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Giving a toast is a responsibility that puts fear in the speaking hearts of most members of a wedding. While it isn’t generally something that is particularly long or involved, it’s public speaking (which doesn’t sit well with many people) and really puts people on the spot.
If you’re preparing a wedding and know that a lot of members of this wedding are hams who will not mind the whole “public speaking” thing, then by all means keep the toasts traditional conventional with dad, the best man and others taking their expected turns at the mike.
But if you are searching for something different, either since you want to save putting people in an instant, or you simply want to do something different and fun, read on.
First, you can certainly take the entire toast thing off the agenda if you would like. The’re no rules requiring a toast at any wedding. Weddings should be unique events and reflect the personalities of the the couple.
But if you want to act a little different, the’re options. You can go the video route, which asks people to essentially make a toast on camera and then the video is presented to the the couple later. This isn’t an especially unique idea, but it does work out the problem of not wishing to put people in an instant and still gives everyone an opportunity to say something special to the bride and groom.
If your guest list includes many outgoing people then consider “pass the mike”. This can work in several ways. You can either be silly with it, or life threatening serious. Most people like silly. Say dad takes the mike first. His last name ends with T (so, as an instance dad’s last name is Smith). He must find someone whose first name begins with a T (Tom? Tony? Tina? Theresa?) and pass the microphone to that person, who then gives a toast.
This method of giving toasts does put people in an instant (certainly prior to the fun begins you can warn them so if they are really uncomfortable, they can escape to the restroom or bar) but it can also be a lot of fun. Getting people when they least expect it and then asking them to remember something funny or meaningful about the bride and bridegroom can lead to fascinating, funny and truthful results.
You ought to choose that one person at each table be necessary to give a toast. Number the tables and at various intervals, have the MC or DJ call a number, which will need guests at that table to decide amongst themselves who will give the toast at that table. Certainly, more than one person can if they like, but there will likely be at least one ham at each table who will love getting up and toasting the newlyweds.
Say you have lots of orators in the group, and finding willing toast participants won’t be a problem. But you think the content may be. There’s an easy answer to this problem. You can provide open-ended subjects for the toast speakers. Say you are providing an “open mike” toast arrangement, where anyone can request the microphone and offer a toast. The DJ, MC or a different person in the wedding party ( maybe the bridesmaid or best man) can offer the speaker a surprise topic, which could be pulled from a champagne flute or drawn out of the floral arrangement on the head table. There might be slips of paper to pick out, or just one sheet of paper with a number of ideas.
The speaker might select to finish this sentence, ” I remember when (groom’s name here) was a little boy, he always …” or answer this question, “When was (insert bride’s name here) at her silliest? Tell us the story”. You could have to give each speaker a while or two to collect their thoughts, but you are certain to have some interesting stories, some unique anecdotes and some different perspectives on the bride and bridegroom.
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