First dance after your wedding

1946. I had arranged with the registry office to get married as soon as my fience was demobbed after he had spent six months in Palestine. So it was the day after he came home to our one attic room and just our mothers were present.
Would not have bothered to get married but in those days it was not the thing to live together without doing so.

Can't remember. We left all that to the band/best man but it would have been some sort of waltz. After the first circle of the full floor, we split up and chose different partners and so it went on until everyone was up. Beautiful memories of the occasion (even though I can't remember the tune!)

By the time the speeches were over it was a mad dash to get changed to be off on our honeymoon.
First dance was the last thing on our mind.

1973 - married at 2.0pm on the train to London for honeymoon 6.0pm. No dancing.

Having married in 1966 no first dance and no disco. Everything was very low key.

We got married in 1973. The wedding was at 2pm then we went to a hotel reception. By 6pm we were leaving for the airport for our honeymoon. Weddings were not all day affairs in those days. Certainly no dancing!

I LOVE Anglesey 1inamillion
But like many others we had a formal "wedding breakfast" and left for a 3 day honeymoon in a nice hotel. No dancing. Wouldn't have wanted an evening "do" even if I'd thought of it.

The power of love, Jennifer Rush 1986

No music at our home reception, that I remember.
Mum and her friends catered and an honorary auntie made the wedding cake.
This was 1961, and we will have been married 58 years this year. I was 19 and DH was 22.
We also went away to an island, the Isle of Wight, that was as near abroad as we got till much later.

Hands knees and bumps a daisy!!

The DJ played Band of Gold- if he had listened to the lyrics he might have realised it was a break up song!
Prophetic though although we did last 18 years & have 2 gorgeous sons ( & still get on Ok when we meet)

1966 Much the same as Baubles. Church, sit down 3 course lunch, followed by speeches and then Dancing to a 3 piece band - a mixture of ballroom, Scottish and jiving. First dance with OH was a circle waltz, then I danced with the best man, then my Dad and to my eternal shame my MIL as FIL belonged to a funny sect who prohibited dancing. All the cousins from that side of the family Tut Tutted at the dancing but did get up for some of the Scottish ones, apparently it was only 'couple' dances that were forbidden.

Changed into my going away outfit, powder blue suit with navy accessories, we did Auld Lang Syne and left absolutely covered in confetti.

I also had "Lady" by Kenny Rogers and even though the marriage failed, it is still one of my favourite songs - though looking back, maybe I should have chosen "If you Leave Me Now" by Chicago!!!

We have been together 30 years this year and have been blessed with six children and six beautiful grandchildren. We actually only got married three years ago though (at Gretna Green) and our first song was Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers.

Oh yes silverlining congratulations to all celebrating this year. Unfortunately I think my DH has put up with more than I have had to. Poor man but he stuck with it

I remember Maggie May being played a lot too, Anannymous, often requested for me, so I’m sure it would have featured at my wedding. I was always expected to get up and dance when it came on and I hated it! The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows your age, indeed - not much of a tribute when you’re in your early 20s!

I don’t remember a first dance but I remember Maggie May being played lots (1971). We hired the church hall for the reception and mum’s friend did a sit down meal for 60 (cold chicken salad and tinned fruit and cream). We did have a disco in the evening but I don’t actually remember anyone dancing. I was scared to move too much in case my hair piece fell off. It had been fixed on with so many hair clips and was looped up on top in enormous curls which made me feel top heavy.

Snap katieK same wedding same year
Congratulations on our golden weddings didn’t we all put up with a lot....er I mean didn’t we do well ?

We had our reception in a local hotel and booked their resident band. In 1975 I hadn’t heard of choosing the song for the first dance, we shuffled round to whatever the band struck up.

There was lots of dancing and no shortage of singers during the band’s break. We stayed till the last but my mother wouldn’t let us come back to her house with everyone else, spoilsport! That party went on till the small hours.

I’ve been married 3 times and no first dance (or any dance) at any of them.

Number 1 was a disaster waiting to happen. Service Bus to and from the register office.Pub meal for 6 people then back to my mums back bedroom to look after my baby son. New Husband went to watch the footy .

Number 2 very much on the rebound. We were friends and it seemed to be the right thing at the time. Again register office then a meal for a few family members.

Number 3 (we had lived together for years) register office, then nice meal for about 20 people.

Me to, nina!

We got married in 1970 with lots of our friends getting married around the same time.

Our wedding was at 1pm and then we went to a local hotel for a buffet lunch. After the speeches I got changed into my going away outfit (no hat much to my mother's shame!). Then we were driven to the train followed by lots of friends who came onto the platform to see us off and throw confetti.

None of our friends and relations had music and dancing.

As paddyann said, I had little choice in the day's events at all.

My DH was Catholic, I had been brought up strict Methodist, but became an Anglican while at college. We married in a Methodist church to please my parents. My lovely PILs would have loved a Catholic wedding but were happy for us to marry anywhere and raised no objection. I think they were just relieved that their son was getting married at all, as in their eyes in those days, (1972), he was getting on a bit - nearly 30! Nearly all DMil 's friends' sons were married in their early 20s. Our children were christened in our local Anglican church. My mother's eyes were opened at our reception when she saw the Methodist minister happily imbibing sherry! Before then no alcohol ever crossed our doorstep; Methodists were mostly teetotal in those days. DH and I were together nearly 50 years.

We had a church wedding in July 1965 at 11a.m. followed by a sit down lunch in a local hotel - paid for by my parents. I think there were about 50 of us.

One sister did all the flowers, another made and iced a three-tier cake, a friend's Mum made my dress, another friend did my hair and my elder brother took one roll of colour photographs. We left the reception to get changed and pick up our suitcases and my brother drove us to York station to catch the train to Edinburgh for a week's honeymoon. I was 21 and DH 22. There was no dancing involved!

I'm surprised by the contrast of some of your weddings and all the ones I've ever been to.
They all had receptions and dancing. The earliest one I remember attending was a cousin's in '67.

In 1971 I was 17 and pregnant so our wedding was a registry office followed by a meal at my parents hotel. They then went away for the weekend leaving us to look after the place and the dog. No dancing and no songs. 48 years on and still together even though everyone said it wouldn't last!