A Step by Step Wedding Reception Program Guide.docx

A Step by Step We Wedding dding Reception Re ception Program Guide for the Wedding Master of Ceremonies

A really superb wedding master of ceremonies cere monies script is manna from heaven for any first timer given the task of emceeing a wedding, wouldn't you think? After all, nobody's addicted to the struggle. Of course, we'd all p refer to have the wedding reception program emceed by b y Billy Crystal with all the production values the Oscars are renowned for a wedding to remember ! in a good way", but reality usually does come with a little more elbow grease and this is no e#ception. $%m also sure most of us have heard of, or been to weddings where the would&be wedding C has one too many shots of (utch Courage and makes a meal of the )ob instead of the dinner ! complete with off colour )okes about the bride or her mother. *erhaps even worse, the wedding C has been dragooned at the last minute and resembles a deer caught in the headlights. $t is confidence destroying for the deer and agoni+ing for everyone else. Of course, it doesn%t have to be like that at all.

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$f you can%t afford a professional emcee, a plethora of e#c ellent master of ceremonies duties and emcee tips, tips, a well&prepared wedding well&prepared wedding reception order of events and events and above all, a decent sample  below"" can turn even old agoraphobic ncle Bertie into a smooth and charming emcee script  below wedding master of ceremony. Of course, this takes time and lots of practice. $t is a big production and the more time taken, the smoother it will be. -emember, if other people have done it, you can do it too. Above all, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. ou ou should know weeks in advance about the venue, venu e, the order of events, the speech&makers. $t is advisable to give them a few pointers on what to speak about.

Wedding Emcee Sample Script Bear in mind, this sample emcee script template below is o nly a guide. $ have followed the general wedding reception order of events with thanks and acknowledgments to the wedding  party. $t is neither mandatory, mandatory, nor desirable for the /mcee to 0uote verbatim from the script script

unless both the C and the script are brilliant". 1ome things look good in a script but sound stiff  and stilted when spoken. A guide is )ust there to ensure nothing is overlooked or left to chance. $t is recommended the reception program and script is prepared weeks in advance so the /mcee can familiari+e himself with the flow of events. 2here are basic instructions to give a broader view on how to present each part. 2here3 4ow you have some of the basics. Before you can develop your emcee sample script, you will need your order of wedding reception timeline. 2his is the framework around which you will craft your master of ceremonies wedding reception script. 5ere is a master ceremonies guide $%ve put togethe r to help spur  your imagination.

MC Script Starts ere

Master !f Ceremonies Welcome

'6ood evening ladies and gentleman, friends and loved ones, welcome to 7inona and (erek's  4uptial (inner -eception. y name is -obert, and $ have been asked by our lovely bride, the former iss 7alker, now rs 7inona c6regor 8 her husband (erek, to be your /mcee tonight and they would like to e#tend their thanks for attending their nuptial celebrations tonight.' '(inner will commence very soon, so we ask that everyone make their way to their seats and make your selves comfortable as we begin our celebration with a wedding prayer.'

A WE""#$G PRA%ER 

9ord, behold our family here assembled. 7e thank you for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded us this day, for the hope with which we e#pect the morrow, for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful:

for our friends in all parts of the earth. Amen  Robert Louis Stevenson

#ntroduction of the Wedding Party Parents of the &ride

;2hank you 9adies and 6entlemen. *lease be on your feet as we welcome the bridal party. *ut your hands together for our hosts, the mother and father of the bride. As you all know, the day your little girl gets married is the happiest day of the century for every doting parent and don%t they look radiant? 2hank you Brian 8 9ily 7alker, we can see where the bride got her good looks from. $%m not saying which, you both look wonderful tonight.% (wide applause) Parents of the Groom

;And now, here come the parents of the groom, looking happy and proud. *lease welcome ichael 8 aria c6regor. (erek%s parents )ust got back from trekking in 4epal to be here for their son%s wedding. A big hand for ichael 8 aria c6regor, *arents of the 6room.% Matron of onor

;And now we come to the atron of 5onor, eagan c6regor. $t%s been said that eagan is chosen for her ability to outthink, outrun an d generally outwrestle anything with up to eight legs that stands in the way of a smooth&running wedding. $n eagan%s case, she%s also the Bride%s Auntie. A tremendous grip on the woman as well3 9et%s hear it for Auntie eagan.%(wide applause) &est Man

;4ow we come to our Best an, 9adies and 6entlemen, Orlando