I have a question about a "money game" from a bride.

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Do you like doing games at weddings?

  • Very Much and it's a main thing we offer

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  • Somewhat, but if the clients are the right people for it.

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  • Only when I have to.

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  • Never. I'd rather not be the DJ

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jtnichol

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I'm not one for games but this bride said she was at a wedding and the DJ facilitated a game which replaces the money dance. She said the whole room LOVED it. I have not clue what this is and she can't find it online either. Personally it sounds like it's going to dominate the conversation at the wedding and I really don't feel comfortable with it but here goes:

""The game instead of the money dance… I went to a wedding and it was so fun where they did this. You may have done this before, im not sure. It starts with each table picking a captain. then you get a task from DJ (example: find something you use for protection), so each table has to find something and there are chairs on the dance floor with as many tables that are participating minus 1 or 2. So the first ones up there, get a chair and if you didn’t you are out or can buy your way back in for 10, 20…. goes up each round. then you keep doing that until the end with different tasks and stuff. idk if that made sense at all!""

Have any of you done this game?
Any link to a list of questions?

Personally, I'm just not a fan. I'm very interactive and do well as an MC so I know I can pull it off...but it's sounds a bit cheesy and if the crowd doesn't do money dances in their family weddings already then I'm not sure this will work either because, well, many people no longer carry cash.

I'm open to new ideas and if I can get my head wrapped around this I'll do it. Thanks for any help you guys/gals can give.


 
Musical Chairs Scavenger Hunt...I've done it at a number of corporate holiday parties, and a few mitzvahs, but never a wedding.
 
Have a conversation with the bride about where the whole 'dollar dance' thing resides with respect to her family and friends, and by that I mean the family and friends who are actually in attendance.

It's not the game that really matters - people have to be okay with the underlying intention if it is going to play out the way she wants it too. Talk to her to get a sense of that, and keep an open mind. Avoid letting a negative personal assessment of your own color the enthusiasm you might otherwise apply to achieve what she wants.

This is do-able, as the previous DJ has shown, however you can't do this alone. Just like picking a genre of music - it has to be something these people are really into.
 
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Okay, so the bride saw a game at a wedding, and the crowd loved it.
That doesn't mean you'll get the same reaction at HER reception.
It's like saying, play this song....because it went over really well at the last wedding I attended.
Most weddings I do are lucky to have 2 hours of dancing.
Wasting half of their floor time on a game that may or may not go over...would simply not work.

I do a simple "Pass the Spoon" type game to give away centerpieces...
and I can see people getting annoyed half way thru the explanation of how it works. (and it's very simple)

If you have reservations, talk with the bride.
 
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UPDATE:

I sent her a nice email basically stating that if Money Dances aren't a thing for her families then this probably won't go over even if I could execute it perfectly. She's totally ready to move on and just party her butt off. GOOD TO GO! She's ready to just have fun and not worry about doing any games at all. I'm going to take very good care of her
 
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Of course each of this would not flow as shown - but as each of our personalities would. I could do it - but I don't think I'd want to.
 
Ausumm said:
Okay, so the bride saw a game at a wedding, and the crowd loved it.
That doesn't mean you'll get the same reaction at HER reception.
It's like saying, play this song....because it went over really well at the last wedding I attended.
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+1
 
Just a note...
I do like doing the Shoe Game.
You only have to explain the rules to two people, and since they are the client...
you probably discussed the whole game with them in advance.
 
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For the shoe game i give the mic to the Best man or Maid of honor (or) to ask the questions from a list, works very well :)
 
Also the "Dollar Dance" is very popular in Mid MO, I would say 8 out of 10 Weddings I do have it.
 
Jaggiebunnett said:
Also the "Dollar Dance" is very popular in Mid MO, I would say 8 out of 10 Weddings I do have it.
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It was HUGE here when I first started in the 80's (Eastern Pennsylvania)
Now, I only do it once or twice a year.

PS
Like the avatar pic. Are we Irish? Scottish?

(Steve149 will eventually comment about me in a kilt.........wait for it.....)
 
Jaggiebunnett said:
Also the "Dollar Dance" is very popular in Mid MO, I would say 8 out of 10 Weddings I do have it.
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Ausumm said:
It was HUGE here when I first started in the 80's (Eastern Pennsylvania)
Now, I only do it once or twice a year.

PS
Like the avatar pic. Are we Irish? Scottish?

(Steve149 will eventually comment about me in a kilt.........wait for it.....)
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Wait for it ..
 
Ausumm said:
It was HUGE here when I first started in the 80's (Eastern Pennsylvania)
Now, I only do it once or twice a year.

PS
Like the avatar pic. Are we Irish? Scottish?

(Steve149 will eventually comment about me in a kilt.........wait for it.....)
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Who .. ME???? :)
 
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