Module 12: Example Walkthrough​

Summary

This script offers a detailed guide for wedding MCs, emphasizing the importance of coordination with the venue and DJ. It covers the timeline from the wedding start to the reception, including managing late starts, ensuring hot dinners are served on time, and gently guiding guests into the reception hall. It advises on introducing the wedding party, creating a lively atmosphere for the couple's entrance, and the significance of the first dance. The MC's role in facilitating speeches and toasts, and the art of crafting a warm welcome toast using a personalized interview sheet is highlighted, aiming to set a positive tone for the event.

Takeaways

• 🕒 Coordinate with the venue to ensure dinner starts on time to avoid cold food.
• 🎤 As an MC, be prepared to gently guide guests into the reception hall for dinner.
• 📅 Keep track of the schedule and adjust for any delays in the wedding start time.
• 👥 Help manage the flow of guests, especially at large weddings, to maintain the event's timeline.
• 🎵 Work closely with the DJ to ensure the right music is played at the right time.
• 💃 Encourage wedding party members to have fun and enjoy their entrance.
• 📣 Use the MC's role to hype up the crowd for the bride and groom's entrance.
• 🎉 Confirm with the couple how they wish to be introduced before their entrance.
• 🍽️ Consider doing the first dance, father-daughter dance, and mother-son dance early to capture everyone's attention.
• 🗣️ Prepare a warm welcome toast that serves as an icebreaker for the event.
• 📝 Advise speakers to keep their toasts short and personal to maintain the event's momentum.

Q & A

What is the first thing to consider on the day of the wedding?

The first thing to consider is the schedule and ensuring that everything is on point with the time, especially since some venues are sensitive about when dinner starts.

Why is it important to coordinate with the venue coordinator?

It's important to coordinate with the venue coordinator to ensure that the dinner is served on time and the food is not cold, as this can affect the venue's reputation and reviews.

What should you do if the wedding starts late?

If the wedding starts late, you should adjust the timeline accordingly, such as shortening the cocktail hour, and ensure that dinner is still served hot at the scheduled time.

How do you gently encourage guests to move into the reception hall?

You can use a microphone to announce that dinner is about to start, or if there's no sound system, you can individually approach groups of people and invite them to come in for dinner.

Why is it crucial to set the mood at the beginning of the reception?

Setting the mood is crucial because it sets the tone for the rest of the evening and helps create a memorable experience for the couple and their guests.

What is the significance of introducing the wedding party in a fun and energetic manner?

Introducing the wedding party in a fun and energetic manner helps to break the ice, especially since many members of the wedding party may not know each other well, and it adds to the overall enjoyment of the event.

Why is it important to confirm how the couple wants to be introduced during the reception?

It's important to confirm this with the couple beforehand to ensure that their preferences are respected and to avoid any potential misunderstandings or disappointments.

What is the role of the MC in hyping up the crowd during the couple's entrance?

The MC plays a significant role in energizing the crowd and ensuring that the couple's entrance is met with loud cheers and applause, making it a memorable and exciting moment.

Why is it recommended to have the first dance, father-daughter dance, and mother-son dance at the beginning of the reception?

Having these dances at the beginning captures the full attention of the guests and ensures that everyone is present for these important moments, as some guests may leave after dinner.

What is the purpose of the welcome toast by the MC?

The welcome toast serves as an icebreaker, setting the tone for the evening and allowing the MC to introduce the couple and their story in a warm and engaging manner.

Why is it important for other speakers, such as the best man or parents, to keep their toasts short?

Keeping toasts short ensures that the focus remains on the couple and prevents the event from dragging on, which can lead to guests losing interest or having to leave early.

What is the significance of the MC having a detailed information sheet about the couple?

Having a detailed information sheet allows the MC to personalize their remarks and toasts, making them more meaningful and relatable to the couple and their guests.

Outlines

00:00

💒 Coordinating the Wedding Reception

The paragraph discusses the importance of coordinating with the venue coordinator to ensure the wedding reception runs smoothly, especially regarding the timing of dinner service. It highlights the need to work with the DJ and other coordinators to keep the schedule on track, even if the wedding starts late. The MC's role is emphasized in gently guiding guests into the reception hall for the dinner, which is crucial if it's a plated dinner to avoid cold food. The MC also needs to manage the timing of the wedding party's entrance, ensuring they come in with energy and excitement, and prepare them for their entrance. The paragraph also touches on the significance of introducing the wedding couple with enthusiasm and getting the crowd to cheer loudly as they enter the dance floor.

05:02

🎤 Welcoming the Wedding Couple

This section of the script focuses on the MC's role in welcoming the wedding couple and setting the tone for the reception. It stresses the importance of asking the couple how they wish to be introduced and ensuring the crowd's applause remains lively as they enter. The MC is advised to encourage the couple to make a grand entrance, embracing the moment with enthusiasm. After the couple reaches the dance floor, the MC should quiet the crowd and prepare them for the first dance. The paragraph also discusses the MC's responsibility to coordinate with the DJ to ensure the first dance song is ready and to manage the timing of any additional dances or toasts that may occur before the meal is served. The MC is encouraged to use personal and heartfelt stories about the couple during the welcome toast to create a warm and engaging atmosphere.

10:03

📝 Preparing for Toasts and Speeches

The final paragraph of the script covers the MC's preparation for the toasts and speeches that typically occur at a wedding. It emphasizes the need for the MC to gather information about the couple through an interview sheet provided to them before the wedding. This information is used to create a personalized poem or song, although this is noted as an optional and time-consuming task. The paragraph also discusses the importance of keeping speeches short and personal, with a focus on the couple. The MC is advised to remind speakers to keep their toasts brief and to the point, avoiding cliches and focusing on personal anecdotes. The paragraph concludes with a note on the potential for family introductions and the need for thorough preparation to avoid accidentally omitting any family members, which could lead to hurt feelings.

Keywords

💡Wedding

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. In the context of the video, the wedding is the central event being discussed, with the script focusing on the planning and execution of various aspects of the ceremony and reception.

💡Reception Hall

The reception hall refers to the venue where the wedding reception is held. It is a key location mentioned in the script, where guests gather after the ceremony for dining, dancing, and celebrating. The script emphasizes the importance of coordinating with the venue coordinator to ensure the dinner starts on time.

💡Cocktail Hour

Cocktail hour is a social period that typically occurs before the wedding dinner, where guests enjoy drinks and appetizers. The script discusses how delays in the wedding ceremony can affect the length of the cocktail hour, impacting the timing of the dinner service.

💡DJ

The DJ, or Disc Jockey, is responsible for providing music at the wedding. The script mentions the importance of practicing with the DJ and coordinating with them to ensure the right songs are played at the right times, especially for key moments like the first dance.

💡Coordinator

A coordinator, often a wedding planner or venue staff member, helps manage the logistics of the event. The script describes the role of the coordinator in ensuring that the schedule is followed, particularly regarding the timing of the dinner service.

💡Mic

The mic, or microphone, is used by the MC or other speakers during the event. The script mentions checking the mic to ensure it is working properly before making announcements to guests, such as inviting them into the reception hall for dinner.

💡MC

The MC, or Master of Ceremonies, is the person who guides the flow of the wedding, making announcements and introducing speakers. The script provides insight into the MC's role in managing the timeline, engaging the audience, and setting the mood for various parts of the event.

💡First Dance

The first dance is a special dance between the newlyweds, often occurring after the wedding party's entrance. The script discusses the importance of coordinating this moment with the DJ to ensure the right song is played and the couple has the spotlight.

💡Toast

A toast is a speech made to honor the newlyweds, often including well-wishes and personal anecdotes. The script highlights the MC's role in delivering a warm welcome toast, as well as coordinating other toasts from the best man, parents, and potentially other guests.

💡Family Introductions

Family introductions are a part of the wedding ceremony or reception where family members are acknowledged. The script cautions that these introductions should be prepared carefully to avoid accidentally omitting anyone, which could lead to hurt feelings.

💡Ceremony

The ceremony refers to the formal part of the wedding where the couple is married. The script notes that most weddings start late, which can impact the subsequent schedule, including the cocktail hour and dinner timing.

Highlights

Coordination with venue coordinator is crucial for timely dinner service.

Most weddings start late, impacting the schedule for cocktail hours.

The importance of ensuring hot dinner is served on time to avoid negative reviews.

The role of the MC in gently guiding guests into the reception hall.

The challenge of coordinating with venues that are strict about dinner start times.

The MC's responsibility to keep the event on schedule, especially with plated dinners.

Encouraging wedding party members to have fun and enjoy their entrance.

The significance of the MC's introduction of the wedding couple with energy and enthusiasm.

The MC should confirm with the couple how they wish to be introduced.

The MC's role in keeping the crowd's energy high during the couple's entrance.

The timing of the first dance and its coordination with the DJ.

The MC's strategy for performing the welcome toast to break the ice among guests.

The MC's use of a customized poem or song during the welcome toast.

The importance of keeping speeches short and personal, especially the best man's toast.

The MC's advice on preparing for family introductions to avoid missing anyone.

The MC's role in ensuring all elements of the reception run smoothly and on time.

Transcripts

now it's the day of the wedding and

you're there and you've gone over the

whole schedule and you've rehearsed and

you've practiced with the DJ with the

coordinator you're ready to go mic is

good looking all Point people are coming

in now people are coming in to uh the

reception hall if this is one of those

places where they're super hyper

sensitive about when the dinner is going

to start like it's plated it's not like

a

buffet you have to work with the venue

coordinator these people are crazy

they're like du doesn't matter what

you're doing like we're going to start

serving like at this at this time you

got to coordinate with them to make sure

everything is uh you know on point with

the time because they don't want the

food to come out cold I get it like they

reviews all the all the time and energy

went for them like they don't want the

steak and the fish and the chicken to be

cold and so you got to keep that in mind

sometimes that means uh let's say the

wedding started late which by the way

most of them start late I've rarely seen

wedding start on time but let's say the

wedding started late and so now pushed

into cocktail hour so you have to pay

attention let's say wedding starts at 4

cocktail hours at 5 to 6 but let's say

wedding started at 4:30 for some reason

now cocktail hours at uh starts at 520

so now instead of an hour it's 40

minutes but but regardless the dinner is

going to come out at uh 6:30 hot dinner

right you have to help her the people

gently lovingly into the reception hall

especially if it's a big wedding you

have to help the coordinator for some

reason coordinators are some corers are

scared to um ask people to do this I

don't I don't know why but I I've done

this hundreds of times with they go can

you they're like can you uh announce on

the mic for people to come in

if there's a sound system outside that

still works fine that works but

sometimes there isn't sometimes the

cocktail are as far away I don't know it

was like so you literally have to

individually go to these groups of

people and say oh um we're about to

start dinner reception and you know sort

of interrupt but you know and like go

around to each group most people are

thankful they're like let's go let's go

get dinner and so you just gently hurt

this takes 10 minutes usually people are

slow to move they they go oh okay and

then they haven't seen people in years

so they just go back to the conversation

sometimes it takes 20 minutes so you got

to look at the schedule prepare 10 20

minutes event start moving people into

the reception hall this is if there's

going to be a hot dinner right hot

plated dinner and that matters if it

doesn't doesn't matter now once you

bring everybody in and you have that set

time then you know you're going to try

to set the mood uh you know

for for the whole beginning of the

wedding you you're going to line up all

the couples and you should already have

this all their names right you're line

up the wedding

party either they're going to come in

couples they're going to come in as you

know the Bridesmaids the grooves men

make it real fun a lot of these couples

uh for some these weddings uh the

couples they they want individual songs

for each couple that comes in you got to

ask them like are they going to dance

like in your prep call are are they

going to have like a fun dance then that

makes sense if not and it it's just a

lot of extra work and a chance for more

mistakes for the DJ so it's just best to

bring them in one song One fun song

right whatever it is

right um because most people these

couples when they're coming in first of

all a lot of the GRS of bridesmaid they

don't even know each other like they met

for the first time they're oh you know

like she's holding on his elbow they're

all awkward uh some of them were taking

shots before they come in they're just

really like shy about this moment right

so you got you have to encourage them

you go out you know they see you with

the mic they you're like hey let's just

have fun let's come in nobody's going to

remember this right this is just for the

couple right like this video like it's

just for the couple and so um this is

like just just come in and like uh have

fun you know so you can you don't have

to do anything crazy like if they're shy

which most couples are you just come in

just do a little dance you know guy spin

the girl and then just wait on the Dance

Floor you know you have to give them a a

little pep talk and then when uh after

you introduce the whole wedding party

very important you say all right ladies

and Gentlemen let's all stand right now

let's all arise is the day we've been

waiting

for this is what you know we really want

to bring them in with energy come on

everybody like you can do better than

that like you want to Hype it up your DJ

now should be playing their music their

song the couple song that's coming in

the wedding couple and this is where

this is a big money moment for you as an

MC like you have to Hype up the

crowd make everybody to cheer

loudly as the go and Bride come in and

what's really important is you ask the

go and bride before come like how doing

your prep call and confirm how do you

want to be brought in because more and

more some people just want to be brought

in as their first names you know some

people want to be brought in as Mr and

Mrs his last name so you know make sure

you uh check on that

have everybody cheer you're cheer you

know everybody cheering Loud come on

come on everybody's cheering loud

sometimes it's a long inance it'll

Applause will die down come on make some

noise again you got to keep it going all

the way till they get to the dance Flor

and then when they hit the dance Flor

one more time Make Some Noise everyone

you want everybody to cheer

loudly you telling the couple before

they come into you like hey if if you're

like the shy type like you're spending a

lot of money at this way this is not

time to be shy like this is one moment

like come come in with your with your

hands up like this come in smiling

dancing thanking

everybody soak this moment in you know

this is this is your moment so you come

in and then when they come on the Dance

Floor have them in the wedding party

dance a little bit or if they don't have

a wedding party Just Dance a little bit

right like people are cheering and then

you say okay thank you everybody

everybody please have a seat this time

we're going to go straight into our

first dance majority of the weddings

right there you're going to go straight

into your first dance some some

coordinators they don't like

that they like doing it later I disagree

with that but two weeks their own very

it's very classy to do it right there

all the attention is there people are

clapping

cheering all the attention is there it's

it's beautiful moment their first dance

right there and so that's a moment you

have to coordinate with your DJ they

really he you know needs to get that he

or she needs to get that

right you know I've attended some night

nightmare weddings where all right

ladies and gentlemen at this time we're

going to have our first

dance everybody's looking at the wedding

couple the DJ doesn't have the song

Ready so they're just standing

there you can Google uh wedding MC

nightmare YouTube it there's some

there's

some yeah I actually use it as a

marketing technique like you know hey

you know you don't want this you know

you want someone with experience but

that means with your DJ you got to be

prepared right like hey is everything on

point and so at this time everyone

please have a seat and we're going to go

into our first dance and then DJ is

gonna play if they have something

prepared like sometimes they have like a

prepared dance you have to make sure

everyone is seated and everyone is just

focused and looking these are like

things that may seem small but it it all

matters you know like like it's you're

running a show here you're the man and

so now they're they do their first dance

and everyone's clapping personally if

they have a fatherdaughter dance mother

Sund dance I like doing it right

away all the attention is there

sometimes people like doing it later but

sometimes you do it later I don't know

I've been weddings where some people

have to leave after dinner so not

everybody's there it's just like the

some people gone drinking smoking

whatever we like it's

not there like the attention is all

there so I like doing it all in the

beginning first dance father daughter

mother son and all the toast before

salad or food or buffet or whatever

because all day tension is there if if I

if you're working with a coordinator

doesn't want to do that I would fight

for that like I fight for that to have

everything in the beginning makes a huge

difference after the uh first dance

parents dance before the toast this is

another huge money moment for you is

your welcome welcome toast by the by the

MC

this is I think probably the number one

reason why I get referred a lot and I

get you know a lot of good reviews like

I I do a five to seven minute toast

that's that might be too long if you're

just starting I would not do that I

would just do like a 30 second one maybe

one minute Max but something that you

could

prepare just a warm

welcome a lot of these family members

they're meeting for the first time it's

like awkward you know both sides you are

the Icebreaker you're the most important

person at that moment to set the tone

and if you do it right everyone trusts

you for the rest of the night if you do

it wrong everyone's

like so you got to avoid avoid anything

corny cheesy you know I do standup

comedy so I I mixing jokes what I do is

when I prep with the couples I had this

interview sheet I send it to them months

ahead I asked them to fill it out if you

would like a copy of this interview

sheet

this has made me uh tens of thousands of

dollars like you can U download it below

I'm going to give it to you it just has

like how hey how did you meet how what

was your first impressions of each other

how does it differ now what's your

favorite food what's your favorite

restaurant what's your favorite memories

what's your favorite how are you alike

how are you different and then they fill

it out a lot of them have fun doing it

like it takes them like 20 minutes each

you know they fill it

out and uh sometimes just one page two

pages but some couples they just keep

going they send me like three four pages

what I like to do you don't have to do

this but I make a custom poem or song

for each couple every wedding it takes

me hours you don't have to do that like

uh but I do that during the welcome

toast you know if you want to see

example of that I'll have a YouTube

video link you could see an example of

that and I do I do it all the time my

wife sees me do it at home she like

looks at the couples and know she like

oh whatever how they met and so I I put

a lot of time you don't have to do that

you may not want to do that you may not

have the skill to do that or you may be

like no that's not me but having a

couple's info sheet and how they met it

helps you MC

like hey everyone this is how they met

this is what I love about them you know

this is this is this is why I really

like you know I I I'm rooting for

whatever it is right oh like their

favorite restaurant is my favorite

restaurant this was their first

impression just something personal it's

nice you just want to make him very

romantic and Lov it after that best man

toast made on toast or sometimes the

Father of the Bride mother of the bride

mother uh you know or father the groom

mother the parents want to talk give a

toast most important thing is you tell

the groom to let them know like hey keep

it short like I wow like I've been to

some I've been to one where the father

of the groom did a 20 minute speech

thanking all every single one of his

like it was his day or something I don't

know but I don't know maybe he paid for

it so he gets to do it he was thinking

political people in the room he was he

literally forgot to they talk about the

groom and bride and you could see the

bride is just

like you know so just keep it short two

minutes max and then the gro and bra I

mean it made up best F toast made on

toast have them prepare it you know they

should prepare like something bullet

points

or the worst thing is like it's their

it's a wedding and then like you know

best friend goes up there he's like drun

he's like I was going to wing it guys

I'm like really bro like this is is your

best friend man you guys grew up

together whatever right like just tell

him prepare and the easiest thing to do

it's just personal stories people want

they don't want cliches they don't want

that they don't want like something you

downloaded alll they just want like hey

I remember when we were grown up I

remember this happened you know like I

remember like he was the one that stayed

behind and helped me clean

up and he helped me move when no one

else to like just something personal you

know tell the G bright to tell them that

also some some people want family

introductions oh like we want to

acknowledge the people that have come

far tell them whoever is doing the

family introductions like to prepare

like have it on a c because they're

going to miss someone they're going to

miss a family member and that person is

going to be butt hurt forever my

mother-in-law food a wedding like a

relatives wedding in in New York and

wasn't introduced cuz they forgot on

accident the family Tru like she talks

about it to this day it's been like 10

years she's like she's she was she's

been so passive aggressive about it

like they they should prepare that if

they want you the M sometimes they want

you the MC to do that fine but they need

to prepare like with really detailed

notes like oh you know Uncle Joey

flowing from here and you know Aunt

Tammy uh flew in from here know like

clap they need to prepare you need to

have them prepare like you need to have

nudge them lovingly there's a lot of

loving like nudges in as a as a wedding

MC