Wedding MC Role
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by: ShelbyWright
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Perhaps you are a wedding couple planning your wedding. Or perhaps you have been asked to be a wedding master of ceremonies. Whichever, you need to carefully understand the role of the wedding MC. It is critical to the success of the wedding reception.
What would you prefer? A wedding master of ceremonies who is a capable entertainer, the center of attention and the star of the show, creating laughs all through the reception? Or a master of ceremonies who is the host, quietly in the background and guiding proceedings to make sure the newly married couple are at the center of attention?
By tradition the role of the wedding master of ceremonies is to link together the formalities of the wedding reception including introducing speakers and making sure everything goes to plan as a fun celebration. A wedding MC must be familiar with wedding etiquette, understand the expectations of the newlyweds, a good public speaker, have a good sense of humor and be able to win over the cooperation of the guests.
Successful wedding MCs know how to keep in the background and only step forward to keep the wedding reception going as planned, without dominating proceedings. A good wedding MC is traditionally more like a chairman than a star entertainment performer for a wedding reception.
Mostly the wedding MC is a volunteer, often the father of the bride, or a family member or friend with the appropriate personality and experience. Sometimes the best man is also the wedding MC. To expect a volunteer to be the main entertainment will usually be asking too much, but you can mostly count on there being someone in the couple's circle of family and friends who can play the MC's chairmanship role successfully.
The wedding MC will usually have the personality to add some fun and humor to proceedings, especially the introductions to the various speakers. Occasionally the person chosen will be a natural performer and entertainer, but this should not be the main selection criterion. It is more important that the chosen MC is a good chairman, able to make sure the reception goes as planned.
The best man's speech is often the highlight of the wedding reception, because it is usually quite funny. There may be some entertainment included as an item during the reception, such as a song by a musically talented family member or friend. Others in the wedding party, especially flower girls and pagers, should receive their due attention. A wedding MC who sees his role mainly as an entertainer may overpower the other less professional contributors to the reception and monopolize attention. It is important for the wedding couple to carefully brief their wedding MC about the approach they would like him to take.
An option is to hire a professional wedding MC. That is often an expensive option, and favored mostly for celebrity or society weddings. The ironical thing is that a professional MC is usually expected by the guests to provide an entertaining act, while professional MCs often see their role mainly from the traditional chairman or coordinator perspective.
Being the master of ceremonies for a wedding is a big responsibility that can make or break the success of the reception and how it will be remembered for a lifetime. In most cases a successful wedding MC will not set out to give a high profile entertaining performance at the reception, but will make sure he is well briefed and organized to make sure everything goes smoothly to make the reception a happy and memorable celebration - with the wedding couple as the stars of the show, not himself as the wedding MC.
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Shelby Wright recommends a Wedding Emcee uses professionally designed wedding etiquette checklists, speech templates, wedding jokes and other wedding speech ideas and examples to plan the Wedding Emcee duties at the wedding reception. Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory
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