The flowers the rings the kiss the white dress, the symbols of a wedding, but here there is no walk down the aisle, no parade of bride's mate's dressed alike. This is city hall in New York City, steps from the Brooklyn Bridge were getting married is about keeping it simple, all you need is $55 a partner and a witness. Waiting for a witness, celebrities have done it for years, Maryland and Will said I do to in St. Francisco city hall, in 2001 designer Diane von Furstenberg first in Berg and meeting a tycoon Barry Diller tie the knot in Manhattan, city hall here includes all five Burrows, and is the site of 60-70 thousand weddings a year. Appointed by the City Clerk to perform weddings in Manhattan Senior Hall.
I do like above 40-50 a day at a normal day Mondays and Fridays is to really hectic, really I can do a 150-140 all kind of people. We have Chinese, Asians, Jamaicans, American from France from Italy, from Germany all over the world. They come here.
Marina: I'm Marina.
Female Speaker 1: I'm from Georgia.
Percy: My name is Percy and I'm from Philadelphia.
Female Speaker 2: And Toddy is from a small island next to --
Female Speaker 3: Roma's has one rule the bride and groom must be able to understand English.
The bride and here you are the bride -- My rule is if you step in to the chapel and I'm performing your ceremony I expect you at least to say yes.
Male Speaker 1: Yes I do.
Okay anybody who does not understand what I'm saying and just not have a clue of what's going on he is not getting married by me.
Female Speaker 3: People's reasons for getting married at city hall vary.
Male Speaker 2: The city hall is such a beautiful place it's a down town New York the weddings office historical here which, I mean its going to be great memory either way.
Female Speaker 3: Most come here because it's so easy and she.
Female Speaker 4: It's a beautiful place to come to get married, and save the money and use it for its nice honeymoon.
Female Speaker 5: We just didn't want to bigger could block kind of spend a lot money is not we go easy and save money to buy a house.
Female Speaker 3: Beside from being an expensive a city hall wedding can elevate the stress, often involved in planning a big traditional wedding.
Female Speaker 2: What's stress full this way, we got our dress our rings, and our license all in one week
Female Speaker 5: I think for people especially its our second marriage is so think that's part of the reason why we are so you know look here about and then think may be she get older and, you don't want to spend a year planning something its kind of nice we can get marry quickly and you know have your friends come and just kind of make what do you want of it.
Male Speaker 3: You don't have to worry about the mom's side and the dad side and the whole thing.
Female Speaker 5: Seating charge some people fighting.
Percy: We want a something really small and that make a big deal because when you know we are not crazy about all that, all those traditions and things because at the end of the day its just about ours so we wanted to spend the day together.
Female Speaker 3: What to know if the city hall wedding sounds a feeling.
You bring in a $30 money order, you and fiancée have to come at the same time, and you need one state id, your license starts to being valid 24 hours after you obtained of in your hand, you have 60 days before it to expires you both have to be here off course with the $25 money order and your certificate you go in to chapel and you get married.
Female Speaker 3: A city hall ceremony takes only a minute no rings are required, and couples don't even have to miss a day of work, this groom got married on his lunch break.
So quick, so fun.
Female Speaker 3: Even though the ceremony is simple, some brides and grooms still get feel wedding jitters.
Male Speaker 3: I am very shaky.
Female Speaker 2: He is really, really nerves, very nerves yeah.
Even a witness can get nervous.
I was honored to be asked to be the witness and so carrying the rings are very anxious to do; but, it's my first witnesship as for a wedding. I am more nervous than you, we got to that.
I now pronounce you husband and wife, kiss the bride, yeah.
Very emotional when you see people getting married that really, that really move on to be united one another, and this is, is really nice. We married.
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