Choosing Your Wedding Toastmaster
Weddings are wonderful occasions
Organising the wedding can be like a military operation and help is often found in the guise of the Wedding Toastmaster. Many people make the wrong assumptions about wedding toastmasters thinking that they merely announce the bride's dad, groom and best man before the wedding speeches.
However, a professional Wedding Toastmaster has a much wider range of skills, and they can help the couple's special day pass smoothly. Due to their in-depth knowledge about procedures, there won't be any signs of glitches on the horizon.
As your guests arrive, they can be greeted by the toastmaster, and he or she can help to organise the group photographs. Your guests can be gathered in a receiving line where they will be announced in just the right manner.
The Wedding Toastmaster can then announce the main couple of the day which will either be a bride and groom or if a same sex couple, it will be announced how they, the couple, wish it to be said e.g. husband and husband, wife and wife or if preferred ‘The happy couple’.
Used to their full potential the toast master can be a real asset to any wedding celebration and that's why many happy couples insist on having a professional in this trusted role.
The Wedding Reception
However, much thought and careful forward planning has gone into the preparations for your Wedding Reception, a certain amount of responsibility and apprehension always remains upon the shoulders of those most concerned with - and anxious for - its success,
Now let's picture the scene - your Wedding Day is now fast approaching and that which was thought to be "quite a way off yet" is now fast becoming reality!
You know that the Ceremony is going to be conducted under the watchful eye of the Vicar, Registrar or Celebrant, and that he/she alone will guide you through the various aspects of it - this gives you confidence.
Unfortunately, however, once the actual ceremony is over, the officiant is no longer with you - your guiding hand has left you and you are on your own. Who do you look forward to now?
I am sure that at sometimes you have been a guest at a Wedding Reception that seemed to lack that "extra sparkle" - it just didn't seem to "flow". Most likely this was because no one person was on hand to assume the role of “coordinator". No one person was there with you the whole time to guide and relax you through the various stages of the reception.
So, let's take a closer look - you have to Receive, Welcome and entertain your guests. take your place "Centre Stage" the Cake must be cut, those all-important Speeches must be made, there are Presentations to be made - not to mention the Favours, or the Wedding Album that you hope that all your guests will sign - and suddenly there's no-one to help you.
Wouldn't it be nice if, when you arrived at your reception venue, there was that one helpful person waiting to greet you and attend to all those important matters for you? Someone you had met and talked with previously and who was aware of your wishes. Someone who would ensure that all those little "personal touches" - so special to you - would be included?
Enter - the Professional Wedding Toastmaster - problem solved!
The choice of who is to be your Toastmaster is naturally entirely up to you and because it is so important that you are certain that "he or she is the right one for you", whenever possible, you should meet him or her - or at least talk with him or her personally - before you engage his or her services.
This takes time, so don't leave it to the last minute. Take a good look around but when you have made your decision - don't delay - book him or her - you may not be the only one wishing to engage his or her services! Having full confidence in him or her will allow you to happily "leave it all to the Toastmaster" - and thoroughly enjoy your Special Day to the full, relaxing in the knowledge that your Wedding Reception is in safe and caring hands.
Not only is your Toastmaster invaluable to you, he or she will be also equally welcomed and appreciated by your guests. Wearing the instantly recognizable Red Coat, he or she is always on hand to assist them upon their arrival, keep them informed of "what is going to happen next" and be their friend to whom they can turn whenever advice or assistance is required.
Always remember to give due consideration to your guests - as you do for yourselves - for what would be a Wedding Reception without guests. Many will have traveled long and tiring distances to be with you and their comfort should be important to you. The success of your day is best judged not only by how much you have enjoyed it - but by how much your guests have enjoyed it with you.
Congratulations and enjoy a wonderful day.