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Featured era: 2009
JK Wedding Entrance Dance
“The aisle became a dance floor.”
- Featured era
- 2009
- Peak era
- 2009
- Company
- Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz
- Category
- Viral Videos
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On Video
The "JK Wedding Entrance Dance"
Plays from YouTube when you press play. Views, length and date from YouTube, October 2026.
About This Video
- From:
- TheKheinz
- Added:
- July 19, 2009
- Length:
- 5:09
What Was It?
At their wedding on June 20, 2009, at Christ Lutheran Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz skipped the usual march. The ushers closed the church doors as if all was normal, then Chris Brown's "Forever" began. Ushers, groomsmen and bridesmaids danced down the aisle, the groom tumbled through the group, and finally the bride danced in to meet him.
The wedding party had practiced for an hour and a half the Thursday before. A month later the video went up on YouTube, at the request of the bride's father, so relatives who missed the day could see it. It took off within two days, and the couple were on the Today show on July 25.
Because of the controversy around Chris Brown, the couple asked viewers to donate to the Sheila Wellstone Institute, which works to end domestic violence.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Ushers closing the doors as if nothing was coming
- The groom's tumble down the aisle
- Chris Brown's "Forever" as a wedding march
- The Office's "Niagara" version
The Story
- 2009 Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz married in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on June 20.
- 2009 The video was uploaded to YouTube on July 19.
- 2009 The couple appeared on the Today show on July 25, and the wedding party recreated the dance live the next day.
- 2011 T-Mobile parodied it with a royal wedding video in April.
Its Legacy
The couple's original upload is still on YouTube. It was one of the most popular YouTube videos of 2009, and its dance was recreated on The Office and on Australia's Dancing with the Stars.
Memories
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