Advice for Wedding MC?

I have no ideas to share with you. Just a simple thought I hope it can help. Experience is the best teacher; just put you nervous down, relax and just enjoy the scene. I also want to extend my sincerest congratulations on your sister in her wedding, good luck to her and to you.....also!

Don't be an attention whore. My gf went to a wedding recently where a family member was the MC and would not quit talking on the microphone. You are not the life of the party. The day is not about you.

Create a timeline of the event so you know exactly when to do certain announcements. Make sure you know how to properly announce each person's name, and a little background about them (how they know the bride/groom, etc). Keep intros brief. Make light-hearted jokes that are unoffensive (you may want to trial them with someone else first). Don't upstage anyone. Let your personality shine through.

Im tired now, so I won't even try, but I had to do it a couple months ago for one of my best friend's weddings. Actually, for two of his weddings (one in Hanoi, one in Saigon).... Ill post more when I'm not sleepy...apparently I was pretty good at it.

Just grab any book on the topic. It will give you ideas and structure the formality (like order of speeches and such). Remember you are not the entertainment, but the host. I would wear a different tie as to not look like the groom.

ok in my case, I will say it is one of the worst jobs I have ever been lumbered with....it is completely impossible to enjoy a wedding when you spend the whole time jumping up and down between a stage, a table, and all the stuff that is supposed to be happening. Totally not fun. Send me your email and I will send you my script if that helps at all. I think the most important thing to do is just roll with it - in my case the first wedding in Hanoi was all her elderly relatives, and so basically I just kept it simple, a joke or two for the boys at the table, but otherwise, just let it happen. The Saigon wedding was mayhem, and in the end I just butchered my script on the spot - no one wanted to hear me speak, they just wanted to get on with the drinking - and so I removed the toast altogether, pulled out some nice things that I was supposed to say and some of the tributes from people overseas, just so the night kept rolling without interruption. Don't try and be funny. This will fail. Don't try and tell stories - this is the best man's job. Just kinda let it flow, introduce everyone and everything that needs to be stated...if it falls quiet, make some remark to break the ice, if it stays boisterous, stay out of the way. Check in regularly with the people on the floor as you need them (in my case I damn near introed a singer who was in the bathroom at the time...thank god I checked....everyone vanishes just as you need them)...so bounce around the room and make sure everyone knows when and where they are needed, and remind them moments before. Also ask people if they can hear you properly. Check if you are speaking too fast, too slow, too loud, too soft etc so you can make the running repairs. Also, know the hell out of your script so you don't spend the whole night staring at a podium for it. Print it double spaced because everyone will change everything, and so you need the room to scribble all over it...things like that. I can't remember anything else right now, but HTH. PM me if you want my script - I still have it somewhere I think.

oh and apparel wise, in this case he had 8 groomsmen, of which I was one - we all had matching tuxedos made.