
How To Deliver a Wedding Toast
Yay!!! Our daughter is now married to our son-in-law. That has a nice ring to it.
Last week I blogged about components of a good wedding toast.
Now I want to share good wedding toast examples and delivery options.
Two best ways to deliver your toast
- You can read your speech using paper or your phone/tablet. This approach works well and you won’t have any worries about forgetting your comments or what comes next. My husband, Jim, used this method.
- You can share your message by speaking extemporaneously. You’ve written down your remarks and you’ve practiced out loud in advance, and you give your toast without notes. I used this approach.
Wedding Toast Examples
Karen’s Toast to Courtney + Kevin
About 2 months ago Courtney, Kevin and I sat right over there, at this beautiful Hickory Street Annex wedding venue, going over wedding details with Michelle – who manages this venue. She asked, “Do you have a rough idea of the number of people attending?” Courtney replied, “Yes, almost everyone has already sent in their reply cards.” Michelle, wide eyed, responded, “YOU HAVE GOOD GUESTS.”
I laughed and commented back, “I love what you just said. We do have good guests.”
Jimmy and I stand here on this very special evening – looking at YOU, “our good guests”. May I say how blessed we are to share this moment with you.
You are family that are also our friends. Which makes us incredibly lucky.
You are friends that feel like family. Which makes us incredibly fortunate.
And we welcome our new family – Nancy & Rick, Mark & Jacque, the Haines’ wedding guests & C + K’s friends.
Jimmy and I thank all of you for sharing in our immense joy.
Please lift your glass for two toasts!
First – Please toast each other because it takes a village! AND
Second – Please toast our beautiful and happy daughter & son-in-law: Courtney and Kevin. May you have a happy and healthy life together. L’Chaim, to life!
Jim’s Toast to the bridal couple
Karen and I want to thank everyone for coming to help us celebrate Courtney and Kevin’s wedding.
It seems like only yesterday that my little “Sweetpea”, as I call Courtney, was just a happy kid crawling around like a spider on all 4’s.
She has evolved into an independent thinker, accomplished ICU nurse, and a great daughter to us, sister to Brett and friend to many.
When she first described Kevin to us, she did so with a smile in her voice.
We soon met Kevin, when he and Courtney joined us at the Ranch one weekend. He arrived with a bottle of my favorite Gin – and we bonded over our mutual love of Gin AND Courtney!! How brave of him to meet us at the ranch. I have guns.
Kidding aside, Kevin’s easy demeanor, intelligent conversations, and big smile & laugh, won us over immediately.
Together they are like a physics equation. Their sum total greater than their individual parts.
We are delighted to join families with Nancy and Rick Haines – Kevin’s parents & Mark, his brother, and his wife Jacque and their children Elizabeth, Christopher and Meridith.
We look forward to sharing many more special family events in the future.
Please raise your glasses to toast the newlyweds – Courtney and Kevin!!! L’chaim!! To Life!!
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Happy Thanksgiving to our blog readers in the US. I’m thankful for your support of Speak For Yourself® programs & coaching; and I thank you for sharing in the joy of our daughter’s wedding ❤️.
Author: Karen Cortell Reisman is Founder of Speak For Yourself®, a communication consulting firm, and the author of 2 books on how to communicate. She lives in Dallas, Texas and loves the idea of finally being a Mother-In-Law!
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