Grooms speech help

will56

Looking for some help with the layout of my wedding speech .
I have sections of it written, just not sure which part should go where.
Should I leave the bit where I talk about my new wife till the last or is the toast to the bridesmaids generally kept till last.
I know there's probably no hard & fast rule for these, but I'm trying to make sure it flows well.

Any help is greatly appreciated

clint_silver

open with some short humour to break the ice and engage the audience
Do the "everyone looks beautiful" bit.
tell everyone how much you love your mammy
some story about the bride and you meeting.
capture the audience with a quick story.
mention the bride being beautiful again.
out.

5 minutes tops.

Talk to best man and others about their speeches, the bride and bridesmaids may have been told their beautiful 6 times by the time you get the mike.

will56

I have :
Opener
Thank all for coming
Thank Parents (both sides)
Readers & Priest
Bridesmaids
Wife

There is no overlap with the bestman, we've already checked that.
Will it flow alright to have a toast to bridesmaids and then talk about bride ?

clint_silver

will56 wrote: »

I have :
Opener
Thank all for coming
Thank Parents (both sides)
Readers & Priest
Bridesmaids
Wife

There is no overlap with the bestman, we've already checked that.
Will it flow alright to have a toast to bridesmaids and then talk about bride ?

Yes, it will be fine as theres no overlap. All the "thank yous" and "dont they look lovely" should be out of the way first, doesnt matter whether you or the BM do it.

I hear most of the speeches at the weddings where Im working and the overlaps are the worst. Double check that if the BM is handing the mike around. Was at one last week and the BM did the lovelies and thanks and then handed the mike to the bride, then the brides dad, then the grooms dad and even the head bridesmaid and THEN the groom. Everyone of them said how lovely the bridesmaids were. now dont get me wrong they were nice looking and all that, but you could visibly see people going "FFS, yeah, we know, theyre lovely, get on with it". Sure the speakers werent to know, they were all reading off a pieces of paper theyed written out.

Moral of the story, make sure you dont miss anyone, but dont overlap.

K09

Hi,

I have similar issues with trying to get speech to flow. It's hard to find examples on internet - ones on hitched.ie don't seem very good - lots of lame one liners.

Any recommendation or sample groomsman speeches?

And would anyone mind reviewing the first half of my speech??

Thanks!

totallegend

K09 wrote: »

Hi,

I have similar issues with trying to get speech to flow. It's hard to find examples on internet - ones on hitched.ie don't seem very good - lots of lame one liners.

Any recommendation or sample groomsman speeches?

And would anyone mind reviewing the first half of my speech??

Thanks!

Don't overthink it and please, please, please do not lift text off internet samples. It should be personal to you and the couple, you won't get that from the net.

Do groomsmen normally make speeches?

A couple of pieces of advice:
1. Keep it short, particularly if there are several other people speaking too
2. Do NOT go overboard in trying to be hilarious; one or two funny anecdotes about the groom is enough, after a while people will start to squirm.
3. Do not drink too much before the speech even if you're nervous.

Suggested flow:
1) Open with how you met the groom
2) Funny story about him that is embarrassing but not too embarrassing
3) Story about him and the wife
4) Talk briefly about how great he is and how great she is
5) Toast
6) Done