'Wedcasts' unite guests with the faraway couple International Traveler / Update: BOSTON

The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
10-24-2007
'Wedcasts' unite guests with the faraway couple International Traveler / Update: BOSTON
Byline: The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: NEWS

After a recent string of medical emergencies, Margaret D'Arcy cannot bring herself to fly off to the Caribbean. But the 74-year- old from Hingham, Massachusetts, would also not think of missing her nephew's wedding in the Cayman Islands. Aunt Peg is looking forward to watching the ceremony - via the Internet.

Like a growing number of couples with family scattered around the globe, D'Arcy's nephew, John Wagner, and his bride, Sinead Quinn, hired a videographer with the ability to wedcast their December ceremony live, using OurCaymanWedding.com.
Live Webcasts are spreading to some unlikely events, from a middle-school graduation in suburban Chicago to a barbershop competition in Canada. But weddings held in exotic locales seem ready-made for the small screen, as the Webcasts provide a way for couples to tie the knot at a Florida resort or on a mountaintop in Hawaii while including friends and loved ones who cannot make the trip.

(Copyright 2007)