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Wedding Speeches - Vital For Bridal2012.com Success

The toastmaster or the best man should call upon the bride's father to propose a toast of health and happiness to the newlywed.

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Wedding Speeches - Vital For Bridal2012.com Success

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  1. Wedding Speeches - Vital For Bridal2012.com Success • The wedding speeches are vital to the success of wedding ceremonies. They are the big moments when the guests will either laugh and cheer - or yawn and look at their watches. So it is important that the speaker crafts his speech by knowing what to say and how to say it. • The wedding speeches must have the following characteristics:

  2. 1. Sincerity - they must be heartfelt. • 2. Humor - they must tickle the whole audience without offending anybody. • 3. Flow - there must be smooth changes of subject • 4. Impact - there must be great openings and endings so that you can make an impact.

  3. The order of the speeches is as follows: • 1.The bride's father's speech includes a toast to the bride and groom. • 2.The bridegroom's speech responds to the father of the bride's speech, and includes a toast to the bridesmaids. • 3. The best man's speech is a response on behalf of the bridesmaids, and should be lighthearted and humorous.

  4. In planning the wedding speeches, you can start by finding a link between the groom and key events. You can, for example, also mention if there are some key events in history that took place on the same day as the wedding. Look for a great opening or ending. • Others can also deliver wedding speeches. In wedding speeches, the three traditional ones come from the father of the bride, the groom, and the best man. There are other speeches which can be given by the maid of honor, best woman, and bride.

  5. The toastmaster or the best man should call upon the bride's father to propose a toast of health and happiness to the newlywed. Before doing so, he would welcome the groom's parents, relatives of both families any other guests and welcome the groom to his family and say a few things about his daughter. • The groom replies on behalf of himself and his bride, thank his parents for their love and care during his younger years and for their good wishes for his future and his wife. He will also take this opportunity to thank all those present for their gifts. If there were any close members of the family who could not attend the wedding because of illness, they should be mentioned and be wished for a speedy recovery.

  6. As conclusion, the groom will propose the toast of the bridesmaids, and thank them for a job well done. He may also present them with a small gift as a token of their appreciation.

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