Father Of The Bride Speeches

Basic Components of a Father of the Bride Speech

April 8, 2010

If you are wondering what a father of the bride speech should contain, you are not alone!  I didn’t have a clue until I got my hands on a little resource that made it all perfectly clear.  So, this is what I learned from this guide as far as the basic parts of a successful and well written father of the bride wedding speech:

1)    Since the bride’s father is traditionally the host of the event, it will be up to you to warm up the crowd.  I did this with a little joke that I picked up from my research.  I was quite happy that I thought of a way to personalize it which made it a big hit and got the audience laughing.
2)    Welcome all of the guests to the reception and pay special attention to those guests who had to make that special effort to attend.  We had a few guests that really made that extra effort to get to my daughters wedding.  I think that they really appreciated the little call out that they got and recognition for their efforts.
3)    It helps put everyone at ease if the father of the bride can include a few words about what to expect next in the program and a brief schedule of events for the evening.  I just gave a little quick and dirty run down of what was coming.

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4)    Any personal comments are included at this point in most father of the bride speeches.  I took this part of my father of the bride speech to acknowledge by fabulous wife.  Since I’m technically a step-father I wanted to make that extra effort to thank my wife for bringing our wonderful daughter into my life.
5)    The most important part of the father of the bride speech comes next and that is delivering a heartfelt few words about your special daughter.  As always I accomplished this reach out to my daughter on her wedding day with humor.  Since humor has always been our special way to communicate and has always accompanied the good times and helped us communicate during the not so easy times.
6)    A little wisdom for the new happy couple comes next.  I dialed down the humor during this segment since, as we all know, a marriage is not all fun and games.  I did wish them much love and laughter in their new life ahead.
7)    Wrap up your father of the bride speech with a toast to the bride and groom.  I just did a real short traditional toast.

I found this video and thought it was a great father of the bride speech, so watch how the bride’s father covers all the components nicely:

I’m glad that I took the time to do some research on bride’s father wedding toasts and father of the bride wedding speeches.  I read a lot of articles, made lists, took notes and developed an outline.  But it wasn’t until I found a wedding speech guide online that it all came together for me.

With the help of this valuable resource, I then fleshed out my outline by adding personal antidotes about my wonderful daughter and a little married wisdom for the happy new couple.  I wished them well and asked them to have patience with each other as they get adjusted to their new life.

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