Wedding competitions must be original. You definitely need to come up with some active entertainment, and dance competitions are perfect for this. They help to stir up guests, direct the energy of the most active ones in the right direction and stir up the shyest ones.
Dance competitions can be collective or individual , held in the form of a competition or a real dance battle. It can also just be group dances with a leader. And most importantly, you don’t have to know how to dance to participate in such competitions.
When to do it?
The right time to hold the first dance competition is some time after the start of the banquet. First you need to create a certain atmosphere, amuse the guests and stir them up. Then it will be easier for them to overcome their embarrassment and get out on the dance floor. Note! Active and calm competitions must be alternated.
Everything related to dancing is active entertainment, so you should not force guests to dance if they have just been running or jumping. But after the table competitions it is quite possible to arrange dancing. You shouldn't hold dance competitions on an empty stomach; guests should at least have a little snack. But you shouldn’t pull them out from the table immediately after tasting the hot food. You can hold competitions after appetizers or some time after serving the main course , when guests are waiting for dessert. Also, a dance competition, group dance or flash mob can be a worthy end to the holiday.
Music competitions
Ditty competition
Unusual competitions set to music are always fun. For this singing competition, you need to prepare prizes and a list of interesting words that should be inserted into the ditties you are composing. From the guests present, you need to put together several teams of 3-5 people. Then the presenter says a word that each team must insert into their ditty. About 3-5 minutes are allocated for creativity. The team that does not have time to compose anything is eliminated from the competition, and the rest perform their ditties to the music. Next comes the turn of a new word and new ditties.
The team that manages to compose the most ditties wins. If several teams completed the task equally well, then the winner is determined by the volume of applause.
Who thinks about what?
If you decide not only to dance, but also to take a funny musical break, then you should first ask the host to prepare cool music competitions. He will select in advance fragments from songs that can somehow characterize the appearance or thoughts of the guests, and will also find a spectacular hat. When all the guests are sitting at the table, the host announces that he has acquired a magic hat that can read minds. After that, he puts it on the guest’s head and at the same time an excerpt of the song is played.
Which competitions did you like the most? What other interesting entertainment can you offer for an adult’s birthday? Write about it in the comments.
How to prepare?
To hold dance competitions at a wedding you will need the following:
- spacious room;
- musical equipment and audio recordings;
- good lighting.
Selecting songs for competitions is an art in itself. It is better to prepare several dozen different compositions in advance in order to be able to select music to suit the current mood of the guests. You need to be able to very clearly determine the time period for turning it on, so that there are no awkward pauses. The music should be handled by someone who can handle the equipment well . It's best to hire a professional DJ.
Guests should also be given enough space to move around freely. You should not conduct such entertainment near tables with food. At least 3 square meters must be allocated for dancing. This is enough for a small group of dancing guests. Dance competitions are selected depending on the size of the room. The more spacious it is, the more opportunities there are for holding them. floor should be well lit. This creates the right atmosphere, because the dance part is always in the spotlight. During dance events, you can turn on disco lighting, play with spotlights or arrange a laser show.
Summary
Time will pass and guests will forget how many salads and hot dishes were on the menu at your wedding, but they will never forget what emotions they felt that day. Ultimately, this is why newlyweds spend time and money on organizing a wedding banquet instead of just going and signing at the registry office.
The bride and groom want to make a holiday for themselves and give it to others. A good mood is the only thing that matters at any wedding. Interesting and fun music competitions for weddings for guests and newlyweds will help you create the right atmosphere and hold the celebration at the highest level.
Andrey Andreev
Wedding planner and wedding photography guru
Tags: guests, games, competition, musical, wedding, dance
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Cool competitions for guests
There are a huge number of wedding dance competitions. They are selected depending on the following factors:
- age of the invitees;
- contingent of those present;
- room size;
- preferences of guests and young people.
Usually the host takes care of the selection, but the newlyweds themselves can also make suggestions. Here are some options for original dance competitions.
Dances of the peoples of the world
Several couples are selected from among the guests. They can consist of both those who are in a relationship and complete strangers. Couples are given the task of dancing several dances from different nations of the world. It doesn’t matter at all that they don’t know how to do it, because that’s the whole point. Music of various nationalities is included: Russian, Caucasian, Gypsy, Spanish, Chinese or Indian.
Feature: couples can dance simultaneously to the same music, or each of them is given a separate task.
It’s even more fun when special attributes are given out for the competition: national clothes, shoes or hats. After the competition is completed, the winner is determined by applause. Instead of couples, you can also invite individuals, but only when the guests have had enough fun.
Pop the ball
This is a very active competition that young people will especially enjoy . It will require several pairs. Balloons are tied to the girls' ankles. The goal is to burst the balloons of all opponents with your feet, while connecting your hands with your partner. All this happens to the accompaniment of cheerful music, laughter and encouraging shouts from the guests. It’s very funny to watch when everyone in a pair runs in their own direction. If a couple separates their hands, they are eliminated from the competition. The winner is the one who managed to burst all the opponents' balloons.
Threes and fours
The more people participate in such a competition, the more interesting it becomes. First, everyone starts dancing together until the leader shouts: “Troika!” Guests should immediately break into groups of three and continue dancing. Then the presenter shouts: “Four!” Accordingly, guests should be divided into groups of four people.
It can also be fives, sixes, sevens and so on. You should not split into pairs, otherwise the meaning of the competition will be lost . After each command from the leader, people who were unable to unite into a group are eliminated. At the end, 2-3 people remain, who become the winners.
The most enduring
This is a very simple competition, however, you need to choose the right time for it. It is best to hold it closer to the beginning of the event, when guests have not yet had time to drink a lot. Couples of strong men and fragile girls are invited to the dance floor. The task of every man is to take the girl in his arms and dance with her until the end of the melody. The one who put the girl down is eliminated. In the end, the most enduring remains.
Note: it is especially interesting to watch such a competition when two men remain on the dance floor, trying with all their might to snatch victory from each other.
Limbo
Only the laziest have never heard of the famous limbo dance. Its essence is that a straight rope is stretched in the room, under which a person must walk while bending back to the music. You cannot touch the rope. This competition may have a large number of participants, but you should not invite more than 10 people so that the competition does not drag on.
Participants take turns walking under the rope, trying not to touch it. There is only one way to pass - bending backwards. When everyone has passed under the rope for the first time, it drops 5 centimeters lower. Now it is much more difficult to walk under it, and the intensity of passions is intensifying. Then the rope needs to be lowered another 5 centimeters, and so on. Each time the participant who touched the rope is eliminated. People who have problems with the spine should not be invited to such a competition.
Hat
Up to 15 people can participate in this competition . The host invites several guests to the dance floor, who stand in a circle. The first participant takes a hat and puts it on the head of his neighbor, and he puts it on his neighbor, and so on until the music ends. The one who still has the hat in his hands is eliminated from the game. They play until only one participant remains, who becomes the winner.
There is a more interesting option for holding this competition. The participant in whose hands the hat remains does not drop out, but approaches the presenter. The leader has a list of responsibilities that the losers must perform. It can be:
- an obligation to invite the newlyweds to tea a week after the wedding;
- come to visit the newlyweds with a bottle of cognac;
- call every hour during the day and say nice words.
You need to check the box next to the task that you like. Accordingly, each participant in this competition receives his own instructions, the list of which is read out by the presenter at the end. The tasks can be anything, the main thing is that they are fun, funny, enjoyable to complete and in no way offensive.
Body parts
The competition is suitable for the most active guests. Its essence is that you need to dance with separate parts of the body. For example, the presenter asks you to dance with your right hand. The music turns on, and all participants begin to dance with only their right hands. Then you can dance with your left foot. After this, you can depict the dance of the head or right ear. In this competition, the one who receives the loudest applause wins.
I know this dance
For this competition you need to select melodies from popular films to which the characters danced. These films should be widely known. Several guests are invited to the site. The presenter turns on music from the film, and you need to repeat the dance that was danced to it as accurately as possible. The winner is the one to whom the guests applauded the loudest.
Reference! It’s okay if one of the guests hasn’t watched a certain movie, because he can repeat after other guests.
Fun performance
For this competition you need to prepare cards with scenarios. Several guests are invited to the site, or preferably couples or groups of three. The task of each team is to dance some situation from a famous film or cartoon . The facilitator distributes cards with tasks and gives the teams time to prepare. Everyone dances in turns, and the task of the other guests is to guess what they are trying to portray. There are usually no winners in such a competition; all participants receive prizes and gifts.
Dance battle
A very incendiary competition in which a large number of guests can participate, including all participants in the gala event. It is better to conduct it at the very beginning of the dance block in order to prepare everyone present for it . Participants are divided into two teams that compete with each other. For example, men can compete with women.
Teams take turns performing a dance to the same music. In order to warm up people, the presenter can show the teams movements. As a musical accompaniment, it is better to use short excerpts of famous dance hits. The main thing is that the melodies are incendiary. After each dance, the host announces the winner, who is determined by the applause of the guests who are not participating in the battle, or by the host himself. Of course, all this must be done with jokes so as not to offend anyone.
Laughing competitions and entertainment
For some reason, more often respectable people believe that entertaining competitions are more suitable for children, however, this is not so. Even respectable adult uncles and aunts can be involved in laughing birthday contests. You just need to relax, trust the presenter, and get not only pleasure, but also a good mood!
Compromising evidence
Adults should involve married couples in such competitions and birthday entertainment. Men, secretly from their wives, write the names of any 10 animals under numbers on a piece of paper. The women in their circle do the same. When the game begins, the presenter begins a phrase and asks the wives to continue it with the word that appears under the first number in the list, and for the following questions words are added strictly according to the list. It turns out that the husband:
- Beautiful as...
- Affectionate as...
- Sociable as...
- Independent as...
- Authoritative as...
- Strong as...
- Fast as...
- Character similar to...
- Externally similar to...
- Etc.
Then the turn to characterize the wives goes to the husbands. And then it turns out that the wife:
- With relatives, like...
- In transport, how...
- In the store, like...
- With colleagues, like...
- With friends, like...
- In a cafe or restaurant, like…
- On vacation, like...
- With children, how...
- The spa is like...
- Etc.
Draw an elephant
Guests are divided into two teams, which are given a piece of paper. Next, team members take turns and blindfolded draw elements of the elephant: the first - the body, the second - the head, the third - the trunk, the fourth - the legs, etc. The winner is the team whose drawing is a little more reminiscent of this animal.
Substitution
Birthday competitions do not have to be crowded, for example, 3 people participate. The host sits them down at the table and places a plate in front of each: one with a piece of banana, another with an apple, the third with a piece of cake. After that, he blindfolds them and explains that they must, on command, eat their treat as quickly as possible, without using their hands. But after all participants are blindfolded, their desserts are replaced with something else, for example, instead of a banana, a cucumber, instead of an apple, a lemon, and instead of a cake, a piece of sausage with mustard. The winner will be the participant who, despite the unexpected taste of his treat, eats it first.
Milk the cow
Do you want contests with balloons?
They can be extremely fun, especially if they are not ordinary balloons, but medical gloves. Participants should be divided into pairs and each pair should be given a rubber glove with pin pricks on each finger. Water is poured into the gloves. One player holds the glove, and the second tries to “milk” it. The one who milks the most is the winner. This competition looks all the more fun the fewer people involved who know what the milking process looks like. Potato
Cool moving competitions are very diverse. In this case, pairs of players can compete, with a potato tied to their belts on a long cord, which should almost touch the floor. Two empty cigarette packs are placed on the floor at the start line. The opponents’ task is to push their pack of potatoes swinging between their legs to the finish line faster than their opponent.
What should you avoid?
At different weddings, the same mistakes are often made when holding dance competitions. The first and most common of them is to start dancing with an individual competition. If you put a person in the middle of the hall, he invariably begins to feel shy . Other guests sense this and the atmosphere becomes tense. Therefore, it is better to hold collective dance competitions first, and call an individual to the dance floor only when the host has already sufficiently warmed up the audience.
It’s also not worth forcing older people to dance if they don’t want to. Of course, many of them do not mind moving, but if you know that someone has health problems, be sure to warn the presenter about it.
Important! Sometimes too vulgar dance competitions are held. They can involve both couples and people who know each other little. It is better to avoid spicy competitions altogether if you do not want to offend any of the guests.
