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Summary: The best man attends all of the wedding functions and makes sure the groom has everything he needs. Be the best man with tips from an event coordinator in this free video on wedding planning.
Lori Randall knows event planning and coordination inside out. Prior to establishing Simply Divine Events, she worked as an event producer for Evention Show Productions in Tampa, Fla....read more
Planning a wedding is no small endeavor. There are hundreds of details to account for, like the cake, decorations, cocktails, menus and entertainment. Most importantly, planning a wedding requires tying all of the individual aspects together into a cohesive theme. With so many details to consider, it is sometimes wise to hire a specialist in the field. In this free video on wedding planning, an event coordinator offers tips for the wedding party and wedding toasts. Learn about the honored positions of being a best man or maid of honor, and find out the responsibilities of each. Get advice on being a bridesmaid or groomsman and how to help out the bride and groom as much as possible. Finally, learn how to give a great wedding speech that everyone remembers. Worry not about the wedding party or wedding toasts with this event planning guide.
"So your best friend just asked you to be the best man in his wedding. You might be wondering what duties are involved in being a best man. Well I'm Lori Randall with Simply Divine Events, and I'm going to tell you how to be a best man. The first thing that you want to do is let the your best friend know how excited you are about being the best man. It's a great honor to you for being a best man. And there's also you know quite a few duties involved in this. What you want to do is make sure that you attend all the wedding functions that are before the wedding. You're going to want to attend the engagement party if there is one. If there's a couples shower, you want to attend that. Also the rehearsal, the rehearsal dinner. Make sure that when you attend all of these events that you are there on time, possibly even a little bit early would be helpful. That way the bride and groom aren't you know getting too nervous. They know they can count on you the day of. For the day of the wedding you have quite a few responsibilities up until the reception gets started. Basically what you want to be doing is keeping an eye on the groom, making sure that he is getting dressed. Making sure that he has his marriage license. You have the bride's ring. You also want to make sure that all the other groomsmen are all getting to the the ceremony site on time. Those are the most responsibilities that you have basically just being there for the groom and making sure that he's comfortable and he has everything that he needs. Also in the planning process of of the wedding, you want to make sure that all the groomsmen have their tuxedos, that they got their fitting, they had the right size and all that before the actually day of the wedding. So keep that in mind too. And then once you get to the reception, you're also going to be asked to do a a toast or a speech, your best man speech. So keep that in mind as well. I know that this kind of seems like a lot of things you need to do, but I'm sure you're going to do great. You're there for your friend. So again I'm Lori Randall, and those are some ways on how to be the best man."
eHow Article: How to Be a Best Man
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