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Summary: Toast your host after dessert is served, and make sure to say kind words to thank him or her for a wonderful evening. Discover the rules of toasting and receiving a toast with this free video from an image and etiquette consultant.
Gabriela Garzon is the principal owner of G.G. Image & Etiquette Consulting in Miami, Fla., which is a full-service provider of image consulting, professional and personal etiquette,...read more
"My name is Gabriela Garzon and I work with G.G. Image & Etiquette Consulting in Miami, Florida. In this clip we're going to provide you with some tips on how to propose a toast to your host. Basically, proposing a toast to your host is a response to the initial toast. When it usually happens after dessert is served. The host makes a toast to the guest of honor. Everybody drinks to the toast. And then the guest of honor stands up, raises the glass. And just goes ahead and plays a toast to the host. They're supposed to say some kind words and thanks the host for the toasting. And just go ahead and wait for everybody to drink. The person who is receiving the toast, like the host or the guest of honor. Just stays seated, leaves the glass on the table. And do not drink to the toast. One should never drink to a toast that is made to yourself. Again, this is Gabriela Garzon with G.G. Image & Etiquette Consulting."
eHow Article: How to Propose a Toast to Your Host