St.
Croix Couple Celebrates
10 Year Anniversary with
Ceremony
Under the Sea
Thank
you for joining us on June 24, 2004 to
celebrate with us live on the webcam!
Click
here to see pictures of this memorable under event!
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Ed and Molly Buckley,
owners of S.C.U.B.A., will celebrate their 10th anniversary by renewing
their vows underwater. |
St.
Croix - US Virgin Islands June 2004
On Thursday June
24, 2004 Ed and Molly Buckley, the owners of St.
Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures (SCUBA)
dive shop in St. Croix, will celebrate their tenth anniversary with
a ceremony under the sea. The couple will appear at 1:30 pm live at
www.GotoStCroix.com before they take the
plunge and again at 6:30 pm for a champagne toast. Images of the underwater
ceremony, taken by Doug Kaufman, will be posted on this page immediately
following the ceremony! Guests from around the world have been invited
to log onto www.gotostcroix.com/live
to celebrate with the happy couple.
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Captain
John Macy, better known locally as Big
Beard, will officiate the underwater ceremony. He has married
more than 500 couples in more than 15 years as a licensed minister
on St. Croix. Witnesses of underwater weddings sign the marriage
license while underwater with a grease pencil on a waterproof
document. For more details about Big Beard's Wedding Packages,
visit www.bigbeards.com.
Diving is
provided by St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures,
voted the number one dive staff and number two dive operator
in the world and is a PADI Gold Palm IDC facility. For more
details visit www.stcroixscuba.com.
The ceremony
will be videotaped by Jerry Merten who specializes in underwater
films. Thanks to special gear provided by Ocean Reef Group,
the voices of Big Beard and the happy couple will be recorded
from under the sea. |
John Macy
is Capt. Big Beard, to perform the underwater ceremony. |
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Photo ©
Doug Kaufman |
On
September 13, 2003, as Big Beard officiated, Jerry videotaped
and the crew from SCUBA dive shop orchestrated the
largest under water wedding according to the Guinness
Book of World Records.
More than
103 guests attended the underwater wedding ceremony of John
Santino and fiancée Toni Wilson. Though Ed and Molly
are having a much smaller underwater ceremony, it is expected
that more than 15,000 will celebrate with the couple by logging
onto the webcam at www.GotoStCroix.com/live. |
| Couples
wanting to tie the knot under the sea can do so for just $1440
for a four day/three night package. Hotel Caravelle's
Wet Wedding Package includes accommodations, two dives,
marriage services performed by Captain John Macy (includes consultation,
ceremony and filing of documents), a candle light dinner at
Hotel Caravelle's waterfront
restaurant, his and hers T-Shirts, champagne and
flowers in the guest room and a choice of a Buck
Island or Safari Island tour. All taxes and service
charges are included. The marriage license ($100) is additional.
Rates are valid now through September 2004.
For more
information or to book the Wet Wedding Package,
contact Hotel
Caravelle at 800-524-2030 or click
here to see their website.
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The waterfront
Hotel Caravelle with Rum Runners Restaurant overlooking the
harbor. |
For
more information, please contact:
Jane Watkins, Watk!ns PR
305-235-8575
jane@watkinspr.com
www.watkinspr.com
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