Traditionally, there are three wedding speeches that are acceptable at a wedding reception. These speeches are given by the bride’s father, by the bridegroom, and the last speech is given by the best man. The maid of honor may occasionally want to say a few words, responding to the bridegroom’s speech. And as it’s the bride’s wedding too, she may want to join the bridegroom and thanking people for being there and for all their support. Alternatively, she may well thank her father for his kind words just after his speech.
These wedding speeches are highly anticipated by everybody present, and equally highly dreaded by the persons that give them.Such is the price of fame when public speaking….
You may be in a situation where you’re asked to give a short speech at a wedding. You were probably wondering how you could give a speech that is appropriate for the tradition, and that is also humorous, entertaining and memorable.
Here are a few suggestions for the different speeches at a wedding party. If you observe them, it will be so much easier to deliver an entertaining and memorable wedding speech.
The speech of the bride’s father is usually all about welcoming the people present. He greets the bridegroom’s parents, all the relatives of both the bride’s and the groom’s families, and all the guests. Very importantly, he then welcomes the groom to his family. At this stage, if you’re the proud father of the bride, take a moment and talk about your daughter and mention her virtues and anything else that will be fitting. Finally, you then propose a toast to the bride and groom for a healthy, wealthy and happy life together.
The next speech will be the one by the bridegroom, in response to his father-in-law’s speech. He will thank the bride’s father for his speech and toast. If you’re the groom, you have now the chance to say how happy you are today, and also say something about your completely gorgeous, intelligent and fantastic new wife. You can then give your gifts of thanks and appreciation to anybody that has helped with the day. For this you will include the best man and the bridesmaid, the bride’s mother and your own, and everybody else that helped make the day a success. After giving out the gifts, you then finish by proposing a toast to the bridesmaids.
And now is the time for the most anticipated of all the wedding speeches: the Best Man’s speech. It is the final speech, and as such, the one that is expected to be the most memorable, funny and impressive. If you have the honor to give this speech, you will first have to thank the groom on behalf of the bridesmaids. You will then embark on telling everybody present about the groom’s previous life. The best man’s speech is expected to be witty and highly entertaining. But not so much that you upset anybody. So you will want to appeal both to the parents and your mates. Combine playful humor with a few more touching moments. Thoughfully match your jokes and your more serious anecdotes and say something nice about the groom. Finish your speech by wishing the happy couple a long and happy life.
Here are a few tips on how to deliver wedding speeches:
– Try to limit your speech to around 7 minutes or about 1000 words.
– Start with writing out the whole speech. Learn your speech and jot down brief bullet points. If you need to read out your speech, learn the opening and the end by heart, then read the rest. Look up from time to time and at your audience — your speech will be more natural.
– Practice, practice, practice. Take it from me, if you think you will be able to make it up as you go along on the day, you will be mistaken. Even great public speakers practice and rehearse, every time.
– Be sincere, but also include enough funny remarks to make it interesting.
– Speak slowly and with a strong voice. Pause often, particularly between paragraphs. And wait for the laughs!
– Speaking of laughs… Wait until the laughter has died down, then continue. Comedians and great public speakers do it — learn from them.

















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