European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page la vegas chapels hit Jackpot couples Stream to altar on Lucky 070707 Jae Elvis Impersonator Michael performs during the saturday wedding of Anthony and both of West at the Little White wedding Chapel in Las by Kimi Yoshino los Angeles times Las vegas on a Day when thousands of people were con Vinced the Calendar made this gambling town the Luckiest place to wed on the Luckiest Day of the this might have been the quintessential 777 wedding the Groom wore Green flip flops with a Beer bottle opener built into the the tattooed Bride with Blue toenails and smeared Mascara arrived at 2 hyperventilating and the rings forgotten at the end of a brisk ceremony at the Graceland Elvis crooned Viva Las vegas while the couple and if All that want spectacle a relative in a Tuxedo shirt snapped pictures even when the newlyweds toppled from a Bench to the a mess of legs and tangled tulle and it was either this or the carib cd Sta ref it Chi Hying myf1b said Groom Jon of but theres Noth ing cooler than getting married by this is its the Way it should whether it was Romance or superstition or Luck or that extra gimmick needed to drag ones partner Down the aisle a record number of couples tied the knot around the world Tak ing advantage of a once Inocen Tury Calendar convergence that gave them an anniversary Date impossible to forget and nowhere were More couples lining up than in Las where the i Dos began at the stroke of Midnight and continued nonstop at virtually every and Chapel in every Limo was booked every Elvis on the vegas residents David Heilman and Charlene Jimenez literally took the getting married underwater in a Silverton Casino aquarium teem ing with tropical fish and two ring bearing Mer Heather Grant of Hender son married Wayne Gray on a pirate ship at treasure she was the theme of their we Are knee deep in wed said Charlotte owner of the Little White wed Ding which held More than 500 i Call it my Monument historical moment of Richards its an awesome moment in never in history have i experienced something like in the triple7 Date is considered extra Lucky because three sevens add up to a win Ning hand in three Sev ens on a Slot machine signals a clerks at the Clark county marriage Bureau called it their Busi est Day on they is sued marriage licenses pre Vious records stood at about by midday they had issued More than the lines snaked downstairs and around the with tired couples waiting with the enthusiasm of people in line to pay Park ing direct off their toted suitcases others came dressed in formal wedding at the Edge of the men handed out fliers for different chapels heavenly your perfect wedding stained Glass a special Faith Ful we can get you in and put in 20 minutes they prom Dan and Rebecca of shared a quiet moment without family and friends around to help they beamed at each other throughout the Short Cere even shedding a couple of tears As they promised to be each others Best Friend even though Nitschke the first Day i met i  stand