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Weddings are a lifetime of celebration and every family loves to enjoy and cherish these moments with their beloved. Wedding ceremonies are truly an auspicious and solemn affair, specially the father daughter dance songs. Every bride wishes to be given away by her dad and every father has his own aspirations for his daughters wedding.
Father daughter dance has a legacy of being the most important of all standing customs. For any bride the two most important men in her life at the same stage, and when the father dances with his daughter it calls for special celebration. The magic and beauty here is the transition from one important man to the other the bride has to move ahead. All the blessings, memories and best wishes to bring in an amazing and fulfilling life ahead.
Things that a father of the bride must do on the wedding day:
Being the father of the bride is not only difficult but more so to be strong and stay calm while the charming little part of their life is going ahead and entering matrimony. He may not be the detailed guide for bridal preparations or ceremony, but he plays an important part of the wedding. Some of the things he must do on the wedding day are:
1- Be the guiding light behind all the important tasks:
Starting from caterers to flowers and decoration, receiving guests and tying up all the loose ends to make the ceremony as smooth and as memorable as possible. There maybe people taking care of it all but check the details to be right
2- Prepare your toast in advance:
Remember you are not supposed to cry yet, be strong and put yourself together to make it a joyous celebration. It is difficult to contain emotions but tries to be firm and keep busy in the organizing of the most cherished event of your life. You may not be in a position to speak all of what you wish to, while you raise the toast, so better to write down all important points.
3- Choose the most beautiful song for father daughter dance:
It is very important to choose the most wonderful song that reflects you and your princess. Try and have it practiced before only.
4- Play a host:
You must be the host all through the wedding ceremony and until the function ends. Say goodbyes to the guests while the newlyweds enjoy their few first hours of a married couple and not get worried about the see offs.
How to prepare and pick father daughter dance songs:
Father, daughter dance songs, are so very important as this would be the last official dance before the beloved daughter enters her new life. As special as it is, the moment would be filled with extreme emotions and nostalgia. It is therefore needed that the dance is prepared and practiced well in advance. Some important points to consider here are:
1- Prepare a group dance:
Make this father-daughter dance a group affair. Rather than just preparing at home just the two of you, have the groom to be and mom of the bride and even more family members from both the sides come in.
2- Take formal dance lessons:
Everyone would be looking at you when you dance, and you don’t want it to be anything less than perfection. It is better to have some formal dance instructor come in here and teach some wonderful and appealing dance moves. Also prepare the same with groom and bride, mom of bride and groom, grooms dad and bride and other dances you would be doing at the reception.
3- Music choices:
Specially for the father daughter dance song, pick the one which either holds a special place in your lives, maybe dad has been singing it ever since you remember or you both have liked the song always or anything which relates to some special memories. You may also check the most popular picks playlist for these.
Things to consider when picking a father-daughter wedding dance song:
There are some important things to take into consideration while picking a father-daughter dance song. Some of these are important as they make the daddy daughter song a special one. They include:
– What is the theme of your dance?
Do you want everyone to be crying or laughing after the performance? Or do you want to say something special about your relation
– Are you both father and daughter comfortable dancing a professional salsa or just a hug and little movement is what you are looking for. A couple’s salsa requires lot of practice and definitely looks amazing
– Make the song a contrast or a smooth flow from the couple’s song. This would show that thorough planning is done for a transition from father daughter songs to bride and groom dance and also it will keep the dances in rhythm.
– Father daughter wedding dance must have special songs which reflect their bond, their interactions and moreover some advice dad wants to give daughter
– Or get some more fun ideas for father daughter wedding songs, pick the song they both sing every time in a car or at home or during festivals.
– Ask your DJ about most popular of these father-daughter dance songs. And take advice from people too
– Pick your wedding dance songs with a father as something which is unique or not heard in the recent past weddings you attended.
Some of the popular father daughter dance songs:
Based on the most popular picks these are the lyrics every father-daughter look for in their special dance at the wedding. These songs and some of their most popular lines are:
1- A song for my daughter by Ray Allaire:
Just once upon a yesterday
I held you in my arms
you grew into a little girl
with lovely childhood charms
2- Always be your baby by Natalie Grant:
You were my first love, always there for me
You taught me how to walk and how to dream
3- Daddy by Beyonce:
I remember
When you used to take me on a bike ride every day on the Bayou (You remember that?)
(We were inseparable?)
And I remember when you could do no wrong
You’d come home from work
4- Forever by the beach boys:
f every word I said
Could make you laugh
I’d talk forever (together my love)
I ask the sky just what we had
5- Daddy dance with me by Krystal Keith
I know what you see when you look at me
As we walk down the aisle
Little pink tutu, bows and tennis shoes
In the wide eyes of your child
6- Father and Daughter by Paul Simon
If you ever awake
In the mirror of a bad dream
And for a fraction of a second,
You can’t remember where you are
Just open your window
And follow your memories
7- God gave me you by Blake Shelton:
I’ve been a walking heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be
8- My little girl by Tim McGraw:
Gotta hold on easy as I let you go
Going to tell you how much I love you
Though you think you already know
I remember I thought you looked like an angel
9- She’s a Rainbow by The Rolling stones:
She comes in colors everywhere
She combs her hair
She’s like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
10- To Sir with love by Lulu:
Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone
But in my mind I know they will still live on and on
But how do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn’t easy, but I’ll try
11- When you need me by Bruce Springsteen:
When you need me call my name
‘Cause without you my life just wouldn’t be the same
If you want me come sunny skies or rain
When you need me just call my name
12- Gracie by Ben Folds:
You can’t fool me, I saw you when you came out
You got your momma’s taste but you got my mouth
And you will always have a part of me
Nobody else is ever going to see
Gracie girl
13- Kind and generous by Natalie Merchant:
La la la la
You’ve been so kind and generous
I don’t know how you keep on giving
For your kindness I’m in debt to you
14- Daughter by Loudon Wainwright:
Everything she sees
She says she wants
Everything she wants
I see she gets
15- My Girl by The Temptations:
I’ve got the sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it’s cold outside I’ve got the month of May.
I guess you’d say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
16- Isn’t she lovely by Stevie wonder:
Isn’t she lovely
Isn’t she wonderful
Isn’t she precious
Less than one minute old
17- Three little birds by Bod Marley:
Don’t worry about a thing
‘Cause every little thing gonna be alright
Singing’ don’t worry about a thing
‘Cause every little thing gonna be alright
18- I loved her first by heartland:
Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each other’s face
So much in love, you’re alone in this place
Like there’s nobody else in the world
19- I wish you love by Frank Sinatra:
Goodbye, no use leading with our chins, this is where our story ends,
Never lovers ever friends.
Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day, but before you walk away,
I sincerely want to say.
20- Just the way you are by Billy Joel:
Don’t go changing to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don’t imagine you’re too familiar
And I don’t see you anymore
21- Walk with you by Edwin Mccain:
Walk With You by Edwin McCainChorus
I’ll take this slow sweet walk with you
You’ll let go of my hand to say: I do
22- Sweet pea by Amos Lee”
Sweet pea, apple of my eye
Don’t know when and I don’t know why
You’re the only reason I keep on coming home
23- Come fly with me by Frank Sinatra:
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
If you can use some exotic booze
There’s a bar in far Bombay
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
24- The way you look tonight by Frank Sinatra:
Some day, when I’m awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight
25- You are the sunshine of my life by Stevie wonder:
You are the sunshine of my life
That’s why I’ll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
26- The wonder of you by Elvis Presley:
When no-one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong
You give me hope and consolation
You give me strength to carry on
27- Oh! my papa by Eddie Fisher:
Oh, my pa-pa, to me he was so wonderful
Oh, my pa-pa, to me he was so good
No one could be, so gentle and so lovable
Oh, my pa-pa, he always understood
28- Daughters by John Mayer:
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
But, she’s just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
29- Because you loved me by Celine Dion:
For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
30- Thank you by 33 miles:
What if in the morning when I wake up
Even before I fill my coffee cup
I said, “Thank You, thank You”
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By Minu Manisha
