How to Prepare & Deliver a Wedding Toast : Wedding Toasts: Bride & Groom Positive Qualities
I was looking for a Youtube video that had some nice ideas for Father of the Bride speeches and I came across the above video. Its not exactly for the speech, but it has some good ideas in it.
The idea of Father of the Bride speeches is to basically give your blessing to the couple and reminisce about the bride and the relationship she found with the groom. The video above is about speaking on the positive qualities of the bride and groom separately and then about them together. That seems like a pretty good rule to follow.
This quote sums up how I feel about what your speech should mean:
“One of the saddest things to overhear when a person gets up to give a speech at a wedding reception is “I´ll just get this over and done with” – and of course they´re the sort of feelings that radiate. Where as what they should be saying is “I´m looking forward to this speech as a priceless gift to people I care about”. These individuals inspire, entertain, and move people.” Laurie Smale
Be real!
So exicetd I found this article as it made things much quicker!