There is new wedding etiquette: no dancing, singing or mingling is the message from New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
New restrictions will come into place at venues, weddings and funerals from Friday, July 24.
These new rules will see pubs, cafes and restaurants limited to group bookings of 10 people, and venues capped at 300.
It also will see weddings and corporate events capped at 150 people but everyone needs to be completely seated, Berejiklian said at her press conference on Friday, which means: "no dancing, no mingling."
And attendants will need to ensure they follow the four-square metre distance rule.
Funerals will be capped at 100 people in NSW, making for a smaller crowd than weddings. Berejiklian explained: "We have been told that funerals are emotional times and while people are complying while seated, we identify mingling between services because everyone is known to each other."
Berejikilian contrasts that with weddings which she says guests are more likely to be "seated for the duration" -- and now will have further rules to follow.
"Weddings, we have an expectation that everyone comes, sits down and stays seated. That is why there is no dancing and unfortunately people have to make decisions about whether or not they wait or proceed with existing restrictions," she said.
Immediately after the announcement, people took to Twitter to analyse the impact of outlawed daggy dancing at weddings.
Some have seen it as a positive move, but others have questioned whether the change means we can still call a dance-less, mingle-free marital celebration event a 'wedding'.
But that drunk uncle might still be there -- so it could still be a wedding.
However, others have been more critical about the numbers of people at weddings, questioning whether instructions will be followed.
“150 is a lot of people at a wedding who will undoubtedly sing, dance and mingle,” Dale Drinkwater wrote on Twitter.
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