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Delivering a speech isn't for a lot of people. Public speaking at your own wedding? How about a funny wedding speech? That is, for a greater part of folks, the absolute worst experience possible. You have to stand up and make comments that people will remember in combination with this most important occasion in your life, without giving undue resentment to anyone.
As a matter of fact, remember the cardinal rules of public speaking: Tell the crowd what you're going to go over. In particular, keep the tone easy, and keep an air of levity in your presentation. Make them snicker. Make them grin.
If you're the groom, thank everyone who helped you with the wedding. Sometimes, being the groom at a wedding is sort of like being the prize steer at a stock show. The wedding coordinator coordinates everything, your bride-to-be is worrying out over all the developments, and all you have to do is wear a black tie, hand her the ring and not screw up.
Flatter your bride. Exalt the bridesmaids. Tout your bride's family, and thank them for raising the wonderful woman you're spending the rest of your life with. Praise your best man, and explain that the inceptive duties of the best man were to feud off the brides brothers and cousins while the groom had time to circumvent with her through a window for a massive elopement.
Do take the time to point out your individual cronies in the crowd. They'll acknowledge it later, when they get singled out by the friends of the wedding party trying to set them up. Do take the time to thank your parents for helping sponsor the ceremony.
And then, you need to propose a toast. Now, you've proposed a toast to your concubine, your future in-laws, and your parents, so the bounds of duty have been satisfied. The final commencing toast is normally meant to be funny, but be aware of the gusto of the wedding party. Something that's a scream to a person in their 20s may be downright horrid to their grandparents, and you don't want to go down as being the man who offended everyone. Here are some classics:
"Here's to our wives and our loves. May they never meet."
"I've put this date in my calendar. The best way to remember a wedding anniversary is to forget it once."
"Marriage is the union where man and woman become one. The trouble comes in when they try to decide which one."
If you're the best man, you have the best job at the wedding. You get to tell folklore about "Remember when" and embarrass the groom. In particular, praise the bride-to-be to the high heavens, then ask her if she's taken leave of her senses for marrying your consort. She'll laugh, everyone else will laugh, and the gathering can begin. So, delivering a funny wedding speech isn't that hard after all.
Mark Pommett is a Las Vegas Wedding Videographer with over 10 yrs exp in wedding video documentaries. In addition, he's worked in production for several films including "Click" starring Adam Sandler. For more information and samples of his work visit http://www.vegasweddingvideography.com.
» left by Barry from Jersey city (1 year 202 days ago.)
From my own experience when I was asked to be a best man, I thought yes what an honour but then, oh no, the speech. Luckily I could write poetry, so I wrote a poem and also luckily I hit the jackpot, it went down a storm, it was perfect and I had accolades all night from lots of guests and photographers. So I created my own website to help other guys and it has been very successful and I am so lucky to have had so much superb feedback from guys who were clearly quite nervous.
The beauty of a personalised poem is the fact it is personal, you can read it, and given time to practice, it can be delivered in a meaningful way and last but not least, you don’t have to let on it wasn’t you who wrote it!! But the real beauty is it is a comfort to the best man in case of emergencies; panic attack, too much to drink, etc. So if anybody wants help, I would be delighted to help out.
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