Speeches at late afternoon weddings

Hi, we are getting married at 2.30pm but the ceremony and reception are at the same place and we are only having one set of guests so thankfully don't have the time constraints of getting everything done before evening guests turn up!

We are provisionally looking at doing the speeches before the wedding breakfast too though as we are having afternoon tea at 4pm and BBQ at 7.30pm so otherwise it would be about 9pm before speeches and wouldn't want those that have to make them be waiting that long!

I have been to a few weddings now where the speeches are before the wedding breakfast though so it isn't that unusual.

We're getting married at 2.30pm and having speeches after dinner but before the evening guests arrive. Our dinner is at 4.30 (I think), speeches at 6.30 with evening guests at 7.30. Our venue told us to leave a half hour buffer during dinner for delays, etc.

We are having a 4pm wedding-

4pm cermoney

4.30 photos, casino, drinks

from 4.30 background music

7pm evening guests (theres 6) arrve

7.05ish cake cutting

7.10pm speeches

7.30 buffet

8.30ish first dance

dj/disco until midnight. then seperate bar open for guests who are staying- until about 4am

Oh that's good - thanks! They're marrying and eating at the same venue too. I know that she doesn't like conforming to 'normal' LOL but haven't heard of speeches before food before so that's a relief plus Dad is absolutely terrified so he wants it over and done with so he can enjoy his food

We're cutting back on the wedding breakfast time, and saving the speeches until the evening so all our guests can enjoy them.

We're getting married at 2pm and having our speeches at 4.30pm followed by the meal about 5pm....main reason being so OH and my Dad can get them out the way with and relax, they're terrified!

Our ceremony is at 3.30pm so reckon wedding breakfast will be done by 8ish. So we are inviting our evening guests for 8 or 8.30pm and there is a bar and lounge area they can wait til we are done if it runs over.

We are having the speeches before the meal, to be honest this has been the case at most of the weddings I have been too and I think its a better idea. It means the guys can get them out the way and then relax and enjoy their meal.

My dad has asked for the speeches to be before the meal so he can relax lol. Wedding at 14.30,wedding breakfast starting aroung 16.00.

I think a lot of people have the speeches before the meal nowadays. Our wedding is at 3.00pm but we are just having a buffet reception so I plan for the speeches to be before the buffet is served so then everyone can relax (including me as I'm going to make a speech too!)

Ooo, you're a brave girl!

Echoing what's already been said really - we're having the speeches before the meal so that the boys can get them out of the way and relax. Tradition is to have them after the main course and before dessert, but I don't want them stressing throughout the meal.