Sam Elassar

hi there
is there any useful web sites that will help me with wedding speeches ? something i can cheat from.
has some one got one on his pc that i can borrow some ideas from

please

i have got some ideas but they only last for about 1 minute oops i need at least 5 minutes

sam

DavidLewis

I wrote my wedding day speech in verse. Prevents waffling as its easy to go 'off track'. Had our guests in stitches and most told me afterwards it was the most original wedding day speech they'd ever heard.

Silent Monkey

You could try www.hitched.co.uk

tyre monkey

try www.confetti.co.uk and search for speeches, some tips on content and format, but not full sppeches as such...

carl

Are you best man or bridegroom? I've only done the bridegroom bit, and I just 'winged' it. Seemed to go OK.

Sam Elassar

i am best man, actually i have been chosen because no one else was brave enough to give a speech , now i am kwaking my pants

i will try the other two sites guys cheers

David you don't have part of your speech written some where? it sounds like a good idea

Sam Elassar

hi guys
just had a look at hitched.co.uk and it is great so many good tips, sorted.

confetti.co.uk does not seem to work though.

Silent Monkey

All we need now is a mole at the reception to make sure you don't just pinch the whole of one of the examples from hitched.co.uk

Enjoy the day, you'll be fine after the first few glasses

Norman D. Landing

I did a best man speech in October, I too was cacking meself.

I was up there for 15 mins including giving the gifts out (Groom didn't want to do it cos he was bricking it aswell)

The best piece of advice I was given was to enjoy yourself and dont wory about peoples reactions, they're all eager for you to do well anyway so they're all on your side.

As it happened, once I'd finished I felt like I'd only been up there for 2 mins. This was at a wedding with only 70-80 guests. I knew 2 of them, the bride and groom

RichB

Just done this recently, kacked myself too. In the end I ditched all my notes cos every time I re-read them I found them to be not as funny as I first thought.
I basically adlibbed it, made stuff up using what the brides father said about the groom, said how nice the bride looked and it was a shame the groom showed up (oh hah ha) told about three little stories in the end and wrapped it up. Everyone else said is was good and didn't go on like the father of the bride
Just don't speak to fast!
If you have one cue card then make it one that says 'pause'
Remember that everyone is on your side unless they all hate you in which you are right to kack yourself!

the confetti web site was quite good to get you started...