# Wedding Dance Boogie on YouTube **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169 "2009-07-24T23:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/1 "2009-07-24T23:18:31Z")
Okay, maybe third time’s the charm. I’ve tried posting this twice already and it’s not showing up. Anyway…[this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0) is making the rounds on YouTube and the wedding party was on Good Morning America. I think it’s wonderful. It’s a nice change from the traditional _Here Comes the Bride_. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/2 "2009-07-24T23:47:55Z")
I just came across that too… I love it! It’s so great to see people having fun on their wedding day. I bet nobody forgets that wedding for a looooong time. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/3 "2009-07-25T00:03:34Z")
The bad: white Midwestern people’s clapping. The good: everything else. That was fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/4 "2009-07-25T01:29:16Z")
What’s wrong with the clapping? Sorry for the multiple threads…board issues. I just love how it really is a celebration of what a wedding is…two people in love sharing the start of their future together with their friends and family. And why shouldn’t you dance down the aisle in happiness? Instead, it’s a solemn procession to doleful organ music. Until now. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/5 "2009-07-25T16:41:06Z")
OMG that was so freakin great. I couldn’t stop smiling and laughing. Good sports, all of them. And it’s the kind of thing I would do at my wedding day, I like a bit of unconventional fun. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/6 "2009-07-25T16:57:13Z")
It never occurred to me before, but it seems to me this is a very nice side effect of the YouTube phenomenon – inspiring this kind of creativity in people. While I don’t know any of the participants involved, I’d be surprised if this would have gotten off the ground 10 years ago. Excellent job – lotsa fun! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/7 "2009-07-25T17:03:22Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > What’s wrong with the clapping? I suspect the fact that they’re clapping completely out of rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/8 "2009-07-25T19:01:32Z")
Everyone seems to be having so much fun…made me wish I’d thought of it Before I figured out they’d gone out the front and come back around I thought “they have more people in their party than were at both my weddings combined!” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/9 "2009-07-25T19:43:09Z")
I realize that this is going to be an extremely unpopular viewpoint here, but my first thought up seeing it, honestly, was that it was a mockery of marriage. Maybe they’re just ultra happy-go-lucky, fun-loving people, but I think it’s just as likely that they’re attention whores who invested way more time and energy into their wedding than they will their marriage. FTR I feel fairly similarly about the middle-class people who max out their credit cards and mortage daddy’s house to have huge “traditional” weddings. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/10 "2009-07-25T20:10:12Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > FTR I feel fairly similarly about the middle-class people who max out their credit cards and mortage daddy’s house to have huge “traditional” weddings. Cost of maxing out credit cards/etc: Thousands. Cost of dancing down the asile: Zip. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/11 "2009-07-25T20:16:45Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Cost of maxing out credit cards/etc: Thousands. > Cost of dancing down the asile: Zip. Cost of non sequitur: Shakespeare’s _King Leer_ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/12 "2009-07-25T20:24:50Z")
My wife showed that one to me. I love it. I’m sick to death of stogy, stuffy weddings. Why not have fun? Why not make it fun for your family and friends? Hopefully a wedding this enjoyable will be a harbinger of a fun and enjoyable marriage. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/13 "2009-07-25T22:12:35Z")
i thought it was fun. i wouldn’t do it in a church… but it would be great when being introduced and entering the reception. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/14 "2009-07-25T22:55:19Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I realize that this is going to be an extremely unpopular viewpoint here, but my first thought up seeing it, honestly, was that it was a mockery of marriage. Maybe they’re just ultra happy-go-lucky, fun-loving people, but I think it’s just as likely that they’re attention whores who invested way more time and energy into their wedding than they will their marriage. FTR I feel fairly similarly about the middle-class people who max out their credit cards and mortage daddy’s house to have huge “traditional” weddings. Who spit in your drink? I smiled through the whole thing–what a great attitude to bring to marriage and to those whom you love best: your family and friends, all sharing in your joy. I hope more people decide to do other “something foolish, something gay\*” things like this to celebrate their union or good news. Thanks for the treat! \*in the lighthearted sense. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/15 "2009-07-25T23:06:51Z")
If they were attention whores, they would have a much better video of the wedding. I’m watching it thinking “Damn, I could have done so much better of a job shooting this”. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/16 "2009-07-25T23:08:43Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > i thought it was fun. i wouldn’t do it in a church… but it would be great when being introduced and entering the reception. I’ll agree . . . inappropriate in a church. Be creative at the reception, or have your ceremony someplace other than a house of worship if you want to do this sort of thing. It’s possible to be both joyous and solemn, when the setting and occasion calls for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/17 "2009-07-25T23:10:12Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I’ll agree . . . inappropriate in a church. Be creative at the reception, or have your ceremony someplace other than a house of worship if you want to do this sort of thing. It’s possible to be both joyous and solemn, when the setting and occasion calls for it. Depends on the church. I suspect that, for instance, various Unitarian churches frequently have events/activities that most Christians would consider “inappropriate” as well. And the minister there appeared quite happy with the whole thing, so in this case her opinion trumps ours. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/18 "2009-07-25T23:24:43Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > And the minister there appeared quite happy with the whole thing, so in this case her opinion trumps ours. Yeah, I know. I’ve seen commentary on this video in several places, and it seems that pretty much everyone’s opinion trumps mine. **rocking chair** ’s was the first one I saw that wasn’t 100% OMG MOST AWESOME WEDDING EVAR!!! Guess I’m just a traditionalist. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/19 "2009-07-25T23:45:59Z")
But none of the dancing was lewd or suggestive or disrespectful to the setting. The song wasn’t a raunch-fest, either-this was simply good clean fun. The wedding obviously wasn’t very formal–the dresses, suits and flowers (and the dancing) reflect that. I hope they went to a kegger reception and had a blast with a DJ all night long. This is the way this couple chose to celebrate their union–I don’t think it’s the best wedding ever, but it’s the memory these people chose to make. Others do it by flying to Vegas or parachuting out of planes or having somber, solemn ceremonies. I appreciate the fun and good spirits this couple brought to this occasion. Perhaps it reflects their future together. I hope so. I like traditional, conventional weddings (I had one) but IMO those here who are being critical are missing the mood of the whole event. There was no disrespect intended and none taken by the congregation or the pastor. Lighten up, Francis! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169/20 "2009-07-25T23:54:57Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > But none of the dancing was lewd or suggestive or disrespectful to the setting. I disagree. I don’t feel that church is the place to shake your booty. > [@](#): > > The wedding obviously wasn’t very formal–the dresses, suits and flowers (and the dancing) reflect that. I hope they went to a kegger reception and had a blast with a DJ all night long. I hope they did too. That was the place for goofiness, IMHO. Obviously if the clergyperson and everyone thought it was cool, more power to them. I just happen to disagree. I’m not calling for them to be excommunicated; I just didn’t feel that it was appropriate. > [@](#): > > it’s the memory these people chose to make. Others do it by flying to Vegas or parachuting out of planes or having somber, solemn ceremonies. I appreciate the fun and good spirits this couple brought to this occasion. Perhaps it reflects their future together. I hope so. Not condemning “different” weddings. I had one myself. I wore a red dress and we were married at the courthouse – not even by a judge, but the Family Court Commissioner. But we did respect the solemnity of the courtroom and the ceremony, even though it lasted only about 5 minutes. We had lots of fun **afterward**. > [@](#): > > I like traditional, conventional weddings (I had one) but IMO those here who are being critical are missing the mood of the whole event. There was no disrespect intended and none taken by the congregation or the pastor. Their choice. I’m just expressing a dissenting opinion. Is that OK with you? > [@](#): > > Lighten up, Francis! Pretty much the response I expected. Clearly this clip is being worshipped worldwide, and I’m completely in the wrong not to like it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dance-boogie-on-youtube/504169.md?page=2)