John, a white American, wasn't sure what to do when he was called on to make a toast at the Filipino engagement party for his friend. He "winged it," patterning his remarks after the last toast by the groom's father and it seemed to be well received. John engaged in , because he didn't know exactly what to say.

Improvisation Performance

Explanation:

Improvisation Performance is a spontaneous activity  done by using any available resources or tools found at a particular time to do something that was initially planned 0r prepared for.  To give a good toast, John drew inspiration from the groom's father's toast when  being called out of the blues which he  was not prepared for.   Giving the toast with the resource available at hand is called improvisation.

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