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Couple to Celebrate 10 Year Anniversary with Ceremony Under the Sea
Celebration Webcast at www.GotoStCroix.com

St. Croix - US Virgin Islands – June 2004 - On Thursday June 24, 2004 Ed and Molly Buckley, the owners of SCUBA dive shop in St. Croix, celebrated their tenth anniversary with a ceremony under the sea. The couple appeared 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 www.GotoStCroix.com. Guests from around the world have been invited to log onto www.Gotostcroix.com to celebrate with the happy couple.

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 the same way as guests registered - underwater with a grease pencil on a waterproof document.

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.

On September 13, 2003, 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. [Click here for story.] 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 land 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 visit www.hotelcaravelle.com

GoToStCroix.com offers useful information, links, articles, maps, photos, an event calendar, and a live webcam. GoToStCroix.com is the most active destination site for the island of St. Croix, averaging 30,000 visitors and 900,000 page views every month.

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