Re: [Callers] suggestions for dancing on lawns...

have their guests up having a good time. I know that when Dudley Laufman does a wedding gig, he insists as part of the pre-party negotiations that he be given 45 minutes or so for dancing before there's cake cutting or some other intermission. He knows from long experience that this may be all the dancing that happens in the course of the evening, and he wants to get in more than one or two dances. If after the cake / break folks come back for more, great! By the way, when I'm discussing a dance with the happy couple, before the event, I remind them that the single biggest factor in whether folks will dance and will have a good time is whether the wedding couple is out there on the dance floor. If they're there, it's MUCH easier to get others to join in. If they're saying goodby to great-aunt Tillie, somewhere off in a corner, forget it. It's going to be really hard to entice others onto the floor. (or lawn, as the case may be...) David Millstone