October 2007


886306_i_love_wine.jpgThe responsibility of speaking in front of others on a microphone gives jitters to people. Especially if you have to makes a toast at the wedding party. Even though the person concerned just need to say a few words. They are scared of speaking in public. If you have a wedding coming up in your house and you know most of the people in the party will like to speak in public then you can have a toast activity as the wedding activities. Make it traditional with the Dad, Best man, and others doing public speaking.
But if you feel people will not be ready to take on the microphone you can do lots of other fun activities which are listed below.
You do not need to make a toast at the wedding reception; it is not at all necessary to do that. The wedding should be unique and the bride and the groom should feel comfortable.
To the people who do not want to talk in public can toast in front of the camera and later on the video can be presented to the couple. This is not a very original idea, but it serves the purpose of people wanting to say something special to the couple.
If the crowd at the wedding is the friendly types then you ca pass the microphone around and ask the people to speak about the couple. This can work either way, like a serious toast or the fun kind where every just speaks for the fun of it. Most people enjoy the silly games and you can add fun to these games. In this if the first speakers name ends with T then he will need to find the person whose first name starts with T and pass on the microphone to the other person. This method works as people when hearing others toast they will want to add something to the toast.
You can ask one person from each table to give a toast to the couple. This way one person, from each table would like to speak and toast the couple. The others can enjoy or give their inputs. You feel there are many people who would like to speak, but you fear they will speak something which you do not want them to speak about. You can ask the best man or maid of honor to give the topic to the person who asks for the microphone. Which has already been kept in the bowl? The speaker can choose the topic from the list or pull a paper which has been pre written.
Or the speaker would like to finish the sentences which have been written on the sheet of paper which the speaker has chosen. Here you can get something interesting and silly. But will help the couple in keeping their most silly moments secret.

867837_table.jpgThe wedding rehearsal dinner is the time to relax and enjoy the evening before the final big event the next day. You can add some games to the rehearsal dinner will be a lot more fun and you will be able to enjoy yourself by being close to your family and friends.

If you have planned a dinner in a restaurant you can still have fun, at a formal dinner you can have some of the games and activities which will involve every one and you can have fun filled evening. You deserve to relax and enjoy yourself after the hectic planning of the wedding and the family and friends will also be able to enjoy themselves.

If you have a dinner at a restaurant and it is in a private room, you can start off with a game called “Pin the Veil on the Bride”. Here the guest is blindfolded and spun around and asked to pin the veil to the bride’s photos. This is a silly game but lots of fun. You can play charades with a difference, like you can act out a scene out of the bride or grooms life and that will be fun guessing what it can be. This helps the guests on both sides to know little bit about the bride and the groom.

If you have planned a rehearsal dinner a casual affair, there are many more fun activities which you and your guests can enjoy. Like playing cards, or board games.

Since the next day is going to be a formal party, who needs two formal dinners. You can have a relaxing time with your friends and families. You can arrange for some few snacks and enjoy the night away. For everyone to enjoy, you can make a group of four or five people and ask them to rotate after they finish one game. This will give a chance for everyone to play with everyone around.
If the bride or groom are players or enjoy playing football or baseball you can arrange a game and play the bride against the groom and their family backing them. Or you can play men against women. It will be a time to relax and enjoy before the big day.

There are many more games which can be played at the rehearsal wedding and you can use the internet to check out some more funny games which will help the bride, the groom and everyone around relax and enjoy them. For all this just keep the camera rolling and you can have such good memories of the event that you would want to cherish it the whole of your life.