Wedding 101 · Toast Planner

The toast plan

The two of us: ________________________________

Date: ______________________

Prepare, prepare, prepare. Start with who already thinks they are giving one, then give each a number of minutes.

The toasts happenbefore dinner between courses after dinner

Toasts start at________ : ________

The orderone minute of applause and walk-up per speaker is in the count

#	Mic	Ready
1	stand holds	yes notes
2	stand holds	yes notes
3	stand holds	yes notes
4	stand holds	yes notes
5	stand holds	yes notes
6	stand holds	yes notes

The blessing, if any: who gives it (two minutes, before the meal)

Who hands and takes the mic (one person, every time)the MC

Open mic at the end?no yes, capped at ______ minutes

Surprise toasts?no yes: names and tables on the back

The planned bit, if any: who is in on it, and the two-line script

Add it upspeakers' minutes ______ + one per speaker ______ + blessing (2) ______ + open mic cap ______ = ______ minutes total

The rules I use

Four minutes each is plenty; past five the room is looking for the exit, past eight you have lost them. Four speakers and fifteen minutes are the most a dinner will forgive. One hand gives the mic and takes it back.

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Wedding 101 · Toast Planner

Speaker cards

The two of us: ________________________________

Date: ______________________

Four to a page, cut along the gaps. Fill one in for each speaker and hand it over the week of the wedding. The card copy is the plan's, not theirs.

Toast card · for: ________________________

speaker's name

You are on at about , right after .

You have minutes.

hands you the mic and takes it back.

Speak into it, not around it.

Notes on paper beat notes on a phone.

Thank you,

Toast card · for: ________________________

speaker's name

You are on at about , right after .

You have minutes.

hands you the mic and takes it back.

Speak into it, not around it.

Notes on paper beat notes on a phone.

Thank you,

Toast card · for: ________________________

speaker's name

You are on at about , right after .

You have minutes.

hands you the mic and takes it back.

Speak into it, not around it.

Notes on paper beat notes on a phone.

Thank you,

Toast card · for: ________________________

speaker's name

You are on at about , right after .

You have minutes.

hands you the mic and takes it back.

Speak into it, not around it.

Notes on paper beat notes on a phone.

Thank you,

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