Bao Vang, producer and anchor of WSAW News Channel 7 Sunrise program, recently wed her fiance of a year. Both Bao Vang and Noah were born in the United States and are a traditional couple. Honoring their families, Noah and Bao Vang chose a traditional Hmong wedding with heritage spanning generations.
In the Hmong wedding tradition, the families must approve of the marriage along with a dowry. If this does happen, and there are no guarantees, then the marriage cannot take place.
Posted by: Administrator
in Fun romance on Jan 21, 2010
Posted by: Michael McCann
in Miscellaneous on Jun 11, 2009
The groom “thanks” everyone in the wedding party. In particular, he should say:
- Thank you to the bride's father for his kind words, blessings and (where appropriate) his enormous generosity in paying for the wedding.
- Thank you to anyone else (perhaps his own family) for their financial contribution.
- Thank you to his own parents for, well, bringing him up to be an upstanding citizen.
- Thank you to everyone for accepting their invitation to the wedding and for their kind gifts.
- Thank you to his best man.
- Thank you to any ushers and other key helpers.
- A special toast on behalf of the bride and groom to the bridesmaids and groomsmen.
As well as thanking everyone, the groom's speech should also have a certain entertainment value, though not to the extent that it becomes a cheap game show. In terms of its entertainment value, the groom's speech should fall somewhere between that of the bride's father and the best man. In terms of sensitivities, if you are a regular presenter or speaker as part of your work or perhaps a bit of a natural show-off, you might want to consider not showing off or showing up the bride's father. Wedding speeches are supposed to be sincere but entertaining, but not to the extent that it is a competition to be judged by the guests with a 'clap-o-meter'.
