The parks department tried other daddy-daughter activities like luaus and hoedowns but &8220;people really like that traditional, dress-up, go-out-for-dinner-before kind of dance,&8221; Walker said.
The dance includes a disc jockey, refreshments, goodie bags and a photograph to take home.
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The girls ranged in age from about 3 to about 12, but one daughter was 56.
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Two hundred twenty-five dads and daughters danced the night away Saturday at the Livonia Elks Club during the annual Daddy/Daughter Valentine Dance.
&8216;It was fun reminiscing
They watched the youngest girls mimic with exaggerated movements the older girls while line dancing, and another girl run up one of her dads legs, twirl around, and then run down the other.
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They enjoyed watching the dads and daughters dance.
Livonia resident Rayleen Morgan brought her dad, Ray Fleming, 78, of Belleville after she inquired and found out there was no age restriction.
&8220;There were so many comments from people who didnt have their dads still, or from people who had done special things with their dads,&8221; Morgan said.
Morgan said her dad was a little surprised when she asked him, wondering why she would want to take a man who has a bad hip and is hard of hearing to a dance.
They reminisced about how her dad danced at weddings with his granddaughters, even taking one of them to a daddy-daughter dance when her brother couldnt.
Andy Maliszewski spins his two beautiful daughters, Emily, 7, and Carly, 5. / photos by Bill Bresler staff photographer
&8220;It got me thinking, &8216;Shoot, I could do this.&8221;
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&8220;We have many years worth of pictures,&8221; she said.
Two hundred twenty-five dads and daughters danced the night away Saturday at the Livonia Elks Club during the annual Daddy/Daughter Valentine Dance.
But he said yes, calling ahead of the big night to find out what color dress she was wearing so he could coordinate the color of his tie and pick out a corsage for her.
&8220;We sat and watched the little girls dance and talked; we did a lot of reminiscing,&8221; Morgan said.
&8220;I felt like I was going to the prom,&8221; Morgan said, adding they didnt have daddy-daughter dances in Belleville when she grew up.
She happened to see on Facebook that tickets were still available for this yedance dance dancears event so she posted a message wondering if she was too old. Her friends commented that they wished their dads were alive so they could invite them.
Morgan was miliar with the event because her husband, Rick, had taken their daughter Mariah, now 18, for several years when she was younger.
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&8220;It was sold out,&8221; said Amy Walker, recreation supervisor for the Livonia Parks and Recreation Department.
Walker said the formal Daddy/Daughter Valentine Dance is &8220;one of those timeless events&8221; that has sold out each year since it was reinstated two years ago.
Its not hard to figure out the tune that Matt Zielinski and daughter Abigail, 8, are dancing to. / Bill Bresler staff photographer
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Morgan agrees. &8220;I can see from my own daughters experience just how special they feel.&8221;
&8220;They were all dressed so sweet in sparkly dresses and sparkly shoes,&8221; Morgan said. A couple dads had three daughters each with them. &8220;He marveled at how they danced with three.&8221;
Walker said the girls really enjoy being treated like a princess for a day.
&8220;It was fun reminiscing,&8221; Morgan said, &8220;It was just fun to sit and talk even.&8221;
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