How weddings have changed over the decades! Coming from a handful to 400-500 invited guests; one-two to six-eight marriage ceremony members; an easy wedding car to expensive and large wedding cars; three course meals to 6 course meals; one to three live bands; simple attire to colorful and flamboyant dresses, suits and attire and off-the-cuff to well-prepared wedding speeches.
Talking about aforementioned, wedding speeches are still a fundamental part of being married and guests do look forward to hearing them, discussing them before, during as wll as after they’ve been delivered.
We are all aware of wedding speeches delivered prior to the meal, throughout the meal after the meal, however it’s of your strong opinion the wedding speeches should be delivered after the meal. I know that for most wedding ceremony speakers i.e. Father in the Bride Speech, Father from the wedding speeches (the 5 main speakers), they would would rather hold the wedding speeches before the meal, for them to enjoy their meal (many of them are paying for it!). However, all is here the invited guests and how a lot of them (and indeed the marriage venue staff) would like the wedding speeches being delivered following the meal for most reasons, many of which include:
The invited guests have been fed and watered and are not listening to wedding speeches on an empty stomach (at least of food, which will be so ahead of the meal, though weddings today do provide light snacks upon arrival on the wedding venue)
Food can be cooked and served with the agreed time (introduce the marriage speeches ahead of the meal as well as their might be a delay of 15 minutes one.5 hours, driving the kitchen staff crazy trying to keep food freshly cooked, presentable and edible)
The wedding ceremony speeches become the transition from the meal towards the dancing (with nothing happening following the meal, everyone is expecting ‘a few words’ being shared concerning the Bride & Groom and they understand they’re able to stand up, move around, take a rest, go for a walk, go to the bar…)
It’s a challenge for parents from the Bride & Groom to talk in public, as most of them couldn’t survive used of it. So, they might, should they so wished, speak before the / their meal.
There should nevertheless be some form of formal speech(es) following the meal…
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