Intro Wedding Toasts 101 BrideBox Wedding （介绍101年婚礼祝酒BrideBox婚礼）.pdf

Intro Wedding Toasts 101 When your friend bestows the honor of the wedding toast upon you, it should spark feelings of respect and accomplishment. However, most people feel a deep sense of dread at the notion of getting up in front of a large gathering during a lifetime event and giving the couple their send-off. Public speaking is a common fear, and when you add the fact that this is the event that ties two lives together, its only natural to be a little scared. A million fears and questions can play out through your mind. Will you forget your speech halfway through? Will your palms start sweating? Will you shake so badly that your words come out in staggered bursts? Will you mumble? How much eye contact is enough? How should you move around? How do you gesture? Should you speak quickly or slowly? Are jokes okay? How sentimental is too sentimental? How long should this speech even be? (Don’t end up like this: Horrible Wedding Toast) But fear not; the perfect wedding toast is just a few tips away. Before getting into that, what does a wedding toast entail? A wedding toast is given generally before the meal to commemorate the marriage, offer some personal back story and wish the couple well. That means that your speech should cover these three points. Itll be less intimidating to think of the speech in increments rather than worrying about the whole package. Start off by thinking of what you want to talk about. Dont worry about the actual performance yet. Think about what stories you would like to share. This research period will probably take you a few days. If you rush this part, youre going to have a weak speech to deliver come wedding day. Instead, give yourself a little time to remember how you all met, anything in their relationship that stands out, any words of wisdom you can impart and your overall sentiment towards the couple. Above all, your words must be genuine. If you fall into trite verse or make the speech impersonal, y