Wedding Toasts: Know the Audience

"OK, now the first thing you're going to do in your wedding toast; how many people do you know in the assembly, or in the audience, or in the wedding, at the wedding, attendees? OK, if you know more than 55 percent of them, you don't need to introduce yourself. But if you know less than 55 percent of them, it's real important that you start out by introducing yourself and your role. Meaning, hi, I'm Tracy Goodwin and I'm the maid of honor. If you're not filling in one of those positions, you might be a great aunt or a best friend or something, but let the audience know who you are and what you're relationship is, to kind of give them an idea of why you're giving the toast. The next thing you want to do, right off the bat, is talk about, briefly, the fabulous ceremony. What an inspiring event we have all just witnessed. What a touching and beautiful ceremony we have just seen. Something to that effect; you don't have to go on and on about it, but mention the ceremony right after you introduce yourself. If you're not going to introduce yourself, then start right off with, wasn't that a beautiful ceremony or some comment about the wedding that you just witnessed."