{"id":2392,"date":"2010-12-20T11:32:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonweddingblog.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2011-04-07T07:21:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T14:21:30","slug":"so-you-think-you-can-dance%e2%80%a6at-your-wedding-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/so-you-think-you-can-dance%e2%80%a6at-your-wedding-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Think You Can Dance\u2026At Your Wedding Reception?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Hodge-Wedding-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2397\" title=\"Wedding Dancing Like The Stars\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Hodge-Wedding-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur Murray Dance Studio Houston\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Hodge-Wedding-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Hodge-Wedding-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.arthurmurrayhouston.com\"><\/a>Used to be a time when a freshly wed bride and groom could shuffle sheepishly \u2019round the floor, flash a smile at the cameras and call it a first dance. Not so anymore. Thanks to the massive popularity of TV shows like ABC\u2019s \u201cDancing With The Stars\u201d and FOX Broadcasting\u2019s \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance,\u201d even the average Joe knows his rumba from his cha-cha, and probably is a fan of both. Which means that your reception guests are going to come with <em>expectations<\/em>, if not score cards.<\/p>\n<p>When you head out on that dance floor for your first foray as husband and wife, make it a moment for the memory books. In a good way. Here in Houston we are so lucky to have not one, not two, but three locations of the famed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/wedding_consultants\/arthur_murray_dance_studios.aspx\">Arthur Murray Dance Studios<\/a>\u2014at nearly 100 years old, the nation\u2019s most venerable dance-instruction organization. Arthur Murray instructors have taught Broadway dancers and Hollywood stars alike. And they can teach anyone&#8211;even your average Joe (or typical Tom or ordinary Ed or whatever dance-averse-but-otherwise-perfect dude you\u2019re planning to marry).<\/p>\n<p>Maria Johnson, who owns Arthur Murray Dance Studio Cypress&#8211;The Woodlands and Memorial are Houston&#8217;s other locations&#8211;reminds brides that the first dance is your first public moment as husband and wife. \u201cDon\u2019t overlook the importance of how a beautiful first dance can be a wonderful lifetime memory,\u201d she advises. Uh, no pressure, right?<\/p>\n<p>Right. Because you, smart bride, are going to sign up for dance lessons. You\u2019re going to get some professional first-dance choreography for yourself and your hubby. Heck, you might even corral your bridesmaids and groomsmen for a group lesson or two\u2014a great idea for a couple\u2019s shower, particularly when followed by drinks, food and maybe even\u2026dancing?? Good thing Arthur Murray Dance Studios of Houston offer all these instruction options and more. And not a single score card in sight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/wedding_consultants\/arthur_murray_dance_studios.aspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2398\" title=\"First Dance Choreography\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Dew-Wedding-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur Murray Dance Studios Houston\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Dew-Wedding-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BLOG-SMALL-Dew-Wedding.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Used to be a time when a freshly wed bride and groom could shuffle sheepishly \u2019round the floor, flash a smile at the cameras and call it a first dance. Not so anymore. 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