Both pictures are from the alumni association website and are of the Miami Merger attempt to break the Guinness World Records for the most couples renewing their vows simultaneously.

Although last week I blogged about the 2009 Alumni Weekend, I wanted to give you all an update. As an admission office we were able to be at the Welcome and Registration part of the event recruiting alumni volunteers to help with AARN which stands for the Alumni Admission Recruiting Network. These outstanding Miami alumni volunteers are helpers that you may see at a local college fair or event.

While I was sitting at the AARN table, I noticed that the one next to us was getting a pretty big crowd. I looked over at their sign and noticed that they were the Miami Merger table. Remember I talked about what a Miami Merger was last Monday? Well, if you need a bit of a reminder it is when a Miamian marries another Miamian. Luckily the tables were pretty close and I got to meet alumni that had been married for as little as 2 years to those celebrating 30+ years.

I am proud to say that the “unofficial” count of the attempt to break the Guinness World Records for the most couples simultaneously renewing their wedding vows was at 1,087. Previously, the record was set at 624 in Pittsburgh, PA. At this point, it will go through a bit of a process with the Guinness World Records in which they will look at the evidence of the copies of marriage licenses and photographs of the event. During the event, it included a couple that graduated in 1938 & 1939 and a couple that graduated this past May and were married the previous night.

Although I provided you with pictures of the Miami Merger moment, feel free to take a look at pictures from the entire weekend at http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/internal.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1463 and let us know what you think!