Nigerian Wedding Dance Award – Uche and Soyingbe
Talking about Nigerian weddings and wedding dances/dancing, I have observed that this WEDDING DANCE issue, idea, culture is a major part of any Nigerian wedding. Its cool, I love the idea, and I’ve attended quite a few weddings myself. One major scene/show everyone waits for is the wedding dance. I’m also in the group of those who enjoy the sight and cheer on the couples. However, I wish that couples keep on dancing as joyfully everyday of their lives, as they did on their wedding day.
The wedding dance of my first Igbo/Ibo in-law (although I haven’t asked her what she thinks the difference between Igbo and Ibo is) was so serious that the MC had to tell them(couple) that the program was going ahead even if they didn’t stop dancing. I realized that my cousin was M.C Hammer, part-2.
I had to ask one of our family friends(a married woman) what was the special thing about, behind, around etc., what was so serious about wedding dances. I wanted to know the koko. She replied,
If a Nigerian bride doesn’t dance, as in dance on her wedding day, dance pass dance o, its almost as if she didn’t get married.
I asked her how she danced on her own wedding day. According to her, if only there was a video capture of how she danced, whatever my Igbo/Ibo in-law thought she was doing was just child’s play. Who was I to argue.
And I heard a similar statement from someone, another lady at a wedding I attended in Abuja sometime 2003. According to this informant,
After the Priests prayer and declaration of the couple as man and wife, the next most important part of the wedding was the wedding dance.
Wedding dances of Oyinbos are more ball-room like, slow-music / latin dances etc, usually moderate and not so loud, but not for Nigerians, from disco to fuji to Hip-Hop, etc.,
Check out this couple(UCHE AND SOYINGBE).
I think they deserve an award: NIGERIAN WEDDING DANCE AWARD
I googled their name and found out they also have a website. As of this writing, its been 198-days since they did their thang.
Now, about the dancing issue, you can have your say!
i Love it!
I think it’s fabulous
I never knew there was so much importance placed on the wedding dance…
hmmm… I better start learning some moves o
unbelieveable
i am laughing soo much
i didn’t expect that
wow
omg!!! it’s us!!! we only put it together 3 weeks beforehand as we needed something to entertain the guests with. we really didn’t want our guests to be at a typical boring naija wedding and hoped a choreographed routine would keep both the yound and elderly amused alike. I didn’t dream that it’d be this big though??!!
we have had 15,000 hits i think and going strong thanks to God. We only hope that our wedding can show fellow naija couples that fun can be had and that you don’t always have to worry about ‘wedding cars’, ‘lace’ etc and be so serious!lol!!
We thank God for our union and thank you guys for even mentioning us in your posts.
Uche & Soyingbe xxxxxx
@Uche & Soyinge,
hey thanks for finding yourself here. And hope you enjoyed watching yourself dancing. Thanks for the entertainment.
Mr. Uche, that your pose ehn, you and MC Hammer, u’re sure he didn’t learn his dance steps from you? hahaha anyway its all good.
And how about giving us all an update……maybe this time it could be: Married Life Dance….
Please the dance was just a copy cat of all the dances on you tube, i heard the wedding wasnt that great and the food was really horrible. Pls Uche stop bigging yourself up as there has been plenty of weddings much better than yours, the colour combination between you and hubby dont match, he looked like he was forced into doing the dance. Your forehead is way too big for your hairstyle, the bridesmaids dresses are a carbon copy of http://www.dianddee.com wedding. My dear please lets hear word, grow up at it too.
That’s a horrible thing to say, and it has to be more horrible living your life. Such bile… you must lead a sorry life. Even Diwura or Deji wouldn’t say something that stupid and ill-thought. Hater buruku. Even if they copied, did the person or persons they copied invent whatever it is they copied? This is our people throw a wrench in the way of their blessings. When they can not rejoice with those who are rejoicing
@ Meeee,
why are you so bitter? is it because you are as boring as hell, why make such a rude comment to the happy couple. if all that comes out of you is bile and junk, then be gone and delete yourself from this forum!!! THAT WAS A NASTY THING TO SAY
@ Uche and Soyinge,
Wow, you were fantastic and very entertaining indeed. Both of you did not ‘pose’ as some couples do on the dance floor. I was entertained from start to finish. I wish both of you a happy married life. God bless you ….
wow!! @ meeeee
This person really has issues. Buddy of mine alerted me to this post because they’re concerned this person knows me or is at least near my friendship group and wants me to be careful. I don’t have much to say other than that this is the exact kind of person that i was referring to when i critiqued nigerian weddings overrun with lace, cars etc. Not so much that we didn’t wear lace or use a nice car at ours, but the mentality. If this woman (this vitriol could never be spouted by a male) could find time to goggle my name, find my dance and then post after 1 year ( i married july 08, her post is dated 09) it says it all- hilarious! Our day to her was all about the items, food and what was on show- not even about God, or the love & warmth. Aslong as nigerians like her exist, we won’t go far. what would she say of some weddings held in simple school halls with ok-ish food? i really feel for her friends who have to endure such a venomous materialistic shallow being.
Of course my BMs dresses were a copy of Dianddee’s wedding……..guess what….my hall was from nnekannamdis, my colours were inspired by chioma&akolisas, my trad colours were copied from nkys wedding and the list goes on!!! lol! i gleaned alot from other peoples’ wedding websites and have no regrets. i even attended a friend’s wedding that was an exact copy of mine (from her dress to her hall) and i found the whole thing cute. I was just happy for her.
Thankfully, God has blessed me aplenty. My marriage is still going strong, hubby is even more amazing, i have a successful career as a doctor and i am due to deliver a gorgeous baby soon so I think “meeee” should get a life and continue to hate from a distance. As for those who’ve left lovely comments, I wish you all a happy married life, or at least that God will help you find your mr/mrs right like i did!
All the best
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Doc Uche,
abeg dont mind the detractors. Eh, yah, na jealousy dey worry them. Kai. See Nigerians. They should have done their own wedding, put up their own dance and shoot it into UTube, and then invite the whole world do laugh.
Its just this morning that I read whatever she has to say, and whoever “meeee” is, “meeee” is definitely not her real name….so let her remain in obscurity. And whoever said that anything should be a first time idea in the first place. Look around you, learn from others and do something better, thats what makes the world go around. Besides, having fun in the process makes it all worthwhile.
Thanks for the gist on your 1-year so far. Greet your wifey for me o. Wishing you all the best of luck. Sir, just in case you have some minutes to burn, you could put up a part-2 on the dance thingy so that “meeee” would not only catch a cold, she would catch a fever as well.