Wedding scripts
Ransom witness contests. Various contests for wedding witnesses

Ransom witness contests. Various contests for wedding witnesses

The ransom of the bride is traditionally organized on the wedding day before going to the registry office and officially registering the relationship. The essence of the ransom is that the groom proves to the bride and relatives that he loves and deserves her by participating in contests for witnesses and girlfriends. If you are planning a noisy wedding in accordance with tradition, together in advance, determine what is needed to buy the bride, and prepare everything you need.

How to arrange a bride price

Exists general rules, following which you can involve all guests in the ransom procedure and not spoil anyone's mood. The traditional ransom is carried out by a witness and girlfriends. They come up with contests, fix obstacles on the way of the groom and demand money from him. This means that for them the main block of advice.

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Roles for witness and girlfriends

To make the future spouse and guests happy after the ransom, follow simple tips:

Take care of the groom. Do not force him to do unpleasant tasks - drink liters of water or eat lemons with a smile from ear to ear.
Take care of the safety of the costumes. Do not force the groom's friends to climb trees or crawl on the floor of the entrance in search of "who - I don't know what."
Do it in 15-30 minutes. Often, bridesmaids delay the ransom, especially if the bride lives in a high-rise building. Believe me, going up to the 13th floor with ten-minute stops at each staircase will hardly add optimism to the guests.
Leave a time gap between the ransom and the trip to the registry office and periodically look at your watch. If you have some free time, treat everyone to champagne and light snacks.
Select tasks so that the guests can see what the participant is doing. If “paper” contests are supposed, make the elements (pictures, numbers and texts) large.
Use rhymed scripts only if you find a person who can read the text expressively and with sparkle.
If 70 guests are invited to the wedding, you should not invite everyone to ransom - only loved ones.

Start preparing the ransom early in the morning, while the bride is getting ready - she does her makeup and hair, makes the last adjustments to her image. At this time, place the inventory in its places - posters, competition sheets and everything that is needed to buy the bride. Distribute responsibilities so that no one gets bored.

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Responsibility of the bride for the event

The task of the young bride before the ransom is to gently hint to the groom what is ahead. Initially, talk to your loved one about how he represents the ransom and whether he agrees to take part in competitions. If he is sensitive to comic situations, discard them and stylize the procedure in a different direction.

Choose the scenario according to the area - a rural plan with songs and dances will not look appropriate in an urban environment.

Think about organizational issues with your girlfriends. Specify the amount of money they will demand, the order and duration of the tests.

Hint to your future husband about important points to prepare for the ransom - for example, take a head of cabbage or a bottle of champagne with you, as well as exchange money with small coins.

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The nuances of preparing the groom

The girl usually warns her future husband about what awaits him at contests in order to avoid incidental situations. But it's a good idea to prepare yourself. Here's a short list of what a groom needs to buy out a bride at almost any wedding:

a lot of money in small bills;
small chocolates;
a bottle of champagne;
matchbox;
chocolates and lollipops;
pen and paper.

To have fun, think of the ransom not as a test of knowledge and skills, but as fun game... Before the wedding, learn simple dance moves, remember significant dates and gentle words for your future wife. Be natural - don't be shy and smile more often. Pick a funny and witty friend as your witness to help out in a delicate situation.

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Pre-wedding duties of a witness

The witness's job is to help the groom prepare for the ransom. Explore the situation in advance. It's great if you know bridesmaids - ask them about possible assignments. If not, read the wedding and buyout scripts on the Internet - perhaps one of them will be used. Determine with the groom what is needed to buy the bride out - write the list in writing.

When you arrive at the bride's house, cheer up the groom with a friendly joke or anecdote. Take on the financial issue - pay for the taxi and give your girlfriends a monetary ransom in parts as you complete assignments. If your friend hesitates, help him pass the test.

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Traditional buyout procedure

The buyback is carried out according to different scenarios, but the traditional principle of organization remains the same. The bride and groom are preparing for the wedding in their parents' apartments. Upon completion of the preparations, the groom collects a wedding cortege from relatives and friends and goes for the chosen one. At the entrance, he is met by the bride's retinue and does not allow him to enter just like that, demanding money, sweets or alcohol, and arranging fun trials.

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Script generation methods

There are three options for preparing a script:

find in the finished version;
compose yourself;
order a work of authorship in a holiday agency.

Events are mentally held according to individual scenarios drawn up independently - it is felt that the bride and girlfriends were preparing with enthusiasm and took care of all the little things.

Do not hesitate to involve the groom and the witness in the preparation - they should be aware of contests for which special preparation is required. Take care of the props for the young - collect items and pack them neatly in your suitcase. Agree on whether and how much money will be used. Sometimes the ransom is done with paper copies, candy, fruit or champagne. Coins are usually not served - an exception if you paint them gold and demand a ransom in gold.

Observe measure and do not overwhelm the solemn day difficult competitions... Set up the groom that he needs agility, endurance, as well as maximum imagination and wit.

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Examples of tests for a future spouse

Unusual contests that can be held before the wedding in a confined space without compromising the reputation of the groom:

Thirty-three compliments. Write the alphabet on whatman paper and invite the groom to say one compliment to the future wife for each letter. Cross out used letters solemnly. You can cross out the soft and hard signs, the letters "y" and "y" in advance, or you can have fun inviting the groom to come up with unique compliments.
The ideal groom is a competition for a witness. Hand him an apple with matches. Taking out each match, the witness should name one positive quality of the groom, convincing the bride's family and friends that he is worthy of her.
Family wealth. Fill the glass halfway with water and ask the groom to put so many coins in so that the water overflows.

Don't give up on the ransom, even if you want to have a wedding in a non-traditional style. Show your imagination and arrange stylized tasks for the groom and his friends.

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Original alternative to ransom

There are ways to disrupt the routine of things at a wedding when the bride's bridesmaids block the path of the groom and his friends. List of alternative buyout options:

Make a quest within the city in order to find the stolen bride. Agree with friends who will give hints to the groom during the search, and come up with a plan.
Perform a Western-style ceremony. Prepare a gazebo where the groom will go to wait for his beloved. Arrange with the bride's father to solemnly escort her down the aisle along a path strewn with rose petals. Pick up solemn music. With the parents of the bride and groom prepare parting wordswhich they will read to the children. Set up a buffet table for a light snack before your trip to the registry office.
Arrange an equal fight for leadership in the family, in which the bride and groom will take part.

When composing the script yourself, proceed from the personal preferences of the bride and groom. Organize a dance battle for a couple who love dancing, and art contests for those who like to draw. Don't forget about the guests of the event - they shouldn't get bored.

1. Different letters are written on the steps, the groom must go up the steps to say affectionate words to the bride beginning with this letter.

2. Placards with questions about the bride and her family are laid out on the steps. In order to rise to the next step, the groom must answer the question correctly or pay a fine.

3. The witness is given an apple with matches, he must, pulling out matches, list the positive qualities of the groom.

4. A variation on the theme of the previous competition. The groom is given an apple studded with matches. One of the matches should be short. The groom should pull out one match at a time until he pulls out a short one and with each long match he should somehow affectionately call his beloved.

5. Several hearts are made (just on the flight of stairs), and on each is written the reason for the marriage: "by calculation", "by flight", etc. The inscription "for love" is placed on the very top step. The groom must get to the top heart without stepping on the steps on which the wrong answers lie, without using the railing. The witness must guess to carry the groom upstairs in his arms.

6. Lay out the daisies of two colors on the stairs. Stepped on red - tell me about the bride sweet word, stepped on the blue one - tell me how you will scold. And if you don't want to scold, pay.

7. Freeze the apartment key in an ice cube. You can freeze a few more cubes with "fake" keys.

8. Papers are put into the inflated balls. One of them bears the inscription "key". The groom must burst the chosen balloon, if he guesses, he is given a key to the apartment, if he is mistaken, a fine. A variant of this task is possible when the name of the bride and the names of the guests (including men) are written on pieces of paper.

9. The groom is greeted with a glass of water, and he must throw so many coins there so that the water overflows.

10. In three glasses, you need to put what rustles, what rings and what splashes.

11. The groom is offered three glasses (with salty, sour and sweet water). With what face to drink - with such a bride to live.

12. The doors to the apartment and the apartment are all closed. There is a task on each door. The groom chooses the door behind which he thinks the bride is and answers the question. Answers correctly - the door opens, did not guess - choose another door or pay the ransom. In this case, in any of the rooms there may be a person disguised as a bride, it is better if a man.

13. The groom should write the bride's name on a tray or table with money.

14. The groom must identify the bride from children's photographs. Photos can be hung by strings, then the groom has to jump and kiss the bride's photo.

15. There is a dartboard hanging on the door, the inscriptions “for love”, “by calculation”, “friends advised”, “stupid…”, “how do I know?” Are glued to it. etc. The groom must throw darts at them, thus explaining the reason for the marriage. You can shoot a champagne cork.

16. Ask the groom to draw a bride (you can save some grandmother in advance and then give her away as the most similar to the drawing).

17. On a sheet of paper, all the women present leave an imprint of their lipstick. The groom must guess the lips of the bride.

18. Recognize the bride by the finger on which she is going to put the ring on. They pull on the sheet and several girls show one finger.

19. The groom makes his way into the room for a long time, and there a false bride awaits him - a man or an old woman in a veil.

20. Offer the groom to put something for the soul in the basin. The groom must guess to get up there himself.

21. When the groom approached the bride's room, he must say magic words for the door to open. The groom must guess that these words are "I love you!"

22. You can glue wallpaper on the entrance to the bride's room. And pretend that there are no more rooms. And when the groom breaks through the wallpaper, take a ransom for the damage done to the apartment.

23. Several strings or ribbons stick out from under the last door; the bride and several other people are tied to them. The groom has to pull the tape and pull the bride out. If he is not pulling her out, but, say, her neighbor of retirement age, he must either pay off or marry the one that he pulled out.

24. The groom enters the bride's room - but she is without shoes! You need to guess in which box this shoe is (you can put slippers and men's shoes in the rest of the boxes).

Checking the readiness of the bride and groom for marriage is also an important wedding entertainment. In some cases, when the trial is too difficult, witnesses can come to the rescue.

Do you know each other?
The bride and groom are offered the same leaflets with questions about the tastes and preferences of their chosen ones. In 5-10 minutes they must answer (in writing) all the questions. After that, the correctness of the answers is checked and a point is awarded for each correct answer. The test is considered successful only if each of the young spouses scores a certain number of points. If they fail to do this, additional tests are carried out.
Examples of questions:
1. Favorite season.
2. Favorite drink.
3. Favorite color.
4. What genre does he prefer?
5. Would you like to go hiking or dancing in a nightclub?
6. Favorite school subject as a child?
7. A country that you dream to visit?
8. Have you ever found a large enough amount of money?
9. Favorite game or toy as a child?
10. Favorite food.
11. Prefers cats or dogs?
12. Will you be happy to work at your summer cottage?
13. What brand and color does he dream about? and etc.

Magic bag
Newlyweds can be asked to tell fortunes what their life together will be like. For fortune telling, various objects are folded into a bag or an opaque cellophane bag. The bride and groom take turns, without looking, pulling out any object. Each item has a specific meaning. Witnesses and close relatives can help with predictions of the future spouses.
Examples of items and their meanings:

A souvenir or a chocolate bottle of alcohol is a long intoxication with love.
A little chocolate bar or candy - "sweet life".
A coin (or paper bill) is material goods.
Chewing gum - life together will be very, very long.
The clapperboard is a fun, colorful life.
A box of matches is a passion.
The rattle is a joy in children.
Toy car - travel.
A bag of lollipops is a little joy.
Mirror - peace and harmony in the house.

Of course, all predictions should only be positive.

Guessing by ...
The bride is blindfolded. Those present, one at a time, come up to the bride and hold out their hand to her. Her task is to feel the hand of her groom. After (perhaps not on the first try) the groom is found, he is also blindfolded. But now the groom is trying to guess his chosen one by the leg. To do this (and among them the bride) sit in a row on chairs and put their right leg forward. The groom is brought to the chairs and he, acting also by touch, looks for the leg of his bride.

Waterhole
The bride and groom are blindfolded and placed in their hands cups of water (or other drink that does not leave marks on clothes). The task of the young is to get the partner drunk. The game is played for the pleasure of the spectators, the winner is not determined.

Cheese on a rubber band
A piece of cheese is put on the gum (it is better to take soft cheese weighing 100-150 grams). The elastic band itself is fixed on a rope stretched horizontally. The task of the newlyweds is to eat cheese without using hands.

Attentive attitude
The husband and wife are invited to stand with their backs to each other and answer questions from the audience about their partner's clothing and appearance.
Examples of questions:

Does she (he) have a mole on right hand (cheek, ear, index finger, etc.)?
What color are his socks (her tights, shoes, laces on his shoes ...)?
How many buttons are on his shirt (her dress)?
What kind of earrings is she wearing (beads, rings ...)?
Did he wear a watch?
What color is his / her eyes?
What color is her nail polish?

Rewind the cord
A key is tied in the middle of a cord or thick thread, and pencils are attached at the ends. The bride and groom, at the command of the presenter, must wind their part of the cord around the pencil as quickly as possible and grab the key. Whoever does it faster will be the master of the house.

On the wedding day of any couple, many responsibilities and responsibilities are assigned to witnesses who are the right hands of the young.

In addition, they take an active part in all wedding processes:

ransom of the bride;
painting in the registry office;
defense of the bride from the groom's friends;
collecting gifts and money for the future life of the young;
participation in almost all competitions.

Not a single wedding is complete without entertainment for guests and young people with the participation of witnesses.

Cool contests with witnesses

Competition "Apple"

The witness offers her friend an apple with matches, all but one of the same length. A guy should find a small one, if a large one is taken out, he voices the positive quality of the groom.

Competition "Three glasses"

Bridesmaids offer a choice of several identical containers of water. One with pepper, one with sugar, one with salt. The witness selects a glass and drinks it completely. Before this, the witnesses say that the expression on his face will show the true essence of the future wife. The witness should try not to show any emotion.

Competition "Dance"

It is often used at a banquet. You can make an unexpected surprise and spend it during the bride price. For this, the girls select interesting music in advance and invite the groom and the witness to dance.

Contest "Deck of Cards"

This competition is the most expensive one. The groom and boyfriend participate in it. A deck of cards is taken, one has a photo of the bride glued to the other, different pictures of the girls' choice. The groom needs to draw exactly the card from his beloved for every wrong money is paid or a glass of a strong drink is drunk.

Competition "Desires of the Bride"

This is a favorite bride competition. Because the groom makes a promise in front of a large number of people, which means he must definitely fulfill them. You will need a board, the best option from foam and "darts". We divide the board into sectors, in each of them we write an apartment, a car, a fur coat, a cruise, diamonds and everything that the bride wants. The meaning of the competition is to demonstrate the groom's accuracy. Throwing a dart, he is aiming at that desire of the future wife, which he undertakes to fulfill during the first year of life. Next hit within 5 years. And finally, the third after 10 years of family life.

Competition "Musical training or serenade of love"

For him, it is necessary to take any objects that will become instruments for a witness who will accompany the groom on them as he sings a song of love to his future wife. You can understand whether the bride liked the song by the thrown bouquet. In order to amuse the audience, instead of flowers, there can be a bunch of onions or radishes.

Photo report contest

The bride gives her girlfriends various photos of the most romantic and important events in the relationship of the newlyweds. The girls hang them up and invite the groom to remember where each photo is captured and under what circumstances. The young man can remember all the good moments of their relationship, and the guests learn more about the couple and their relationship.

Competition "Strength and Agility"

This test with intrigue will definitely put everyone in the stopper at first, and then it will definitely amuse. Girlfriends ask how much the groom has strength, whether he can stand up for his woman. They offer to confirm this to a witness, for this they put on boxing gloves and underpants, the field of which is taken out by his opponent. Better if it is the largest man around. He is also dressed in a similar way and everyone starts to heat up the situation, but at the climax they give them a candy and ask them to turn them around at speed.

These are just examples, everything else depends on your imagination and the company that will be at the wedding. Everything is in your hands, the main thing is that everyone is fun and comfortable.