we wanted dh to break the glass and totally didn't think about the shoe thing. it occurred to me as i was walking down the aisle, actually...so when the priest (yes, priest) said "we have a surprise for you" (yes, she said that....), i was like NO!!!! dh said he'd just do it, and then my cousin tossed his HUGE flip flop to dh to put on. even though i had told the wc to use a lightbulb, she still put a wine glass in there, so w/o shoes and on sand, it would have been almost impossible to break. can you have shoes waiting near the chuppah? behind a table, or next to the front row of chairs?
we also did the ceremony barefoot and danced in flip flops. i couldn't have danced on the cement all night w/o shoes.