhile ago to choreograph our first dance (after falling in love with a few YouTube videos).  Unfortunately, our dance lessons were a bit unsuccessful and we kind of slacked off on our choreography.  We figured out some silly moves to about a quarter of the song, and then…we figured we’d wing it.  Not recommended. We were nervous and things kind of fell apart midway through the dance.

Because we were so nervous about the dance, we decided to go straight into the first dance from our grand entrance, which was a great idea.  Here are a few photos from the first dance:

This photo cracks me up.  Y is clearly an excellent dancer.

I think our saving grace was my spur-of-the-moment decision to grab a bunch of our guests and make them dance with us.  It ended up being really fun!

Overall, if you’re nervous about your first dance, I HIGHLY recommend starting off with it.  It was fantastic, and after we were done I totally relaxed.  We went right to our table, made a little speech to welcome everyone, and then started eating.  During the first course, we had some toasts, and then finished dinner.  After dinner, my dad and I did our father-daughter dance and opened up the dance floor to everyone.  It was so perfect.

Next up!  Flowers and decor!  I loved my flowers and decor!  Wait till you see them!