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Finally on the market after so many years, Gareth is selling the premium best man speech web site www.classicspeeches.com
Please feel free to email and inquire about this web site.
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Best Man Speech Wedding Telegrams

Finding the right amount of humor for your speech is important.
ClassicSpeeches.com have recently updated their list of wedding telegrams so you can include funny one liners and other hunny anecdotes and advice in your speech.
check them all out here:  Classic Wedding Telegrams
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Best Man Myspace Page takes shape

Well it’s been a long time coming, but finally I have started my own myspace web page.  Not sure about the medium for the purposes of sharing best man information though.  It seems better suited to musicians and people interested in the arts…  maybe speaking is an art?  and the pain you inflict on your […]


The Ten Sins of a Best Man Speech

Finally!  - what not to say…  with all the help in the world people could still get it wrong by doing one of the ten worst best man speeches you’ll ever hear.
as an example:
2.    Negative speech
Negativity has no place at a wedding. They are joyous occasions, so don’t try and bring the mood down with a […]


New Best Man Speech WebSite Layout

Well it’s been many late nights, a bit of blood, sweat and even a few tears has gone into getting a better ClassicSpeeches web design.
Hope you enjoy it,  the new content and new pages too!  All built by yours truely.  New content will be added each week, or so that is the plan…  the free […]


First Century Chinese Love Speech

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“The key to love is understanding …
The ability to comprehend not only the spoken word,
but those unspoken gestures,
the little things that say so much by themselves.
The key to love is forgiveness ….
to accept each others faults and pardon mistakes,
without forgetting, but with remembering
what you learn from them.
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what about the bridesmaids

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Interesting reading some of the history behind bridesmaids.  I read the other day that back in ancient times, the objective of the bridesmaids was to keep the evil spirits away by making them not be able to determine which is the bride and which is the bridesmaids, so give up and go away.  […]


A Traditional Wedding Toast

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When toasting the bride or groom try and be original and traditional at the same time.
When you toast is the same as everyone before, it gets a little monotonous I think. I mean, the traditional “to the bride and groom”phrase is almost certain to come out… so try and be original

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A Good Structure for speaking at a wedding

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The structure of your speech is pretty simple if done right, and if done wrong your speech can become a complete mess.
A good speech starts at the beginning, has a middle and an end. In public speaking arenas we call this the “Opening” the “Body” and the “Conclusion”. We’ll be […]


Tips to Speaking at a Wedding

If you’ve been asked to be best man then your most public duty is to give the groom a good sending off. Carefully crafted words dashed with the right amount of humor is the sort of mix that will make your speech great, and give your best friend, brother of family member a fitting send off from single life to marriage.
You can get all this and more at http://classicspeeches.com