Dancing with the girl who truly stole your heart

I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day

When it’s cold outside I’ve got the month of May

Well I guess you’d say

What can make me feel this way?

My girl

Talkin’ 'bout my girl …

As the Temptations crooned, they danced — daddies of all sizes, shapes, colors and ages, united by one thing: their love for their daughters.

And their willingness to wear a suit on a Saturday afternoon.

The occasion: the 3rd Annual Daddy Daughter Dance, held at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside.

In all those daddy arms, the happiest-looking little girls in the world.

For a few hours, they had it all. Princess dresses and sparkly shoes and rhinestone tiaras. Balloons and flowers and fairy tale carriages pulled by white horses.

And they had daddy, all to themselves.

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Daddies who understood how fast it will all go. Who danced while they could. While they’re still No. 1 in those shiny eyes.

Twirling the girls who’ll forever own their hearts.

I've got so much honey the bees envy me

I’ve got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees

I guess you’d say

What can make me feel this way?

My girl.

George Duke of Norfolk and his girls Zoey, 8, and Leia, 2, cut a rug at the Saturday, February 8, 2020, afternoon Daddy Daughter Dance presented by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Towne Realty at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel. (Stephen M. Katz)