Wedding speech agenda. My daughter married her sweetie recently in a wonderful love filled informal ceremony in a trendy Seattle SoDo warehouse. In honor of the occasion, her Dad prepared a father-of-the-bride Powerpoint presentation. Yes, you read that right. He put his speech in a Powerpoint presentation. What can I say? He’s an engineer. He gives lots of presentations.
He checked with the venue and the DJ first and yes they had a projector screen and yes they could accommodate him. He checked with his daughter and she was a little more dubious. “Two minutes!” That’s what she said. “You can have two minutes and don’t say anything embarrassing.”
The best man and the best friend gave their speeches to the crowd gathered on the dance floor and then David stepped forward. Now if you know my husband, you know he hates crowds and isn’t much for socializing. You might also know he has a very understated dry wit. But most of the guests didn’t know that so an uncertain hush fell over the room as he took out his clicker and his laser pointer (yep – he had a laser pointer) and displayed his first slide – the agenda shown above.
Laughter. Magic ripples of laughter running through the crowd.
He checked with the venue and the DJ first and yes they had a projector screen and yes they could accommodate him. He checked with his daughter and she was a little more dubious. “Two minutes!” That’s what she said. “You can have two minutes and don’t say anything embarrassing.”
The best man and the best friend gave their speeches to the crowd gathered on the dance floor and then David stepped forward. Now if you know my husband, you know he hates crowds and isn’t much for socializing. You might also know he has a very understated dry wit. But most of the guests didn’t know that so an uncertain hush fell over the room as he took out his clicker and his laser pointer (yep – he had a laser pointer) and displayed his first slide – the agenda shown above.
Laughter. Magic ripples of laughter running through the crowd.
Eleanor relaxed as David showed the obligatory small-child photos and the awkward teenage years photos and moved on to the issue of her dowry – the tools and chickens shown in the slide below. The wall is included because its construction was a test David gave the groom-to-be. (He passed with flying colors.)
Eleanor's dowry. More laughter, more slides. We're way past two minutes, but Eleanor has thawed.
And now we came to this ... the obligatory history of wedding traditions. (Doesn’t every father-of-the-bride include that in his speech?)
Who knew that in Rome the wedding cake was broken over the bride’s head? Or that they threw nuts instead of confetti? (Cue the lewd jokes).
Wedding Traditions.
And finally ... the sponsor.
"Hungry Coyote" by Cheryl Blackford, illustrated by Laurie Caple, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015.
So if you need a father-of-the-bride Powerpoint presentation, contact David@IGaveTheBestSpeechEver.
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