Wedding Toast Tips
Getting ready to deliver a maid of honor or best man speech? Here are some tips to help you give a great wedding toast.
Some people are naturally great speakers... and then there's the rest of us. Regardless of your speaking skills, here are a few tips and etiquette guidelines to help make your wedding toast a successful one.
1. Be Prepared for Your Wedding Toast - Have your wedding speech (or notes) written down. Whether you are a good public speaker or not, you never know when you may need a little help. It's better to be prepared for anything rather than being caught off guard.
2. Keep Your Toast Simple - Your toast should be warm and heart felt with words of admiration for the guest of honor. Sometimes "less is more". Try not to exceed to 2-3 minutes, otherwise you risk losing the audience's attention.
3. Know your Wedding Audience - Make sure your toast is appropriate for the entire wedding audience. Refrain from making any comments that may make some people uncomfortable, or worse offend them or their family... especially the bride and groom.
4. End on a High Note - Once your wedding toast is complete, ask your audience to raise their glass and cheer the bride and groom. This will clearly define the end of your wedding toast.
5. Etiquette - When making a wedding toast, it's best to be standing, unless it's a small informal gathering. In order to get your audience's attention, simply stand up and raise your glass in the air. This should cue your wedding audience for what's about to take place. It's really not a good idea to bang on your glass with a piece of silverware... you may be left with nothing to drink after the wedding toast.
The host or hostess of a wedding should always make the first wedding toast. If it appears they have no intention of doing so, simply ask if you may say a few words.
The person receiving the wedding toast should remain seated until the end. Once the wedding toast is complete, the bride or groom usually stands and returns the toast, or simply thanks the host/hostess for their kind words.
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