As a rule, I avoid posting wedding memes that are making the rounds elsewhere (this video was on CNN and the couple appeared on Good Morning America and the Today Show, for goodness sake!), but I've received so many dozens of emails about this that I don't think I have any choice.

So I'll wave my little white editorial standards flag in surrender and just say, for those of you who may have missed this elsewhere, here's Jill & Kevin's wonderful dancing wedding entrance video:

This question actually came in as a comment on the post about Hannibal & Myshell's wedding video:

This brings a question that I've been wrestling with as a performer – if you or your beloved is a performer by trade, how much of the wedding is a "performance"? I feel like my guests are an audience and I worry that I'm not going to give them a good enough "show" -Leah

This is a great question, and one that I totally relate to. I hope I made it clear in my Authenticity vs. Attention post that this issue is one I wrestle with a lot. Little known Ariel Trivia: I started college as musical theater student on scholarship. I lasted one semester before bailing, but the when you spend your formative years singing and dancing, you can't ever really get rid of the jazz hands.

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This couple (a show dancer and a karaoke king) know just what they want … and it's not David's Bridal. It's the entire wedding party dancing down the aisle, choreographed routines at the reception, and a bride in a short black and pink dress:

(Thanks for the tip, Michelle!)

If this doesn't blow your mind a little…

(Thanks to Saundrah for sending this my way!)

The offbeat bride: Jess

Her offbeat partner: Aaron

Location & date of wedding: Western Australia Perth Zoo on January 31st, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Vivienne Westwood-inspired dress! Firetrucks! 3000 handmade paper cranes!

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