{"id":478323,"date":"2021-05-06T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=478323"},"modified":"2021-05-06T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:20:59","slug":"d-c-mayor-defends-ban-on-standing-dancing-at-weddings-suggests-district-residents-should-be-glad-for-any-weddings-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-defends-ban-on-standing-dancing-at-weddings-suggests-district-residents-should-be-glad-for-any-weddings-at-all\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Mayor Defends Ban On Standing, Dancing At Weddings; Suggests District Residents Should Be Glad For Any Weddings At All"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-mayor-defends-ban-on-standing-dancing-at-weddings-suggests-district-residents-should-be-glad-for-any-weddings-at-all%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=478323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231876222.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday defended her recent decision to ban dancing and standing at weddings in the District of Columbia and suggested District residents should instead be glad they can even host a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Asked during a CNN interview what good a wedding is without dancing, Bowser chuckled and replied, \u201cWell, I think there\u2019s a lot of good to a wedding, like people starting off their lives together and doing it in a safe way, and not doing it in a way that puts themselves or their guests in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd let me be clear. On May 1, we were proud of our residents and businesses, who made conditions in D.C. such that we can start opening up these facilities.\u00a0An alternate headline may be, \u2018Now you can host a wedding in Washington, D.C.,\u2019\u201d Bowser added.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to banning standing and dancing, the city\u2019s new guidelines also limit weddings to\u00a025% of a venue\u2019s capacity or less than 250 people.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.078431372549\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorBowser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorBowser<\/a> defends her ban on dancing: &#8220;An alternate headline may be, \u2018Now You Can Host a Wedding in Washington, D.C.\u2019 \u2026 And just like our restaurant guidelines suggest is that you have to be seated to enjoy the restaurant.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e2gILPVpNu\">pic.twitter.com\/e2gILPVpNu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1390026061384192000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bowser announced in early April that restrictions on large gatherings in the District would be loosened on May 1, though she gave no indication about the new dancing ban. Wedding planners and couples are now struggling to adjust to the unexpected new guidelines, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/05\/05\/dc-dance-ban-weddings-covid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DCist<\/a>. Many are moving their venues to just a few miles away in neighboring Virginia or Maryland, where there are no dancing restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Sadowski of SRS Events said she was \u201ccompletely shell-shocked\u201d at Bowser\u2019s order, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/local\/dc\/dc-bans-dancing-at-wedding-receptions\/65-bf89fd3f-9011-4d43-b356-9a836c832904\" rel=\"noopener\">WUSA 9<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s hardly been any time to react, rather than being incredibly frustrated and angry with Washington, D.C., and Mayor Bowser for completely blindsiding us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As DCist <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/05\/05\/dc-dance-ban-weddings-covid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"29.221453287197\">\n<p><em>[Bond Events\u00a0founder and creative director Lyn Stout] says that the ban on dancing or standing during special events isn\u2019t a continuation of previous policy \u2014 it\u2019s new, and it came as a huge surprise to people in D.C.\u2019s live events industry. When the <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/04\/05\/dc-will-ease-covid-restrictions-may-1\/\">mayor announced in early April<\/a> that restrictions would ease in May on large gatherings like weddings, graduations, and conferences, planners got to planning, unaware that the order would also include the prohibition on dancing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe were able to have successful events in the fall. I mean, there were many weddings that stuck to the guidelines. They wore masks. They could only eat and drink at their tables. There was no ban on dancing at the time. It was just a restriction on the amount of people,\u201d Stout says. \u201cWe even put hula hoops on the floor to keep people apart, to give them space.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now, Stout says, venue staffers are feeling the stress, as are the couples. \u201cI mean, these couples have been planning some of these receptions for four years now,\u201d she says. \u201cOne of our planners we interviewed with yesterday was telling us that one of their couples has broken up over it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s comments came during an interview regarding her admission to the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) amid the Democrats\u2019 push for D.C. statehood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/d-c-mayor-muriel-bowsers-petty-hypocritical-tyranny-must-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D.C. 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