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……