Professional MC vs Friend MC

A wedding MC is a person who is in charge of hosting your wedding reception. They make sure your wedding runs smoothly and according to schedule. 

MCs responsibilities are:

• Create a run sheet with you for your reception

• Host your wedding

• Make announcements to inform guests and vendors when formalities are happening

• Inform guests about venue rules/housekeeping

• Be the point of contact between your guests and your venue

• Guide you and your partner on where to be and when

• Introduce the bridal party and guests making speeches

As you can see the MC has quite a lot of responsibilities so if you wish to have a guest or a friend be your wedding MC

They must be:

• Organised

• Good public speaking skills

• Charismatic

• Been to a few weddings before and knows the process

• Quick thinking and a troubleshooter when things go wrong

• Able to control a rowdy crowd

Although having a guest or a friend MC will save you money it may also cause extra stress for you and your guest. We suggest that you book a professional wedding MC to take on all those responsibilities. Pick one who has done a few weddings and you and your partner are comfortable with because you will be dealing with your MC quite a bit during your wedding day.

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