Tips for a Maid of Honor Speech
Making a maid of honor speech is quite a daunting one. You want to say in your speech only the stories only significant between the husband and wife. You want to tell them something nice about them. You may say something funny, emotional, unforgettable, etc. These are tips you can take note when trying to come up with a nice maid of honor speech.
Comprehend with full understanding of the following general tips.
* First things first, you are there to make the bride happy. Other than that anything goes, so talk about the fond memories of the bride and you, dreams you have made when you were still young, some things she may have told you about the groom that can be said publicly now.
* Since you’re making a speech in front of a large group, the speech itself still concerns making the bride happy. The speech usually takes about 5 minutes so it is also important to take in consideration that the people listening to you should enjoy your speech as well or else it may turn out too boring.
* Sometimes you get teary eyed, you don’t have to say I’m sorry. Just continue on reading. It is very noble to run through a speech with tears. It is nothing to be ashamed of, let the people focus on the words you’ve said.
* If you’re a funny person, do incorporate jokes. It livens up the scene. But if you’re not too comfortable with making jokes, then don’t try do so. It would be so embarrassing if silence suddenly creeps up from a joke which isn’t clearly understood.
The following are added general tips for a maid of honor speech.
* Being the maid of honor, do take note that nobody is judging you. You are not the one who is wed so you don’t have to worry about yourself too much. Make sure that you don’t make a speech just so that it centers mostly on you like making yourself look good. Also, an embarrassing story wouldn’t hurt as long as it makes the bride happy and related to the wedding.
* Try to look natural when reading. You should not look like you are doing an adlib and also you do not want to look like you’re reading. Some small notes on a piece of paper or an index card should help.
* Don’t breeze through the speech too quickly, make it concise and understandable to all of the people involved. Having a multitude of words and trying to fit it in a 4 to 5 minute time frame would be very confusing to hear. And if you start being teary eyed, it would take even more time.
There are a lot of things to take not when doing a maid of honor speech, but the basic steps are laid out here.
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