BRIDESMAIDS
Engagement Party Toast -- Competing for the microphone
ANNIE:
HI. I’m Annie Walker. I’m not going to give a big speech so I just… I’m
so happy to be pat of this celebration. You two deserve each other as well
as a lifetime of happiness. Cheers. I love you guys.
HELEN:
Thank you Annie. That was so sweet. Thank you. Lil, remember that trip
we took to Miami with the boys and they were working the entire
weekend and we just sat and drank wine and eat peanut brittle and I shared
things with you that I’ve never shared with anyone. You made me realize
how I can trust people again. Let me just say, Lil, you’re my best friend
and I’m so proud of you. And Dudley, I’m sorry inside joke, you better
not keep my Lil on a leash cause I still need my drunken Saturday nights
at Rock and Sushi Okay! Everybody raise your classes to the couple of the
decade, Doug and Lilian. Whooo! Have a great night, dessert wine is out.
ANNIE:
I just wanted to say really quick that you’re so special to me because, well
one of the reasons is because I’ve known you my whole entire life and
you’ve really helped shape who I am. I just want to thank you for carefully
selecting me to be your maid of honor. I know you had some other choices
but you’re like my sister and I love you. Well, that concludes the speeches
for the night.
HELEN:
Thank you. One last thing. It’s rare to meet someone as an adult that you
really connect with and that’s you, Lil. I went to Thailand recently with
my husband Perry and there’s this beautiful saying that I learnt there, Kun
Ben Sung Nung Kun Chung. Sun Chung…... It means you are a part of me
a part I could never life without and I hope and I pray that I never have to.
Kup Kun Ka. Kup Kun Ka. And that’s it for tonight. Thank you for
coming. Thank you all for coming dessert wine is up. Conseulo?
ANNIE:
Really quick. Speaking of Consuelo, Lilian and I took Spanish together in
high school and so I’d just like to say to you and to everyone here, Gracias
par livare la casa. And los en a sol. Tines con….and Gracias.
HELEN:
Thank you. I feel so close to you and can trust you. You’re my angel and
my soulmate and I feel I can communicate with you with only a look.
Thank you all for coming
ANNIE:
Lilian (pause for look). Keep smiling keep shining. Knowing you can
always count on me for sure. (Singing) That’s what friends are for.
ANNIE & HELEN:
Through good times and bad times I’ll be by your side forever
more. That’s what friends are for……