3.You need to thank everyone responsible for the arrangement and making the wedding possible.
Be respectful, courteous, and display common sense. Although it would not be fair for those in your presence to think of you as being insensitive and an ingrate if you fail to do this, can you really blame them if they did. So, show them your gratitude for being fortunate enough to be part of this most joyous occasion. It must have cost some one a nice couple of dollars for you to be there, not to mention the cost of the entire wedding which probably runs into the thousands of dollars.
4.Make sure to break the ice with some warm joke that just about everyone can relate to.
If you do not want the guests to fall asleep while you speak, or just barely acknowledge your being there talking to them, you better do something to grab some attention. You need to give them a good reason for putting up with your little speech that may last two or three minutes. If you don’t do this, you risk talking to the walls while every one else is talking to each other. Is it no wonder that humorous best man toasts are such a popular choice at weddings?
They usually play that song by Karen Carpenter that includes the words “we’ve only just begun”. Are you familiar with it? Well, we have only just begun. There is a lot more to come on the subject of best man speeches for weddings. I will continue my discussion in my next blog, until then, Click here to find out more about best man speeches for wedding.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
TWO THINGS TO DO
SOME DO’S AND DON’T’S
Before I give you some do’s and don’ts, I want to point out that the list below is given as a guide. It is nothing more and nothing less than just a guide. No one is saying you have to adhere and follow through on every item on the list. You also do not have to follow those you want to follow in the order given. I leave it up to you to follow this guide in any fashion you wish to.
With that in mind, here it is:
1. Make sure to introduce yourself to the wedding guests.
Don’t count on your peerless reputation to precede you. Most of these people do not know you from Adam. You can never assume that everyone knows who you are because it almost certainly is not so, unless you are say, Mel Gibson or Brad Pitt.
Let every one know within seconds of standing up that you are (give your name) tell them you are the best man, and then that you wish to offer a toast for the bride and groom. If you fail to do that, you risk being taken for just some drunken guest that suddenly feels like standing up and talking to any one that will listen.
2. Make sure to tell everybody how you come to know the bride and groom. Who are you in the scheme of things? Are you a friend of both of the couple? Were you the groom’s roommate in college? Are you his brother? Were you the guy who introduced the two of them to each other way back in junior high school? Regardless of who you are, this is your moment to make it known that you have something important to say. Let all among you know that you are of sufficient importance and significant enough to have the right to toast the happy couple. Do that, and you may get some attention.
I will continue with my list on my next blog, until that time Click here to find out more about best man speeches for wedding.
Before I give you some do’s and don’ts, I want to point out that the list below is given as a guide. It is nothing more and nothing less than just a guide. No one is saying you have to adhere and follow through on every item on the list. You also do not have to follow those you want to follow in the order given. I leave it up to you to follow this guide in any fashion you wish to.
With that in mind, here it is:
1. Make sure to introduce yourself to the wedding guests.
Don’t count on your peerless reputation to precede you. Most of these people do not know you from Adam. You can never assume that everyone knows who you are because it almost certainly is not so, unless you are say, Mel Gibson or Brad Pitt.
Let every one know within seconds of standing up that you are (give your name) tell them you are the best man, and then that you wish to offer a toast for the bride and groom. If you fail to do that, you risk being taken for just some drunken guest that suddenly feels like standing up and talking to any one that will listen.
2. Make sure to tell everybody how you come to know the bride and groom. Who are you in the scheme of things? Are you a friend of both of the couple? Were you the groom’s roommate in college? Are you his brother? Were you the guy who introduced the two of them to each other way back in junior high school? Regardless of who you are, this is your moment to make it known that you have something important to say. Let all among you know that you are of sufficient importance and significant enough to have the right to toast the happy couple. Do that, and you may get some attention.
I will continue with my list on my next blog, until that time Click here to find out more about best man speeches for wedding.
BEST MAN SPEECHES FOR WEDDING
CHECKLIST FOR BEST MAN SPEECHES FOR WEDDING
The writing and delivering of best man speeches for wedding celebrations does not sound like something that could cause anxiety or problems. That is, if you have nothing to do with the actual carrying out of these tasks.
But if you have that responsibility, what appears to be fairly simple to the outsider can become a project of incredible difficulty. It becomes something that when broken down into many pieces, has so many things to do and not do, its hard for an average best man to keep track of. It’s enough to make a grown man cry!
But, help is on the way. As complex as it appears for you to write your very own clean best man speech, it can get much simpler once you have a list for yourself telling you the things to do and not do as a guide. If you had such a list, you can easily perform much better at the task at hand.
If you really are looking for a way to give a best man’s speech that you can be proud of, just keep on reading. You will find all the information you will need.
You will find out more in my next blog. But, until then Click here to find out more about best man speeches for wedding.
The writing and delivering of best man speeches for wedding celebrations does not sound like something that could cause anxiety or problems. That is, if you have nothing to do with the actual carrying out of these tasks.
But if you have that responsibility, what appears to be fairly simple to the outsider can become a project of incredible difficulty. It becomes something that when broken down into many pieces, has so many things to do and not do, its hard for an average best man to keep track of. It’s enough to make a grown man cry!
But, help is on the way. As complex as it appears for you to write your very own clean best man speech, it can get much simpler once you have a list for yourself telling you the things to do and not do as a guide. If you had such a list, you can easily perform much better at the task at hand.
If you really are looking for a way to give a best man’s speech that you can be proud of, just keep on reading. You will find all the information you will need.
You will find out more in my next blog. But, until then Click here to find out more about best man speeches for wedding.
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