Need Help with British Pop Music 1970's and 90's, and Wedding Traditions

[shanti_50130]

Hello!  Can anyone help this poor Yankee fanfic writer from "across 
the pond"?

This is for a wedding in my fic of a MWPP era character (not Snape) 
and the sort of music that might be played there.  I've 
already 'cheated' a little, one of the guests is from the U.S., so I 
will be sneaking in some things that I know from here.  I do not 
want to Yankify the whole thing, though, so I need help! ;)

I need to know some fairly specific things about British pop music 
in the time of the Mauraders, and then also in 1996.  How much of it 
is similar with the U.S.?  For example, in the mid/late 1990's there 
was a dance here called "The Macarena" (don't know if I'm spelling 
that right).  Did that 'fad' occur in the U.K. as well?  Were there 
any other similar 'group' dance sorts of things?

What are traditional things that might occur in a fairly 
relaxed/laid back wedding?  Do you guys do the "Father Daughter 
Dance"?  Here in the U.S. (at least where I live), it's fairly 
common for DJ's to play music from a wide variety of time periods so 
that the grandmas and grandpas can dance to 'their' music 
occasionally as well.  '50's music is popular here for 'fun party' 
dances--The Twist, The Hand Jive, things that almost everyone knows 
even still.  Do you guys have anything like that?

Wedding traditions:  Do the bride and groom 'feed' each other the 
first bite of wedding cake?  Twine their arms as they sip champagne 
to their first toast?  Is the "Unity Candle" something your 
ceremonies include?

This is not a 'rich people' wedding by any means, but a fun 'party' 
amoung close friends, though the 'bride' wants a 'traditional 
wedding with all the trimmings', so I need to know what that entails 
for you Brits!  Please help! ;)  Feel free to contact me privately 
off-list.  Thanks!