Lucky stars ... marriage registeries have been inundated by superstitious Aussie couples choosing the auspicious date of this Saturday to tie the knot, the same time as
Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria.
- Reigstries overwhelmed by couples tying knot on 7/7/07
- Eva Longoria also getting married on auspicious date
SUPERSTITIOUS couples wanting to tie the knot on 07/07/07 are overwhelming marriage registries, with one registry having to cut the time allocated to each in-house ceremony by a third to meet demand.
Registries along the east coast of Australia have been forced to extend trading hours on Saturday to accommodate the influx of weddings on a date some consider fortunate.
While Australian couples tie the knot, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria will also exchange vows with French basketball ace Tony Parker in Paris`s celebrity wedding of the year.
Preparations for Longoria`s wedding have been moving along with military precision for the ceremony in Saint Germain l`Auxerrois, a former church of the kings of France, just across the road from the Louvre.
Short ceremonies
New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages’s Alana Sheil said on any other Saturday, couples would be scheduled for a 30 minute ceremony at the registry, but this week it would be shortened to 20 minutes.
“We’ve got 24 couples booked to be married… that’s around double the number (we usually have),” Ms Sheil told NEWS.com.au.
“You can understand the appeal because numbers are important to some people.”
She said that on July 7, 1907 just two couples tied the knot in NSW. This time around, the registry was expecting more than 250 from around the state.
"First in, best dressed"
A spokesman from the Victorian registry said they too have had to pack additional weddings into Saturday’s schedule.
Queensland’s Registrar-General Cathy McCahon said the Brisbane registry was readying itself for a record 15 weddings in one day.
“It was a case of ‘first in, best dressed’ as the registry received so many inquiries from people wanting to wed in the marriage room they unfortunately had to turn many away,” Ms McCahon said.
“Some people consider the number seven to be a lucky number.
“Others have indicated the date will make it easier to remember their wedding anniversary.”
