Toasting
A Prom Night to Remember: How Five Star Entertainment Brought Magic to a Fayetteville, NC School Dance
A Prom Night to Remember: How Five Star Entertainment Brought Magic to a Fayetteville, NC School Dance There is something unforgettable about prom night. It’s more than a school dance; it’s a milestone — a moment suspended between childhood and the next chapter of life. For one Fayetteville, NC high school, this year’s prom became…
Read MoreThe Symphony of Success: How Five Star Entertainment Transforms the Annual Corporate Gala
The Symphony of Success: How Five Star Entertainment Transforms the Annual Corporate Gala Prologue: The Weight of Expectation The Event Planner looked at the enormous calendar. November 15th. The Annual Corporate Gala. This was more than just a party; it was the capstone event of the year—a night to celebrate achievements, reward top performers, and…
Read MoreHow to make an amazing wedding even better
A woman attended an amazing wedding, except for one thing: the wedding toasts were terrible. Writing on a Reddit wedding thread, she described the first thing that went wrong: “The groom forgot to tell his father that the father will be speaking at the reception until last minute so the father didn’t have anything prepared,…
Read MoreHow to give a wedding toast with a broken heart
Everyone loves movies about weddings. That’s why Hollywood, the Brits, and the French keep cranking them out. In particular, the rom-com wedding toast has become something of an art form unto itself. There are some really good ones. Two movies made seventeen years apart provide contrasting views on how to give a wedding toast if…
Read MoreHow to wrap up a wedding toast with flair
This blog has explored at length techniques for giving a memorable wedding toast with flair. You’ve read on these pages to keep it concise, just a few minutes in length. You’ve read that if you make ‘em laugh and cry, you’ve done your job. But we haven’t really provided you with zinger closing lines other…
Read More20 minute wedding speeches are a no-no
One of the greatest speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address (re-enacted in the video above), took but two minutes to deliver. And yet a recent bride writing to an advice columnist mentioned that her future in-laws gave a 20 minute wedding ‘speech,’ a real no-no. Even Martin Luther King’s iconic “I Have a Dream”…
Read MoreA wedding toast for an older couple
Discussions on how to give a wedding toast typically focus on younger couples in their twenties or early thirties. Young love is especially passionate, often reflected in the toasts themselves. But what about a wedding toast for an older couple? Is there anything different about them? To be clear, passion isn’t strictly the domain of…
Read MoreHow to toast someone you don’t like
Most wedding toasts are fairly easy, because you’re toasting someone you like. What happens if you’re put in the position of leading a toast for someone you don’t like? It happens. A dad wrote in to advice columnist, Carolyn Hax, presenting his dilemma: “My son is getting married, and I’m expected to give a toast.…
Read MoreA master class in giving a wedding toast
Rarely, VERY rarely, do we run across an impeccable best man toast. But we stumbled across this one on YouTube (above), and it’s worth a closer look, as this gentlemen delivers a wedding toast master class. As we’ve written before, the best wedding toast should make your guests laugh and cry. Humor and sentiment are…
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