The father-daughter dance is a special moment that always occurs at weddings, bat mitzvahs, and sweet sixteen parties. It is such a wonderful moment when your loved ones gather to see you dance with the first man you ever dated.
At her bat mitzvah, Jessica Hanley made sure that there was plenty of time allotted for a special dance with her father. Throughout the celebration, Jessica and her father performed a special dance that her friends and family gathered to watch. But they were about to have a big shock!
The guests at Jessica’s bat mitzvah should have known that Jessica and her father Mike wouldn’t accept a simple, traditional dance for their auspicious occasion. Since 1989, Mike Hanley has been entertaining crowds as a stand-up comedian.
The two started to dance softly to the timeless classic “My Girl” by The Temptations before they lit up the dance floor with a fantastic choreographed dance sequence that had their guests cheering and howling with excitement.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston started playing shortly after that. As the beat alternated from song to song, everyone in the audience began to chuckle. The music that was played for the audience was a diverse mix of oldies, dance songs, and even rap.
The two never failed to move in time with the various tunes that played over the speakers, showing how much they had trained their dance.
The five-minute dance mashup featured songs like “Mambo No. 5” by Lou Bega, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, “Greased Lightnin’” from Grease, “Thriller,” and even “In Da Club” by 50 Cent.
Everyone in attendance at Jessica’s bat mitzvah gave the father-daughter dancing team admiring glances as they tore up the dance floor during the planned mix.
As Mike and Jessica reunited to dance to the song’s coda, “My Girl,” their dance routine came to an end. The father-daughter duo decided to enjoy the moment in a unique way rather than with the customary slow dance because it was such a memorable one.
Since 1989, Mike has been performing stand-up comedy in a variety of settings. He made the decision to put his microphone away and focus solely on spending time with his family around the year 2000. He started to feel the urge to act again in 2011, and ever since then, with the approval of his wife and girls, he has periodically done so at comedy clubs and performances.
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