Money Dollar Dance

This tradition dates back for literally thousands of years.  Primarily of Asian origins it usually entails a collection of money for the bride and groom to help pay for their honeymoon expenses.  How it got started is not for me to explain since that is another author's story I will let you research that one. 

Traditional - Performing the Money Dollar Dance traditional style will entail the bride and groom dancing to a few songs while everyone joins in by pinning money on them. 

Modified - Involves a collection of money in a basket for the bride and groom while they dance.

DJ PorkChop Style - A few songs are pre-selected prior to the engagement and a theme song from one of PorkChop's all time favorite show's is played while I ask the bride and groom to the dance floor.  I then ask for a bridesmaid to collect money for the bride and a groomsman to collect money for the groom.  The bride and groom are instructed to dance with whom ever gives money for a short period of time.  The Bridesmaid and Groomsman will have them switch off every 15 to 30 seconds or so.  Whoever collects the most money, the bride or the groom, wins it all.  A few songs are played and then we retire the dance in our traditional style with a count off. We then have the bridesmaid and groomsman announce the amounts and award the winner. 

With our DJ PorkChop Money Dollar dance we have a few trade secrets we do not wish to share here.  All we can say is the DJ is highly involved with the crowd and the bridesmaid and groomsman in making this a honeymoon and a money dollar dance to be remembered.  I have been doing fundraisers for over 20 years and have a little experience egging people to give up cash for worthy causes. 

We have done the traditional and the modified way and made around $50 to $200  for the bride and groom.  With the DJ PorkChop style we have a range of $100 to $3800 with the average being about $250 per gig.  Yes, one wedding was $3800 for the bride and groom that could not afford a honeymoon and yes they did go to Cancun.   POETRY! 

Some say this may be tacky so please consider your guest opinions, then again it is your wedding day so you do what is right for you.  I recommend if you have a lot of guest flying in don't do it, if the majority of guest can drive to their home from the venue within a couple of hours then by all means consider doing it.  Some would prefer this dance in lieu of giving a gift or some may even have forgotten a gift altogether and this is their way to make up for it.  Either way, they get to dance with you and you get to spend their money. We won't twist their arm but we will entice them to participate and have fun with you on the dance floor.  

If you want some more poetry and some way to get your crowd involved and help you pay for your DJ or your honeymoon the DJ PorkChop Money Dollar dance is the sure fire way to do make the money. 

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