Thanks, @2VU0609, that’s an idea for those who want to cut down on all the “spectator” dance time. But I think bride’s dad has a very specific plan and wants that dance all to them.
Oh my! I never gave a thought to having to be in the attention of a M/S dance! Gulp! (HATE attention on me!)
Also laughing because it is a known fact to my kids that I despise the "What A Wonderful World " song - different strokes, I know! To me it is such a sad, sad song!!!
I will hope for something more modern. 
“I will hope for something more modern.”
Perhaps the Ramones “I Wanna be Sedated” ? 
D and I were laughing over this weeks ago. When I mentioned the above…we decided on no theme dances. Again, we are doing this in an unstructured way—so , in our situation,suddenly springing a theme dance on the crowd would be awkward
S1 and I danced to “Forever Young” by Rod Stewart, but the piano version. S thought it was a little slower than the popular release.
That song was actually my second choice. I preferred “The Circle Game” by Joni Mitchell, but S thought it was too long. He didn’t want to be alone on the dance floor that long.
Thanks, @shellfell. I had not seen “Circle Game” on a list, and just played it – the lyrics are very appropriate. It is long though, with so many repeats of the chorus.
I joke that “Plant a Radish” is my fave parenting song! Tough one to dance to, though. 
I had thought that at some point in that song other guests could be invited onto the dance floor so we wouldn’t be out there alone through all those choruses, but S didn’t like that idea. So we went with Forever Young instead. The piano version still includes the lyrics. It’s just simpler instrumentally.
mother son song ideas
Rod Stewart -Have I told you lately that I love you
Elvis - the wonder of you
The pretenders - I’ll stand by you
Guys, I don’t think I could/would do any mushy songs! I’m on a mission to find the right song. Something more lighthearted! This is a celebration! He knows how much I love him. I think something light and fun will work for us.
I’ll let ya know.
S and I danced to Josh Groban’s “You raised me up”. It was edited down to 2 minutes which was enough for us and not too boring for our guests.
Love You Like a Rock - Paul Simon? Not too mushy
Oh, I popped in at just the right time – songs!
Ds2 is way too young to be married, but already he’s got four songs that he wants to be “our” song. I don’t think I can dance for a 10-minute medley 
so he’s going to have to choose. These are personal to us so they may not work for anyone else. They are: A’int No Mountain High Enough, Why Don’t We Just Dance?, Smooth, and my favorite, but I’d probably cry the whole time, is Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud.
Ds1 is not nearly as sentimental as his brother, but a song that always reminds me of him is You’re Gonna Miss This. He played it for me on Mother’s Day when he was doing his college radio show. I bawled, and still bawl every time I hear it. If anyone wants a good cry, take a listen …
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=you%27re%20gonna%20miss%20this
Thanks, all, for the song suggestions! I am going to be listening to them over the next couple of days. Nice that there are some suggestions here that I have not come across on the wedding websites.
Again, CC is a great resource, even beyond college!
We also had US/UK flags at the reception. One bit of advice about buying wedding flowers at the wholesaler: we did that (and it was under $200) – it was a LOT of work to assemble bouquets, make boutonnieres, etc. My youngest sister and SIL bailed me out on that one – they both have done a lot of flower work. I did silk for my wedding, and the same sister gets asked to do silk for a lot of weddings. She just did some gorgeous peacock-themed arrangements.
Missypie, I made bunting in wedding party colors. Also put text on some of them.
Is it possible to set up a CC Wedding Pinterest page? I thought the images had to be posted on a website first before they could be pinned.
@Youdon’tsay, you weren’t kidding about You’re Gonna Miss This. The tears are a “good” cry - sweet emotions triggered by these lyrics for sure! Love it.
Back in the day when a woman got married, her maiden name became her middle name most of the time. I now see some girls dropping the maiden name and keeping their middle name, so first name, middle name, married name; this is what my daughter plans to do. I was just curious what your daughters were going to do, or how it has been done in your families in the past. As far as I know, all my daughter’s friends have gone the traditional route, so it surprises me that my daughter has chosen to drop her maiden name as she is rather traditional.
I did this. I wish I hadn’t.
Some government agencies have insisted on using the first letter of my maiden name as my middle initial even though I have tried to use the first letter of my original middle name. This means that some of my government-issued documents, such as my driver’s license, have one middle initial and others, such as my Social Security card, have the other. Occasionally, this causes problems because it makes it difficult to prove that all the documents belong to the same person.
Snowball, all I can say is that once your D chooses, she needs to keep it consistent forever. Back when I got married, there was no requirement that your DL had to match your ID exactly, no voter ID laws, etc. I have an unfortunate first name by which I have never been known…it is on nothing but my drivers license. It doesn’t match my passport or my voter registration. The DL bureau said that the only way they would change to Middle Maiden Married Name (which is what I go by) is to go to court and get a legal name change to drop my first name.
So being consistent is very important these days.
Since she is a performing artist and is known by her maiden name she is not making any changes.
Marian I had the opposite experience! I use First Name/Maiden Name/Married last name. The social security office where I lived when I got married (in 1980) insisted that I drop the maiden name and use my midde name. I had to fight them- but I won.
D was married in October and did not/will not change her name.
Pretty much everyone I know from my area growing up from my mother’s and my grandmothers’ generations did First name/middle name/husband’s last name and completely dropped their maiden name.
When my peers and I got married, some of us kept our maiden name and made no switch. Others did the first/middle/husband’s and some did the first/maiden/husband’s.
I can’t say that first/maiden/husband’s is that common, at least around me. Perhaps its a regional or social class thing.