The tradition of the bride dancing with her father and the groom dancing with his mother is supposed to acknowledge that special relationship between a parent and child. On your wedding day is the day that the child takes a step away from his or her family while taking a step toward creating his own family. It is only natural that you want to take a moment to acknowledge this change while reflecting on all the events that brought you to this point.
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Consider this a moment where you can pause and take a deep breath before moving on to the rest of your reception. It is also an event that signals the start of the dancing--which will help take the focus of you!
While traditionally the father-daughter and mother-son dances are separate, many people are choosing to combine the two dances into one. Usually, this is done to help speed the reception along. Because of this change in wedding tradition, we decided to create five distinct pages for these songs. While we still have pages devoted to the traditional father of the bride and mother of the groom dances, we've taken any songs that are generic enough that they could work for either dance (or a combined dance) and listed them here. In doing so, we've avoided any songs that are more about romantic love or are traditional love songs (you can find them on either our Best First Dance Songs page or our Best Wedding Love Songs page.
For your convenience, we have included links to the sheet music on Sheetmusicplus.com as well as the CD on Amazon.com whenever available. If you are looking to purchase the mp3 or would like to listen to a sample, then click on either the Amazon, Rhapsody, or iTunes links.
Rhapsody provides both music subscriptions as well as individual mp3s for sale in WMA format and iTunes only provides MPEG-4 audio files for sale. However, Amazon does offer mp3s that are compatible with both Windows Media Player and iTunes. For more information about where to purchase music online, we provide it on our Music Downloads page or our Music Subscriptions page.
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If you are looking for songs specifically for the father-daughter dance or the mother-son dance, check out our Best Father of the Bride Songs and Best Mother of the Groom Songs. Don't forget to check our numerous pages on Love Songs for more songs appropriate for weddings.
For more reception songs, go to Best Wedding Reception Songs or select one of the pages below:
For more ceremony songs, go to Best Wedding Ceremony Songs or select one of the pages below:
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