No Need To Be Nervous About Making A Wedding Speech
You may feel nervous once you know you will be required to make a wedding speech. The majority of us never have the need to stand in the spotlight and talk to a lot of people at one time in our normal lives.
So the idea that you have to stand up in the limelight with everyone looking at you to make a speech can be scary. A wedding is always a happy event and all those involved will be looking forward to the big day full of excitement and eager anticipation.
There are certain special people involved in the day who will make speeches there is also an extra concern and worry about the day. Making a father of the bride speech should be such a thrilling and proud experience for you and it can be if you are organized and well prepared.
Planning and preparation are the keys to being able to enjoy the experience and make your mark on the event. A rubbish wedding speech will please no-one so start early and begin working on it several days and preferably a week before the marriage ceremony.
Start out by making a list of the things you want to mention in a father of the bride speech you'll be proud of. Begin by welcoming the guests and express how pleased you are to be able to share with them this celebration for your daughter and your new son in law.
You might then go on to recount what your daughter was like as a child and some amusing things she did but avoid the temptation to say things she might find embarrassing. Try to keep these stories brief and lighthearted as you want to interest and amuse everyone so they can smile and be happy for your daughter.
It is OK for you to bring up a few things the bride has done in her life that made you proud and how she will make her new husband proud of her. Make notes about all these points and then write a few lines about each of the points on your list.
After writing the speech it is important that you say it out loud to yourself and you should edit any parts where you stumbled with the words or it doesn't really say what you meant it to do. Next you should read it all out loud once again and continue to do this over and over until you feel confident with this father of the bride speech you will make.
Your confidence will increase as you go over the speech and you will find you are happy and you will actually start looking forward to making your speech and come the day of the wedding you will stand up ready to speak.
You will stand up proudly and speak eloquently of your daughter and her wedding and how you have enjoyed having such a wonderful daughter.
Your daughter will feel so proud of you when you raise your wedding toasting glass to toast the bride and groom and the guests will be most impressed with you and you will be very pleased with yourself for doing so well.
