We're getting dancing lessons for wedding......

Col200sx

So we're getting married in a month, and need to learn to dance!

We've been in contact with a guy called Sean Casey in Galway, and he has a system devised for teaching couples to dance.

90 minute, private tuition with him and the couple involved, and he says he'll teach you everything you need to get through the night. He's got very good success rates he said.

Do ye think 90 minutes will be enough? (We pick things up easily alright, but just don't have any interest in dancing)

We generally never dance, even at other weddings, it's only something we'll do "because we have to" kinda thing.

Do ye think we'll be ok?

seamus

We did five one-hour sessions where we learned and got quite competent at the basic steps in four different types of dances. And that was in a class situation. I imagine a 90-minute one-on-one session will easily sort you out with a first dance.

Do you have rhythym though? Dancing is all about rhythym, so if neither of you could be called "musical", it'll take that bit longer to get it.

Practice is also important. Don't assume you'll do your 90-minute session and you're sorted. You'll easily cover the steps in those 90 minutes, but make sure you practice for about 30 minutes once a week before the wedding.

galah

or you can just skip it and shuffle along. We did dance lessons (90 minutes, different provider though), practised as well - and on the day forgot all our steps.

Col200sx

seamus wrote: »

We did five one-hour sessions where we learned and got quite competent at the basic steps in four different types of dances. And that was in a class situation. I imagine a 90-minute one-on-one session will easily sort you out with a first dance.

Do you have rhythym though? Dancing is all about rhythym, so if neither of you could be called "musical", it'll take that bit longer to get it.

Practice is also important. Don't assume you'll do your 90-minute session and you're sorted. You'll easily cover the steps in those 90 minutes, but make sure you practice for about 30 minutes once a week before the wedding.

Thanks for the reply Seamus:)

I'd like to think we both have rhythm, in fact I know I have "a bit"! And as said, we do pick up things pretty easily.

So was wondering would a 90 min one off one-to-one session with a qualified dancing teacher usually be enough?

Being honest, we only want to know enough to get us through the night.

galah wrote: »

or you can just skip it and shuffle along. We did dance lessons (90 minutes, different provider though), practised as well - and on the day forgot all our steps.

the last thing we want is to look like idiots on the dance floor for our first dance.

And having just attended a friends wedding on Friday, we really got to see how many people's eyes are actually on you for the first dance.

Bloody scary:eek:

seamus

Col200sx wrote: »

And having just attended a friends wedding on Friday, we really got to see how many people's eyes are actually on you for the first dance.

People generally don't care that much, it's tradition after all. But if you can put a bit of flair into it, even for 30 seconds, people will actually enjoy it, instead of getting bored of watching two people shuffle slowly around a dancefloor.

A 90 minute session, one-on-one should be enough to give you a routine. Then you just need to give it a bit of practice.

galah

usually though, you just shuffle for a minute, and then get the parents onto the dancefloor, and then the bridesmaids etc - so you're not on the dancefloor alone for too long ;-)

(and believe me, when I attended my first Irish wedding, i was amazed and horrified at the amount of people who couldnt dance at all! (I was shipped to formal dance lessons back from from the tender age of 14 - because that's 'what you do'. Doesnt seem to be the case in Ireland...). i love dancing, and we didnt wanna look like idiots either, but hey...and you can't see in the pictures that you don't know what you're doing (we didnt have a videographer ;-))

Good luck anyway!

The Davestator

Just dont try to come up with some 'wacky' dance like something off you tube because its just cringeworthy for everyone!