>> HEY GUYS, WHAT AN EVENT WE JUST WITNESSED HERE IN RUSSELLVILLE FOR THE ELOPE AT THE ECLIPSE. NEARLY 400 COUPLES AND KEELER. DIDN’T YOU GUYS TELL ME YOUR NAME? I’M PHILIP PLATT. >> ADDY PLATT. THEY JUST GOT MARRIED. >> I WAS TALKING TO THEM BECAUSE I SAW THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> I WAS AMAZING, IT WAS REALLY COOL. >> I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. >> YOU GUYS ARE FROM SEARCY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THIS. YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS THE PERFECT EVENT? TELL ME ABOUT THAT. >> WELL, WE HEARD ABOUT IT, AND IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THE COOLEST THING. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET MARRIED UNDER AN ECLIPSE. >> ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE. >> EXACTLY. >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. NOW, IS THAT OUT? AMAZING. NEARLY MORE THAN FOUR MINUTES OF TOTALITY HERE AT THE ELOPE AT ECLIPSE. ONE OF THE TOP EVENTS TO ATTEND. LISTED BY MANY AND WE KNOW IT’S A SPECIAL DAY THAT MANY WILL REMEMBER FOREVER. FOR NOW, CHECK THIS OUT BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS FREE, THE BRIDES WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR HAIR AND MAKEUP DONE BEFOREHAND. ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A MARRIAGE LICENSE AND OF COURSE, LOVE. AND THEY’VE HAD ORGANIZERS SAYS. EVEN PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T HAVE THEIR MARRIAGE LICENSE PROPERLY FILLED OUT THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO MAIL THAT TO THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE AND THEY’LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO EVERYTHING IS 100% OFFICIAL, AS NEARLY 400 COUPLES JUST SAID, I DO HERE IN RUSSELLVILLE FOR MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME. NOW, GUYS, WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE FOR YOU COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. LIVE HERE IN RUSSELLVILLE AT THE ELOP
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Hundreds of couples marry during 'once in a lifetime' solar eclipse in mass wedding
Hundreds of couples were married during the total solar eclipse at a park in Arkansas Monday afternoon.Russellville hosted nearly 400 couples at the city's soccer complex. They said their "I Dos" as the moon blotted out the sun overhead."Well we heard about it and it just sounded like the coolest thing," Addie Platt, of Searchy, said after her wedding. "Not a lot of people get married under an eclipse."Carlotta Cox and Matthew Holloway, a couple from Knoxville, Tennessee, who planned an eclipse-viewing location for two years, shared their excitement with 40/29 ahead of time."It just seems like the coolest wedding that you could ever have," the couple said.The couple explained their decision to choose Russellville over their original destination, Maine."Our original destination was Maine. The totality there is like two minutes, and then we were looking for something where the totality was longer, and it was here in Arkansas, and then we started looking at private events that were going on, and this is what we found," they said.Katie Baucom, who also got married during the event, shared her excitement."Yeah, I was like, hey, look, here's this an opportunity once in a lifetime type thing," Baucom said. "It's something big. We never really had anything big or major happen to either one of us."
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. —
Hundreds of couples were married during the total solar eclipse at a park in Arkansas Monday afternoon.
Russellville hosted nearly 400 couples at the city's soccer complex. They said their "I Dos" as the moon blotted out the sun overhead.
"Well we heard about it and it just sounded like the coolest thing," Addie Platt, of Searchy, said after her wedding. "Not a lot of people get married under an eclipse."
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Carlotta Cox and Matthew Holloway, a couple from Knoxville, Tennessee, who planned an eclipse-viewing location for two years, shared their excitement with 40/29 ahead of time.
"It just seems like the coolest wedding that you could ever have," the couple said.
The couple explained their decision to choose Russellville over their original destination, Maine.
"Our original destination was Maine. The totality there is like two minutes, and then we were looking for something where the totality was longer, and it was here in Arkansas, and then we started looking at private events that were going on, and this is what we found," they said.
Katie Baucom, who also got married during the event, shared her excitement.
"Yeah, I was like, hey, look, here's this an opportunity once in a lifetime type thing," Baucom said. "It's something big. We never really had anything big or major happen to either one of us."
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