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Wedding Speeches
Traditionally three people give speeches at weddings, the father of the bride, the bridegroom and last, the best man. Nowadays some brides like to give a speech as well. Remember you can make your speeches witty but please don’t embarrass any of your guests and don’t make your time on your feet too long.
The best man normally acts as a Master of Ceremonies and starts the proceedings off by introducing the bride’s father.
Fathers Speech
Traditionally the Father of the Bride welcomes everyone to the wedding and the groom's parents into the family. He will say how beautiful his daughter, the bride looks. He will most likely then tell a story about her. Next he normally welcomes the groom to be his son in law and tells him what he is letting himself into. He may thank the vicar, caterers and anyone else who has helped with the day. Then lastly he will propose a toast for the bride and groom.
The best man will then introduce the groom to make his speech.
Grooms Speech
The groom will thank friends and family who have in some way made the day special and he will also thank his mother and father in law for allowing him to marry their daughter. He will then go on and probably say how he met his wife, you may tell a joke or two here and then he will be complimentary about his new bride. He will go on to thank his best man for doing a good job and he may take this opportunity to speak about his best man. Then he will propose a toast to the bridesmaids.
Some grooms then go on to present both mothers with a present, normally flowers and the bridesmaids with a gift as well.
The groom then introduces the best man.
Best man speech
The best man will start by thanking the groom for asking him to be his best man. He will then relate tales of the past about the groom and maybe even the bride if he knows her and he is bound to say something about the stag night.
Prior to the speeches he will have had the opportunity to look at some of the wedding cards and he will choose a few of these to read out. These are normally from people who have not been able to come to the wedding. The thing is to make this brief as otherwise he will lose the interest of his audience.
Finally he will ask everyone to stand and propose a final toast to the bride and groom wishing them all the best for their new life together.
Bride's speech
Traditionally the bride does not make a speech but today’s brides like to be equal and so a few of them do. She will have to decide whereabouts in the speeches she would like to speak. This speech will probably be quite short and consist of thanking everyone and any special words she has for her new husband.
If there is no master of ceremonies the best man will need to introduce the next item - cutting of the cake - or thank the audience and invite them to carry on with enjoying themselves.
There are a number of books which will help you with these speeches.
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