After 2 hours-tables are cleared. Musician signals for cake cutting, then caterer or banquet manager cuts and serves cake. Say good-bye to parents. Then bride and groom run out to car in shower of rose petals, bubbles, birdseed etc. Musicians stop playing and bar closes.
Parents say good-bye to guests.
1. Prepare and rehearse. Record words on index cards. 3 minutes or less and be sincere. Mention the names of the people that you are toasting and your relationship to them, give a wish or hope for the future and good fortune for the couple, bride, groom, etc. Recite a favorite poem, joke, or scripture.