![]() ![]() And I looked around, and everyone in my family was there. I mean, that's just the only word you can use to describe it. SCHMIDT: And it was - I don't know - like, those moments in your life that are just so happy. We took the floor and she said, oh, don't you dare look back. WALK THE MOON: (Singing) She took my arm. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SHUT UP AND DANCE ") SIMON: So Meg Schmidt pulled her stiff-upper-lip family into the middle of the dancefloor. SCHMIDT: I was just like, no, this is my moment here. SIMON: Of course, the Flower family followed, but the Schmidt's stayed seated until. And he was smiling like nothing in the world. SIMON: Meg began to move, three steps to the right, to clap and twist, then she was jumping. WALK THE MOON: (Singing) We were victims of the night. SCHMIDT: The dancing started and then my father-in-law was actually the DJ so he kind of waited for the right time and he started "Shut Up And Dance." They rehearsed for weeks and at the wedding reception. She could plan a dance that included her that she could use to surprise Nathan. He loved me, and he loved dancing, and he wanted to dance with me on our wedding day. And Nathan was really kind of disappointed. SCHMIDT: And one of the things I said is like, you know, I'm a little uncomfortable dancing and, you know, I just - I'm not sure how I feel about that. SIMON: That difference became a problem as Meg and Nathan planned their own wedding. And that's his immediate family, his aunts, his uncles, even his grandpa. SCHMIDT: They go to a wedding - they are dancing from the instant the music starts to the time the night ends. Kind of have a stiff upper lip, just yeah, very kind of serious thinkers. And the joke that we always make is that we are very German. MEG SCHMIDT: I think you could say that we maybe are a little shy. Schmidt's were the kind of people who heard dance music and tapped their toes as they sat. They loved each other but knew their families were different. ![]() She heard it everywhere in 2015 as she got ready for her wedding to Nathan Flower (ph). ![]() ![]() SIMON: "Shut Up And Dance" by Walk The Moon. WALK THE MOON: (Singing) Oh don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.
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