Dance Practice

Oh dear… this was the most difficult task of all in our wedding preparations – practicing our first dance. Neither of us were dancers but we wanted to make our dinner reception a fun event. So, we decided to provide a little surprise “entertainment” by having our first dance at the end of the dinner and then have the audience join us on the dance floor soon after.

We didn’t want to have a proper ballroom dance because if we got our steps wrong, it would be quite obvious. We wanted something more “freestyle” whereby even if we made mistakes, they wouldn’t be too noticeable… hehe. We also wanted a faster song as it would sound more lively, fun and different from a typically slow first dance. Besides, it would probably be easier to get the crowd to join in too later. So, in the end, we went for the song, “(I've Had) The Time Of My Life” by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.

We started practicing our dance steps in early August 2007. Although we tried to work on it everyday, that was easier said than done. We missed practice every now and then ‘coz we were sometimes too tired or just didn’t have the time.

Being unskilled dancers, we had to take it slowly and choreographed the dance steps to fit our limited ability… hehe. The main thing was that the steps had to feel natural to us as we learnt them from a couple of videos that we found online.

As the wedding approached, we became even busier and missed practice for extended periods… we would forget our steps every now and then, so we would try to squeeze in a short practice session occasionally. Anyway, we just did our best and tried to have fun too!