Weddings and everything surrounding them are always emotional for nearly everyone involved in the ceremony. Yes, weddings mark the beautiful beginning for the happy couple. However, standing at the altar and exchanging marriage vows with that special person also means ending other parts of someone’s life.
That’s likely why a father and daughter surprised their guests by using the ceremonial father-daughter dance to recreate a sweet childhood memory. It was an opportunity for them to enjoy a moment that was obviously special and meant a lot to the bride and her father.
In a clip posted on social media, things start as one would expect a father-daughter dance would typically go, but things take a decidedly different turn only moments later. The music cuts out, and another tune starts, “Let’s Hear It for The Boy.”
The young woman and her dad then reenact a dance from the popular 1980s film “Footloose,” which starred Kevin Bacon. Once guests realize what the pair are doing, they start wildly shouting and applauding, encouraging the father and daughter.
However, the bride and her dad strutting their stuff on the dance floor aren’t the only things to watch in the clip. Behind them is a television screen playing a video of the dancing duo doing the same moves together at a dance recital when the bride was only 7 years old.
In an interview after their moment went viral, Dad hilariously admitted that he only had two things he hoped to accomplish during their surprise dance.
“Once I got out there, I had two things in mind – two objectives,” he said. “Number one was not to forget any steps, and the second was not to injure myself.”
Psalm 149:3 “Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.”
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