Wedding speeches and toasts are great and are an essential part of every wedding reception. They give family and friends the opportunity to share thier special memories and express thier joyous emotions about your marriage union.
Some of the traditional speeches are given by the father of the bride, groom, and best man. However, wedding speeches have evolved to include anyone the couple would like to speak.
What each speaker says can be in a traditional style or be personalised. It’s always good to remember to add a little bit of humour as this helps make for the best wedding speeches and toasts. They are also the ones that will keep your guests amused and engaged.
Just remember not to have too many people speak or have the speeches go for too long as you could lose the attention of your guests. To help keep your speeches running to your schedule and to keep your speakers from rambling, have them all write down what they are going to say.
Toast To The Newly-Weds
If you are going to include the toast to the newlyweds this is usually done by me as your mc or someone who is special to you. If you ask a family member or friend this would be a really lovely honour for them.
The toast to the newlyweds is to thank the hosts, introduce the theme if there is one, add supporting memories, and congratulate the newlyweds.
Speeches
I bet there will be many of your guests who would love to share a memory or give a speech. Unfortunately, if this was to happen your reception would just be all speeches. In the following form, there are quite a few options for different speeches. You can choose as many or as few as you like. Just try to keep in mind how you incision your reception flowing.
Toasts, Wishes, Notes & Special Thanks
This is a tradition that is becoming less popular as more couples choose to use this time for fun activities. If you do choose to include any of these it’s nice to allocate the role to one of your special guests or I can do this as your mc.