Wedding Dollar Dance The Weekly Activity series turned Monthly

Dollar Dance - For Weddings

This was part of a weekly activity post that got held up in July but now we are firing it up again monthly. So look for the monthly posts to learn a new activity. We continue with the traditional wedding dollar dance.

The Dollar Dance evolved out of a traditional ceremony at Polish weddings. Often referred to as “The Apron Dance”, it involved the bride dancing with gentlemen for a short period of time after giving the maid of honor, who is wearing an apron, money or an envelope for the couple. The money or envelopes would be put in a pocket labeled His or Hers (Families) or the apron would be held in the shape of a basket.

The bride would traditionally wear a babushka and dance a traditional polka with each man. Once the last man, usually her father, dances with her. The men form a circle around the bride and keep circling around. The groom is then to fight his way through the circle to meet the bride in the center. This dance is popular in some regions of the East Coast and NOT in others.

Today’s Dollar dance goes as follows:

• Bride stands on one side of the dance floor and the groom stands on the other side. Men line up for the bride & women for the groom. 
• The maid of honor and best man can help out collecting the money if the bride and groom do not want to. 
• The people in each line pay a dollar or more to dance with either the Bride or the Groom for about 15 to 20 seconds. 
• The Dollar dance can last as long as a half hour so you should be prepared to play a couple of classic slow dances.

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