I know you stated that you "dispise" the clinking of glasses... but...
I emceed my buddies wedding the weekend before last. We just said to hell with it, and let them clink. Honostly, we made rules up as we went to make sure that it was maybe once between speeches.
I did make sure it was clear that it's hard enough for people to write the speeches, let alone get up and talk in front of crowds, so we put an ixnay on clinking durring speeches. While I was talking it was fair game.
It actually went over better than some of the atempts I've seen at other weddings, including my own.
Unless you have like 16 people doing speeches, even with clinking glasses... it'll all be over before you know it.
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