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This post over at Pandagon is making me cry (or more specifically, the thread that follows). Every one is bemoaning lame wedding dances.

But the thing is, I love lame group dances. The best pictures we have from some of my cousins’ weddings are those of older, uptight relatives half-way through the chicken dance. I love dances were the steps are so ridiculously easy that everyone can get up and dance, or be encouraged to do so. I like that with the magic number of beers/ champagne you can get everyone to forget that they are supposed to be “cool” and just dance. Everyone gets to participate, and we all enjoy the memories and pictures.

Yes, I’m aware that songs like “The Electric Slide” and “Cotton-Eye Joe” and “YMCA” are not the epitome of musical tastes. Outside of a big party event, I would not listen to them. But even my relatives in a wheelchair can dance along to “YMCA” and “Cotton Eye-Joe” has steps easy enough for my single-digit aged cousins can pick up.

For my wedding, my friend B and his fiance R are giving everyone quick tutorials on two-step, waltz, and swing as their wedding gift to Hubby and I, so we will in fact have quality music (my friend JP is DJing, another wedding gift). So while everyone’s bemoaning that they have to listen to these songs at EVERY wedding, remember: for the little kids, this is the first time they’ve ever heard it, and they feel thrilled to pieces that they can participate. For the older adults, this may be the only time they can let their hair down (metaphorically, most of them don’t have hair or it’s permed way up). Embrace the lame: it’s actually pretty fun.