When your vows just arent quite enough to profess your love, why not choreograph an entire 8-minute ...

1. Groom's All-Out 'Uptown Funk' Dance Routine Goes Viral
When your vows just arent quite enough to profess your love, why not choreograph an entire 8-
minute dance?
Thats exactly what this groom did for his bride at their July 25 wedding, kicking off the ceremony in
serious Uptown Funk style.
The newlyweds, Kirk and Valerie Henning,
are both professional dancers with the
Richmond Ballet in Virginia. Theyve
actually shared this very same stage
performing together before, but unlike
those times, this routine was a complete
surprise for Valerie.
We had it at CenterStage, which was a
fun, different venue, Kirk, 34, told ABC
News. We had dinner on the stage and
then we did the father-daughter dance
and mother-son dance and everyone was eating and visiting. We all moved out to the lobby for cake
cutting and toasts, and once we came back out the band was set up and thats when the surprise
happened.
Of the eight groomsmen, four were also professional dancers and easily able to keep up with the
speedy dance steps, but the other four definitely had no dance experience and really surprised Kirk
with their willingness to play along.
My two brothers work construction, my brother-in-law is a Second Officer navigation on a cruise
ship line and one is a Secret Service agent, so theyve never danced before, the groom explained.
They were all actually on board from the jump.
Apparently, Valerie had dropped hints that shed love the men to do a dance at the wedding, but Kirk
played it off acting like that would never happen.
When we first got engaged, she was like, You could do a
groomsmen dance for me, and I didnt even know what
that was, he explained. She showed me a few online and I
was like, No way, Im too busy.
Little did she know that he had taken that idea to heart
and began emailing his groomsmen in March with Vimeo
videos outlining the steps.
I was just hoping they were actually checking their emails, said Kirk, who only had one in-person

2. practice with all the men before the wedding.
But it was a happily ever after when all the men perfectly pulled off their routine to Bruno Mars,
Britney Spears and Brad Paisley, just to name a few. The YouTube video posted by their wedding
videographer, Ginger Topham, has nearly 360,000 views since Aug. 11.
Judging by this grand gesture, its safe to say this bride will have a fairytale romance with her fancy-
footed fella.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/grooms-uptown-funk-dance-routine-viral/story?id=33141122