Bridesmaid Speeches And The Best Man
A couple of days back one of my friends who is preparing for a best man speech told me that he got the inspiration for his speech from a bridesmaid speech he watched on YouTube. He explained me how he accidentally stumbled upon that video and in fact gave me the url of that particular wedding speech.
Well, he can’t be more right when he said that best men can get inspiration even from bridesmaid speeches. Wedding speeches become truly outstanding as well as a pleasant experience for the audience when there is a harmony between all the wedding speeches being delivered at the reception. I really believe that a best man can benefit from maid of honor speeches and I have already written an article on it. You can read it under the Best Man Speech Articles in the main section of this web site.
Both being wedding speeches there are obvious similarities between best man speeches and bridesmaid speeches. But if you are a best man you have to realize that you just can’t copy a bridesmaid speech as it is because it’s a bridesmaid speech after all. It’s about a woman’s feeling towards another woman; it’s about how the bride’s friend or sister shares a relationship with the bride. While a best man speech is about men. They are a different species altogether. In a nutshell, what I’m trying to say is you can, in fact, you should watch a few videos on bridesmaid speeches or read articles on them but you have to wisely use the information to make your best man speech stand out.
I want you to watch this video on bridesmaid. She tried to do something out of the box. A nice attempt but the young lady sitting beside doesn’t seem to be particularly amused. But it’s not about how she did it’s about the enthusiasm with which the bridesmaid tried to present the speech. As a best man would you like to do something like this? Do you this that would be a great idea for your best man speech ? Let us know about your ideas.
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Best Man And The Night Before The Wedding Day
The night before the wedding day is very special for the groom and the bride. And it’s equally important for the others who are involved in the wedding in some way or the other. Take the example of the best man. He is probably busy than anybody else making sure that he performs the duties and responsibilities of the best man with perfection. His foremost duty is to help he groom in all kinds of expected and unexpected circumstances. Obviously the best man speech is one of the many duties he has to take care of but definitely not the only one. Here’s a list of things a best man should check -
- Call the florist and verify if he is ready with the order for the boutonnières and make sure they are available before time.
- Are the tuxedos in place? If not ensure that you don’t have to look for them just before you are going to wear them. If the tuxes were borrowed make sure you don’t have to worry about them.
- It’s important that the groom has sufficient clothing ready in his wardrobe and it’s the responsibility of the best man to make sue that every thing is in place. And don’t forget to check that the groom has the right pair of shoes because he would really hate to discover that his shoes are of wrong size just before he leaves for the church.
- If it’s your responsibilities to arrange for the video photographer, don’t forget to call him and remind him of tomorrow’s assignment.
- Double check the wedding rings. They should be in your custody and please make it available to the groom whenever he needs it.
- It’s absolutely vital that the limo or the taxi arrives right on time. Do they have the detail information about the location? You should call and confirm the status.
- Ask the groom if he has the honeymoon documents ready with him? The flight bookings, passports, Debit and Credit cards, (if he is travelling abroad) hotel accommodations and everything else – this is the last time you should both check if they are in order.
- You should also ask the groom if he is done with the honeymoon packing and offer to help if he is yet to get it done.
- These are the common duties you are expected to perform the day or night before the wedding. But often there are unforeseen incidences where the groom might seek your help or you may offer to volunteer even if there isn’t any formal request from the groom’s side.
By now you should realized why I keep telling you all (the best men), why it is important that you should get ready with your best man speeches at least a couple of week before the wedding. You will find it harder and harder to prepare for it as the wedding day gets closer and closer. However, on the night before the wedding day, when you are done with everything else just go through your best man speech at least for a couple of times so that you could have the feeling that you are ready with your best man speech and sleep the night through happily.
By the way, you may find the following articles from elsewhere in this site helpful
5 Smart Last Minute Best Man Speech Tips
Well, it’s hard to guess if you did or did not prepare for your best man speech. Since you are reading this I think you are not ready for your best man speech yet. At least not to your satisfaction, I guess. However, I could be wrong. May be you are ready with your speech and want to make it even better.
Let’s imagine that you have to give the best man speech tomorrow around this time. What if tomorrow is the wedding day and you are expected to deliver an entertaining best ma speech at the wedding reception. Are you ready for it? What do you say?
Anyway, here are 10 last minute best man speech tips that will help you present a good best man speech. I assume that your speech is already written but you are yet to grasp it fully.
- Firstly you would want to rehearse your best man speech a few more times.
- Get a card or a neat piece of paper and write down the main points of your best man speech. You can keep it in your hand and have a look at it if you ever need a cue while giving your speech. Write down that hilarious joke you picked up last night from a book and the one-liner from Leo Tolstoy you found while browsing the web . . . you got the idea. However, it would be great if you don’t have to use it.
- Be sure about the order of the wedding speech. Generally best man speeches are given by the best man after the father of the bride and the grooms have spoken. But you would not want any confusion here. Simply ask the MC before the wedding reception formally begins.
- Make sure you know the names of the people and the places you are going to mention in your speech. If you are yet to meet the bride ask the groom to tell you a little bit about her. It’s important that you figure out how a person is the bride. Is she calm and serious or is she fun loving. You could adjust your speech accordingly.
- Finally, you would want to rehearse your best man speech a few more times.
By the way, I would like you to emphasize specially on tips number 1 and 5. The secret of successful best man speeches begins and ends with those two tips. Period.
More about best man speeches and toasts at Best Man Speech Insight – A Guide to Best Man Speeches
