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Basics
Wedding Speeches Explained
The roster of wedding speeches typically begins with the father of the bride, followed by a few words from the groom and finally a comedic showstopper courtesy of his best man. However, in recent years a trend has developed where the bride herself also says a few words. Regardless of who is doing the speaking, the purpose of a wedding speech is to thank everyone in attendance, pay tribute to those who made the day happen, offer a brief insight into the lives of the newlyweds, and entertain the audience.
Wedding Speech Tips
- Before you write a single line you must first decide on a tone and style which suits you, but also your intended audience.
- Generate material by mining memories for anecdotes and sourcing quotes from family and friends.
- Surprise the audience with well-timed jokes, wedding speeches that contain humour are more memorable.
- An ideal length for a wedding speech is eight to ten minutes.
- Throw in some relevant topical references, but only if they'll make sense to everyone outside of your group of friends.
- Anecdotes included in wedding speeches should be amusing, but should not be cruel or cause offence.
- Include friendly digs and optimistic remarks in equal measure. Don't just mercilessly make fun of the occasion.
- Wedding speeches should not be accompanied by a video, they give the impression that the speaker is not confident.
- Draw on the day's events for humour, particularly if the dad's a bit stingy or there's that one Aunt who always gets trashed.
- Go out with a bang. Riddling the front row with an Uzi is one way to achieve this, but it's more acceptable to use your final line as a summary of the occasion.
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BEST MAN
Over 5,000 comical lines, hilarious observations, put-downs and roasts for a best man speech.
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- A library of best man speech jokes to suit any audience
- Examples of the greatest best man speeches
- Templates to make writing your best man speech a breeze
GROOM
Everything you need to create a great groom speech that won't result in the bride leaving your plums to stew on the wedding night.
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- A vault of smart, sentimental and spicy groom speech material
- Absolutely genius groom speeches from the past
- Groom speech templates to ensure you don't mess it up
FATHER OF THE BRIDE
A tonne of entertaining speech material to help fathers cover both amusing and awkward wedding scenarios.
Access to:
- An archive of hilarious one-liners to spice things up
- Pleasant and affectionate father of the bride speeches
- Time-tested templates to keep you on the right track
BRIDE
All the tools a bride needs to craft an elegant, entertaining and evocative wedding speech.
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- Our collection of unique and intelligent bridal speech material
- Fantastic bride speech samples to amuse and inspire you
- Simple bride speech templates to keep everything neat and tidy