Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Instead, I’ve been busy with my brother’s wedding to Alison Gay in NJ, immediately followed by a conference in Boston. It was a very pretty wedding and took place at the Colonial Dames House in Philly (an elegant downtown home for British-loving loyalists).
While I am generally morally opposed to online video, I’ll make an exception to post the video of my best man speech from Nic’s wedding. For reference, both Nic and Alison are historians and they met while working at the Constitution Center in Philly.
Tim’s Wedding Toast on Chime.TV
And here is an assortment of photos from the event
p.s. I’m very curious to see what sort of search terms will reach this page given its title…
I understand that there is a traditional expectation of the groom to give a wedding speech, but what about the maid of honor? Is it a typical function for a maid of honor to give a wedding speech these days?
What are the kinds of things that such a speech should contain?
At what point is the speech given? Is the maid of honor given ample warning that she should give a speech? Or is it just supposed to look “off the cuff”?
Thanks!