How weddings have changed in the decades! Coming from a handful to 400-500 invited guests; one-two to six-eight bridal party members; an easy wedding car to expensive and big wedding cars; three course meals to six course meals; 1-3 live bands; simple attire to colorful and flamboyant dresses, suits and attire and off-the-cuff to well-prepared wedding speeches.
These are aforementioned, wedding speeches are still an important part of a wedding and guests do look forward to hearing them, speaking about them before, during as well as after they’ve been delivered.
We are all aware of father of the groom speech delivered ahead of the meal, in the meal after the meal, however it is of the strong opinion the wedding speeches ought to be delivered following your meal. I know that for most marriage ceremony speakers i.e. Father of the Bride Speech, Father with the Groom Speech, Bride Speech, Groom Speech and Bestman Speech (the 5 main speakers), they’d would rather contain the wedding speeches prior to the meal, for them to enjoy their meal (some of them are spending money for it!). However, all is here the invited guests and just how many of them (and indeed wedding ceremony venue staff) would choose wedding ceremony speeches being delivered after the meal for most reasons, a few of which include:
The invited guests have already been fed and watered and are not playing wedding speeches before eating any breakfast (at least of food, which could be before the meal, though weddings today do provide light snacks upon arrival in the wedding venue)
Food can be cooked and served with the agreed time (introduce the marriage speeches prior to meal in addition to their could be a delay of Fifteen minutes one.5 hours, driving your kitchen staff crazy trying to keep food freshly cooked, presentable and edible)
The marriage speeches act as the transition through the meal for the dancing (broke happening as soon as the meal, everyone is expecting ‘a few words’ to get shared about the Bride & Groom after which it they do know they’re able to stand up, move around, have a break, take a stroll, visit the bar…)
It can be hard for moms and dads of the Bride & Groom to communicate in public areas, as the majority of them wouldn’t be used from it. So, they might, should they so wished, speak before the / their meal.
There should be some kind of formal wedding speech(es) following the meal…
For details about father of the groom speech see this useful website.