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RE: Speeches

tobride — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:41:51 GMT

Most weddigns I have been to have had:

The MC welcome everyone, introduces wedding party, describes procedure of evening...

Grace: minister

dinner

MC introduces parents, special guests, thanks them for coming.

MOH: toast tot he bride

BM: toast to the groom

My parents: welcome to the family to FH

His parents: welcome to the family to me

Us: thank everyone, thank MOH, BM, parents. ANy presentation we plan on making......

MC: invitation to anyone else who'd like to say something special.

THats it.

RE: Speeches

Pansy — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:44:47 GMT

What we tenatively have planned is this:

MC introduces couple.

MC explains the proceedings of the evening, including kissing games, speeches, etc.

No speeches during dinner (I feel it takes away from the speech itself.)

First speech: Toast to the Bride by my Godfather.

Second speech: Toast to the Groom from a close friend.

Third speech: Some sort of surprise from my MOH for both FH and I as we're mutual friends.

Fourth speech: From FH and I to thank everyone, etc.

That's it! No speeches from parents (unless they want to come up and tell stories throughout dinner, etc) because FH's mom will only be in attendance (FH's dad is 92 years old and won't be making the trip to AB from BC) and we don't want to single out one set of parents, etc.

We'll be having a "kick-off" toast after the receiving line (undecided who will do us the honour. Probably a relative/friend of FH.) to start the dance. We will be inviting a second group of guests (co-workers, professional associates, etc) to the dance, late lunch, and desserts portion of the evening so the kick-off toast is to welcome those guests and start the par-tay!

RE: Speeches

Allegra — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:08:52 GMT

I'm keeping the speeches to a minimum and they're all going to be short and sweet.

Best Man to do the toast before the meal, maybe the MOH after that, and FH and I just to say thank you (really quick). I tend to think that a lot of weepy speeches bring people down and that's not what I want. I don't need my guests bored out of their skulls.

RE: Speeches

crazykewl — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:30:33 GMT

Speeches worry me, i dont think i want any

RE: Speeches

Sept10ya — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:17:50 GMT

At our wedding the order was:

My parents

DH's Parents

Best Man

Maid of Honor

My brothers

DH's sister

A few friends

RE: Speeches

KiKiLondon — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:08:46 GMT

I was thinking of this:

1. Me: at the beginning, to welcome our guests and thank them for attending to our ceremony

2. Best man (between entree and main course)

3. Maid of honor (between main course and dessert)

My parents don't like to talk in public and I'm not sure I want to put that pressure on anyone..

RE: Speeches

MrsMtobe — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:49:05 GMT

Another important duty the MC must oversee is the introduction of each speaker who will be presenting a wedding speech. Here is the general order in which these should be presented:

First, the Master of Ceremonies introduces each person at the head table to the seated guests.
Introduce the first person who will start the speeches, usually an old family friend or relative, and will deliver the first speech and toast to the Bride and Groom.
Introduce the Groom who will "accept" the previous speech for himself and his bride, and then present a speech and toast to the Bridesmaids and the Maid of Honor.
Introduce the Best Man who will "accept" the speech made by the groom on behalf of the bridesmaids, and make his own speech addressing the parent's of the Bride and Groom. The Brides's father will deliver a reply, followed by the Groom's father.
As the MC, you now present a short speech and toast to any absent family and friends who couldn't attend the wedding.
Once the main speeches are completed, the Master of Ceremonies can then invite any further speeches or toasts by the guests.

Along with keeping the speeches in order, the MC must also try to keep the speeches given by each speaker short - no more than 3 to 4 minutes each.

Speeches

DSK — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:56:11 GMT

We have five people (couples) doing speeches (MOH, BM, FH's parents, my parents, us) but we are not sure who does what and when. We want to the speeches to take place throughout dinner and are going to be kept fairly short and sweet. This is what we were thinking (starting at when we are introduced) ....

MC introduces wedding party, parents, and us
someone says grace (probably my father) -- dinner begins
1st speech - ?
2nd speech - ?
3rd speech - ?
4th speech - ?
our speech
dinner ends
slideshow
dance begins -- first, father/daughter, mother/son
game FSIL is planning

It's the first 4 speeches we are unsure of. Does is go my parents, his parents, MOH, BM? Who does the toast to the bride/couple? This is the one part of the night I am unsure of. Any help would be much appreciated!!!!!!