Bride & Groom speaking at wedding?

My FH is going to give a speech "to those we wish could be here" with the wine he custom blended and named after the women in his family...then a 1 minute slideshow of pictures will play that has pics of my grandparents and his parents...that is what we are doing instead of a table with pics or empty chairs etc..its our way to include them.
Otherwise, we have no planned speeches.

I think I’ll ask my wedding party and see if anyone really wants to speak (including parents), but thinking it’ll just be us thanking everyone for coming etc! I do want to say something and want to give like 5 min max to a few others if they want as well!

It's usually customary for either the bride or groom to thank everyone for coming. I gave a welcome toast thanking everyone for coming on behalf of the groom and me at the beginning of dinner. It was 2-3 minutes. Then as dinner was wrapping up my bridesmaid gave a toast on behalf of the wedding party. Her toast was probably about 2 minutes. It's best to limit the number of people speaking as well as keeping the time short so guests don't get too bored.

Following! I'm on the fence about toasts. Do they come before dinner? After dinner but before dancing?

We as bride and groom with do a quick thank you speech (hes good at public speaking so ill stand with him while he speaks) so far i think thats it

I was just Googling some example bride & groom speeches lol.

I think all we're having for other people is a toast/speech from FH's dad and one of my bridesmen. After that we're going to do a short thank you speech. I think both of us will stand up, but only FH will really talk because I am just too shy for that.

We aren't spreeching. Were walking around and thanking everyone for sharing our special day with us. We'd rather spend the time doing that then rehearsed speeches.

My parents want to give a speech, my FHs parents probablyvwont, ir wont say much if they did. My MOH will probably give a speech, the best man is too shy to be comfortable with it. And my FH and I will say thank you to the guests and those that have helped along the way, or travelled to come to the wedding. We will start these during dinner, ir soon after so people are not waiting on their meals and becoming uncomfortable. My parents gave speeches for my 21st party, and they were hilarious. I expect them to do the same for the wedding. So if they are a little bit longer that a quick toast, I know people will still be entertained by it. It certainly can't be anymore awkward than my future cousins wedding last year, when his father who had divorced the cousins Mum, started talking about the tree of life and how the branches of friends and family are important etc (so far very nice speech), but there are times when some of these branches need to be pruned.. Awkward, but more so as that part lasted 10 mins.

My dad is blessing the food and then MOH/BM are sating a speech or toast. No one else is speaking, we plan to say a thank you speech at the rehearsal

View Quoted Comment We did both. Table visits or a receiving line are done in addition to publicly thanking everyone for coming.

We had only our bestman to do a toast with his wife by his side and she was my moh. Then I did a heartfelt thank/toast to everyone. I'm not much on public speaking (but I do church announcements at my church) so at the last min typed up something from the heart that spoke from dh and I hearts. But It was also hilarious because I wear glasses and I didn't wear them that day due to my makeup. So I had to hold the paper at arms length...fortunately it was in a huge font. Also Fortunately majority of guest knew I'm the church announcer and chuckled at my attempt to read without my second eyes but my speech made all feel warm and fuzzy and only lasted about 1 min and everyone stood and gave us a standing ovation. (Yeah my typed note was that touching) Our wedding was a Wednesday evening at our church with 100+ in attendance. Our parents are deceased long ago and we are a mature couple (56&66) so we didn't need that many toast. The two toast were perfect for us.

We aren’t having a best man or maid of honor, so we aren’t having anyone do a speech. Instead, the two of us are going to say a few words prior to dinner.

We did a welcome speech...as pirates!

Small DW, no wedding party. We created a Pirates of the Caribbean inspired reception. After our ceremony, we escorted our surprised guests into the wine cave for cocktail hour, then slipped out to change into our pirate outfits. When we returned the guests were pounding on the dining table, we marched in, and gave a welcome speech in French/English (my DH learned some French for my adoptive family from France who spoke no English). Our speech was basically how we ransacked a ship and were here to celebrate and drink.

At the end of our speech, we were interrupted by Capt'n Jack (DH's BFF). Guests went crazy. He asked for a guest's drink, downed it, the accordionist played, guests danced. We were too far over-budget to get a videographer but I wish we had one just for our welcome speech! Hilarious.

We have 3 speeches, the best man, maid of honor, and my father. We are giving them 15 minutes for all 3. We are doing it after everyone has sat down with their meals (or at least their plated salads). My fiance will say a thank you too probably.