How weddings have changed on the decades! Coming from a handful to 400-500 invited guests; one-two to six-eight wedding party members; a fairly easy wedding car to expensive and big wedding cars; three course meals to six course meals; one-three live bands; simple attire to colorful and flamboyant dresses, suits and attire and off-the-cuff to well-prepared wedding speeches.
Speaking of aforementioned, wedding speeches remain a fundamental part of a married relationship and guests do look ahead to hearing them, talking about them before, during and indeed after they’ve been delivered.
We have all heard of wedding speeches delivered ahead of the meal, throughout the meal after the meal, however it is of the strong opinion that the groom speech should be delivered as soon as the meal. I am aware that for several wedding party speakers i.e. Father of the Bride Speech, Father in the Groom Speech, Bride Speech, Groom Speech and Bestman Speech (the five main speakers), they might choose to hold the wedding speeches before the meal, to allow them to enjoy their meal (many of them are spending money for it!). However, it is all about the invited guests and the way most of them (and even wedding ceremony venue staff) would prefer the marriage speeches being delivered following the meal for most reasons, most of which include:
The invited guests have been fed and watered and aren’t playing wedding speeches on an empty stomach (at least of food, which could be so prior to the meal, though weddings today do provide light snacks upon arrival with the wedding venue)
Food could be cooked and served in the agreed time (introduce the wedding speeches before the meal in addition to their could be a delay of Fifteen minutes to a single.5 hours, driving your kitchen staff crazy continuing to keep food freshly cooked, presentable and edible)
Wedding ceremony speeches act as the transition from the meal for the dancing (broke happening as soon as the meal, people are expecting ‘a few words’ to get shared about the Bride & Groom after which it they understand they’re able to wake up, move about, take a rest, go for a walk, visit the bar…)
It’s not easy for parents with the Bride & Groom to communicate in in public areas, since most of them would not be used than it. So, they could, when they so wished, speak prior to / their meal.
There should be some kind of formal wedding speech(es) after the meal…
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