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Song choices for first dance at Wedding

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Spacedog78
#1Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 7:55pm

Hello

My partner and I are getting married in just under 2 months and we are trying to find the perfect broadway song to play as our first dance at our reception.

We are avid musical theatre fans and have an array of choices but can't seem to narrow it down. We are hoping to find a song we like that has been covered on another albume, for instance we were thinking of "A Little Bit In Love" from Wonderful town sung by Rebecca Luker.

Any other suggestions (other than ALW songs)? Thaks for the suggestions!

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Eris0303
#2Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 8:07pm

((I know it's not from a show but it's so lovely))
When I Take Your Hand - Shaun Barrowes


"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Updated On: 1/18/11 at 08:07 PM

HummingAlong
#2Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 8:49pm

I actually really love Kerrigan-Lowdermilk's song Five and a Half Minutes, if you interpret the end as a declaration of the fact that we don't know how to keep or measure love - that it's a mystery, but somehow we DO.

Also:
I'll Cover You (Rent - fairly cliche, but pretty sweet, I think)
Perfect for You (Next to Normal...an untraditional sentiment, but sweet)
Till There Was You (The Music Man)
I'd Give It All For You (Songs For A New World)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King - I'm a sap)
Is It Really Me (110 In The Shade - it's kind of sweet)
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
Love Song (Pippin)

Here's a sweet little saying from musical theatre that sould be sute on party favors: (from Aida)
There'll be no ties of time and space to bind us,
And no horizon we cannot pursue
We'll leave the world's misfortunes far behind us
And I will put my faith and trust in you.

Good luck choosing a song and congratulations!

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LuminousBeing
#3Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 8:53pm

How about the "happy" version of "Not a Day Goes By" from *Merrily We Roll Along" I'm sure there's a version somewhere without Mary's "I'll die day after day" descant.

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jv92
#4Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 9:16pm

I'm sure there's a recording of the "happy" version of "Not a Day Goes By", which is a beautiful song, even though I prefer the "sad" version.

jdtp12
#5Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 9:44pm

Not sure if it'd be right for dancing, but "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story is wedding related.

ILuv2shop531
#6Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/18/11 at 9:53pm

"As Long As Your Mine"-Wicked
"Grow Old With You"-The Wedding Singer
"Sun and Moon"- Miss Saigon

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CockeyedOptimist2
#7Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 12:38am

Feel free to borrow my choice, since I'm a long way off from marriage. I heard it first a few months ago at Kelli O'Hara's concert at Feinstein's. She said she sang it at Kathleen Marshall's wedding. The song is "Always" and it was written by Irving Berlin for his wife for their wedding, I think.

"I'll be loving you, always..."

It's a great song and I plan on using it myself one day! Congratulations!

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Jordan Catalano
#8Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 12:51am

When I get married, I've always wanted my first dance to be to Bette Midler's "Do You Want To Dance"

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CandiceElyse
#9Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 12:51am

Depends what you are looking for obviously, but here are my 3 suggestions

big grandiose romantic number- Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
quieter and more intimate number- You, Wonderful You (from the film Summer Stock)
Fun/upbeat cute number- There Once Was a Man (The Pajama Game)


Judy Garland & Gene Kelly <3

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LuminousBeing
#10Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 1:21am

I prefer the "sad" version as well, but not for a first dance at a wedding. :)

dramarama3
#11Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 2:27am

Omigod You Guys - Legally Blonde


Formerly 'dramarama2'

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ClapYo'Hands
#12Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 2:44am

You could always do a nice waltz to "A Heart Full of Love"? :P

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South Fl Marc
#13Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/19/11 at 9:03am

"I Have Dreamed" from The King and I.
It was also used wonderfully in the film "The American President" as the music Michael Douglass and Annette Bening had their public first dance.

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fosca3
#14Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/20/11 at 7:47pm

Love Changes Everything from ASPECTS OF LOVE

(I know you said no ALW, but I don't like his shows and I still LOVE this song)


You don't go to the dragon without a present - Mark Rylance

bwayfascination
#15Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 8:55am

Check out "Don't Ever Stop Saying I Love You" from A Catered Affair. That song makes me cry. It captures a beautiful sentiment.

Congratulations!

Eponine3
#16Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 9:33am

Hi There! I hope that you have a wonderful wedding day!

For Broadway songs I have always loved "The Next Ten Minutes" from The Last Five Years. That was one of my favorite moments in the show.

but also non Broadway related.. The band Train has a great song called "Marry Me" that is lovely. I have a friend getting married soon and they are considering using that song to walk down the aisle to.
Updated On: 1/21/11 at 09:33 AM

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TonyVincent
#17Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 10:28am

"Younger Than Springtime" from South Pacific
"You Are the Best Thing that Ever Has Happened to Me" from Road Show

SporkGoddess
#18Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 12:32pm

If you don't think it's a jinx, I love "The Next Ten Minutes" for a wedding.

Otherwise, "Til There was You" from The Music Man is gorgeous and would also be appreciated by non-theatre people.

I always think though that first dance songs should have sort of emotional resonance with the couple. Is there a musical that you and your intended both really love?

I'll have to check out "Always."


Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

WOSQ
#19Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 4:54pm

What else? "Married". Kander and Ebb.

or

"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" although it is from a film.

Irving Berlin considered "Always" to be so much the property of his and his wife that he refused permission for it to be performed very much in the last decades of his long life.

Speilberg did a movie called Always and Berlin did not allow the use of the song. I think Smoke Gets In Your Eyes was used instead.


"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher

SporkGoddess
#20Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 5:16pm

I saw that movie! "Always" would have made much more sense than "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," which is not really a love song IMO.


Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

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CockeyedOptimist2
#21Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 11:09pm

SporkGoddess, here is a clip of Patsy Cline singing "Always" in case you haven't heard it yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvZjZettoAo

If anyone knows of other artists who sing it, I'd love to find some more versions, but it's hard to search blindly for songs called "Always."

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philly03
#22Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/21/11 at 11:19pm

"Love Begins," which was cut from WONDERLAND. Nice lyrics!

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chewy5000
#23Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/22/11 at 6:48am

Getting Married Today

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quizking101
#24Song choices for first dance at Wedding
Posted: 1/22/11 at 10:23am

YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME - South Pacific

That's seems like such a definitive song...


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