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    Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded: A Gentleman's Guide to Personal Correspondence and the Noble Tradition of the Toast
    Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded: A Gentleman's Guide to Personal Correspondence and the Noble Tradition of the Toast
    Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded: A Gentleman's Guide to Personal Correspondence and the Noble Tradition of the Toast
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    Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded: A Gentleman's Guide to Personal Correspondence and the Noble Tradition of the Toast

    By John Bridges and Bryan Curtis

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    Toasts and Tributes helps men master these important skills with examples of more than 40 different toasts and 40 different notes. Includes examples of what to say and, perhaps more important, examples of what not to say.

    Perhaps he’s been asked to say a few words at his college roommate’s engagement party. Maybe he’s at a family cookout, toasting his sister’s recent law school graduation. Have his parents reached a milestone anniversary that deserves a son’s perspective? Is his professional mentor retiring after decades as a leader in his field?  Throughout his adult life, a man encounters those occasions that depend on his ability to distill the emotions of the moment into a toast, a letter, or perhaps just a few words of gratitude.

    John Bridges and Bryan Curtis call on their trademark wit to illustrate the skill of meaningful expression and show how to avoid those clichés, awkward jokes, and rambling speeches that threaten to derail the mood of any occasion. Learn how to keep your “just a few words” as succinct as possible, which rare occasions are suitable for an e-mail, and the proper way to give a toast everyone will remember.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJan 2, 2012
    ISBN9781401604684
    Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded: A Gentleman's Guide to Personal Correspondence and the Noble Tradition of the Toast
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    John Bridges

    John Bridges, author of How to Be a Gentleman, is also the coauthor, with Bryan Curtis, of seven other volumes in the best-selling GentleManners series. He is a frequent guest on television and radio news programs, always championing gentlemanly behavior in modern society. Bridges has appeared on the Today Show, the Discovery Channel, and CBS Sunday Morning, and has been profiled in People magazine and the New York Times.

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      Toasts and Tributes Revised and Expanded - John Bridges

      TOASTS

      &

      TRIBUTES

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      Title page with Thomas Nelson logo

      © 2003, 2005, 2012 by John Bridges and Bryan Curtis.

      This book is a compilation of two books, A Gentleman Raises His Glass and A Gentleman Pens a Note, both by John Bridges and Bryan Curtis.

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Thomas Nelson, Inc., titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

      ISBN 13: 978-1-4016-0467-7

      The Library of Congress has cataloged an earlier edition of this book as follows:

         Bridges, John, 1950–

            Toasts & tributes / John Bridges and Bryan Curtis.

         159 p. ; 21 cm.

      ISBN: 1-4016-0232-0

      ISBN: 1-4016-0254-1

         1. Toasts. 2. Letter Writing. 3. Etiquette for Men. I. Curtis, Bryan, 1960– II. Title.

        PN6341 .B67 2005

      2005276578

      12 13 14 15 16 WOR 6 5 4 3 2 1

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      For Jon Glassmeyer and Scott Ridgway, neither of whom ever lifts a half-empty glass

       —J.B.

      For Rodney Mitchell, my generous, talented and very dear friend

       —B.C.

      CONTENTS

      Preface

      A GENTLEMAN RAISES HIS GLASS

      The Toasts

      A GENTLEMAN PENS A NOTE

      Thank-You Notes

      Sympathy Notes, Notes of Concern, and Responses to Them

      Invitations and Responses to Them

      Notes of Congratulation

      Notes of Apology and Responses to Them

      Index

      PREFACE

      A gentleman cherishes the memorable moments of his life, both while they are happening and after they are over. When he is called upon to say a few words on a happy occasion, he does his best to choose the words that honor the occasion itself and the people with whom the gentleman shares it. In that way, as he raises his glass to lead a toast, he also raises the spirits of the moment, making them even brighter.

      Many times, however, a gentleman wishes to mark the moment by putting his feelings on the page. Sometimes his intention is to say thank you for a lovely evening, a thoughtful gift, or some special kindness shown to him.

      At other times his purpose may be to express his concern for the sadness of a beloved friend or a valued coworker. Or he may be seizing the moment to share in the joy of a wedding celebration, the birth of a new baby, or a well-deserved promotion at the office.

      Whether he stands at the head of the table with celebratory glass in hand, sits down at his desk with pen and ink and paper, or (on some rarefied occasions) sends along a carefully worded e-mail, a gentleman does his best to give life’s important moments the attention they are due.

      This book provides a gentleman with the right words—the words he will need to make those moments last. Such moments, after all, are few and far between.

      1

      A GENTLEMAN RAISES HIS GLASS

      A gentleman’s life is full of happy occasions, some of them formal, some of them as easy going as a cookout on a Labor Day afternoon. A gentleman knows that on any of these occasions he and his friends may choose to mark the moment by raising a glass, or a bottle, in honor of a special guest or a treasured colleague. The occasion itself may call for a toast for no other reason than to acknowledge the spirit of the moment and the simple pleasure of being among friends. At such times a gentleman should feel most at ease, since he is only being asked to say what is truly in his heart.

      It is at such moments, however, that a gentleman often clinches—particularly if the occasion involves the marriage of his own child, the retirement of a beloved colleague, or his own departure from an organization to which he has given much of himself over a long period. He may also find it difficult to put into words his feelings about the marriage of a long-time friend or the union of two friends whose relationship he has helped nurture.

      2

      A gentleman’s discomfort may

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