Maid of Honour Speech
by James
Nardel
One of the, if not the most important duties of the maid of honour
is to give the maid of honour speech. This speech is a big part of
the wedding ceremony and usually happens within the first half of
the wedding reception before people leave, so you will no doubt have
a full crowd when giving your speech.
While the best man's speech is equally
important, he will focus more on the groom then on the bride, so it's
your job to keep the bride happy and entertain her with your speech.
There are a few tips when it comes to giving a maid of honour speech
that will almost guarantee it to be a big success and that's what
I'm going to show you in this article today.
The best speeches are usually the funny one's where every one in the
crowd is laughing not just the bride. Telling stories about growing
up together and funny things that happened to you is a great way to
get your speech going. A lot of maid of honors when giving a speech
like to wing it and not write anything down on paper and just hope
for the best. I think on such a big day, the least you can do is make
an effort and write down a few prepared remarks.
We
all know that the majority of people don't like to speak in front
of other people, we tend to get very nervous when we know we have
to make a speech and having prepared notes makes life a lot easier
on that front as well.
Here are some of the things you can talk about in your speech. If
you and the bride grew up together, you could talk about all the silly
things you did as kids. You should talk about how you and the bride
met each other and how you became friends. This is quite a popular
way to start a speech, by letting the audience know who you are and
how you know the bride. I feel it sets the right tone for the rest
of the speech. You can talk about what the bride use to tell you about
the groom when they first started dating and make a funny story out
of that.
Then if you want to get into a more substantial part of your speech,
start talking about how great the bride and groom look together, make
a spiritual comment or something meaningful from you to the bride
and groom and of course you cannot forget to give them some marital
advice then wish them luck on their journey.
Hopefully these tips will give you some idea on what to say when giving
a maid of honour speech.
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