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The Father of the Bride Speech

The first of the wedding speeches is the father of the bride’s speech. This speech traditionally welcomes the groom into his family and thanks those family members that have contributed to the wedding.

The father of the bride will traditionally include the following elements:

1. As the first speaker at the wedding reception the father of the bride should welcome the groom’s parents and then the other relatives attending the wedding, followed by friends and the other guests. The father of the bride should also make special mention to those guests that have travelled from afar.

2. The father of the bride should make special thanks to the helpers of the wedding and include in this a special thank you to their wife or partner, as it is very likely that they will have worked very closely with their daughter to arrange the wedding day and reception.

3. The father of the bride’s speech will traditionally include plenty of reference to his daughter and praise about her appearance, her achievements, and about her growing up and that she is now entering a whole new life experience. This is the time for the father of the bride to relinquish responsibility for his daughter and to hand this over to the groom.

4. The father should welcome the groom into family and make reference to the bringing together of two families. The father of the bride might want to explain about the first time of meeting the groom and perhaps make some light jokes about this.

5. The father of the bride is normally responsible for offering some words of wisdom to newlyweds, which should be kept to being light hearted and humorous.

6. Finish by proposing a toast to the bride and the groom and wish them every happiness for the future.