Grooms Speech

At most weddings there are traditionally three wedding speeches, these wedding speeches normally follow this order :

Brides Father Speech
Grooms Speech
Best Man Speech

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Top tips for making knock out speeches

Start thinking about the speech six months before the big day. That way you can be writing down material you can use.
For the grooms speech, remember you are speaking on behalf of yourself and your bride.
Remember to include the following in your speech:
- Thank your parents and brides parents for their love and support. Present both mothers with flowers.
- Thank the bridesmaids, pageboys and ushers for all their hard work. Present each with individual gifts.
- Thank the Best man for his support and doing a great job. Ask him to go easy on you in his speech. This will add to the guests anticipation of the eagerly awaited speech. Present the Best man with a gift from yourself and your wife.
- Thank all the guests for coming, telling them it means a lot to you and your wife.
- Talk about your wife and how you first met. The first date you had and how you proposed. Tell the guests any funny anecdotes about you and your bride.
- Mention how wonderful your bride looks (look at her when you say this).
- Toast to the bridesmaids from you and your wife.
Make a copy of your speech in case you lose the original.
Be positive, the audience has been waiting to listen to your speech.
PRACTICE your speech in front of close friends and record it. This allows you to get feedback from people and you can judge your pace.
Make eye contact with one person at a time during the course of your speech.
If you are telling an anecdote set the scene so all guests can relate to the story, but keep it brief.
Smile, and your audience will smile with you.
Most importantly, be YOURSELF, if you’re not yourself and try to be somebody your are not, the audience will not be as forgiving.
If you forget a line, just apologise and laugh it off and the audience will laugh with you.
You should end with a toast to your gorgeous bride.

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