| Thanking the Best Man And Usher: | | | | man speech can be quite daunting as many of the |
| The Best man has an important role at the wedding, | | | | guests at the wedding are unknown to the best man, |
| not only is he responsible for organising the stag do, | | | | however some people do find public speaking easier |
| looking after the rings he also needs to make a | | | | to carry out in front of complete strangers than in front |
| daunting speech. | | | | of close friends. Behind the scenes the Best man will |
| The Stag night is usually the most enjoyable part of | | | | be doing his utmost to confront his nerves during his |
| the run up to the wedding day for the Groom, as long | | | | wedding speech and will probably be trying to use the |
| as the groom survives the Stag with dignity and | | | | old tactic of visualising the other wedding guests in |
| eyebrows still intact that is! Stag nights tend to be | | | | there underwear. |
| pretty wild and involve copious amounts of alcohol and | | | | The Usher has slightly less responsibilities than the best |
| silly themed fancy dress outfits and the best man will | | | | man, but his duties are not to be underestimated by |
| likely to have prepared a few suprises for the night, | | | | any means. The usher is responsible for greeting |
| which could be from anything from drinking games | | | | guests as they arrive at the wedding and ushering |
| such as "beat the barman" (keep asking the barman | | | | them to their seats. This task can be fairly strenuous |
| for shots and drink them before he reaches into the till | | | | so requires a fit and able person to carry out this duty... |
| to give you change - until the barman gets angry!) or a | | | | just make sure that they aren't too fond of alcohol as |
| visit to some seedy gentlemens club. | | | | you may find them ushering guests to the wrong |
| Not only is the Stag night the Grooms "Last night of | | | | seats! |
| freedom" it is also a good time to catch up with old | | | | To say thank you perhaps purchase some |
| friends, perhaps people who haven't been on the | | | | personalised wedding gifts for the best man and usher |
| scene for many years and a good excuse to retain | | | | such as personalised cufflinks or personalised pint |
| friendships. | | | | tankards for all their hard work.Once the wedding day |
| So after the Stag night is over and tensions are | | | | is firmly in the past and the suntan from the |
| running higher as the "Big Day" comes ever closer, the | | | | honeymoon abroad has faded perhaps take the |
| best man will now be preparing a speech. The best | | | | groomsmen a for a round of golf. |