Nate Rodney's Article in Weddings

855 Wedding Speech for the Father of the Bride
If you are the Father of the Bride you will usually speak first. Traditionally, the wedding day marks the moment when your daughter becomes a woman in her own right. Although this isn’t necessarily the most important aspect of the wedding nowadays, the essence behind this very significant occasion is for you to give the marriage your blessing.
Posted on Feb-03-2012

631 Wedding Speech for the Bride and the Groom
There is a traditional etiquette that is often followed for each wedding speech. Nowadays however the bride, bridesmaid gives a speech. As these are relatively modern developments there isn’t a fixed position or content for these speeches, but they should certainly be given before the best man’s speech.
Posted on Jan-03-2012