Attending a good friends' wedding on Saturday and found out through the groom that they are actually getting married on the Friday in a private ceremony and then doing a re-enactment on the Saturday. No one else knows. I wasn't prying but he offered out that a mutual friend was doing the ceremony and I said how neat it was that he had found a way to become a JP in our province (not an easy thing to do). When he said that he wasn't legally marrying them, it all came spilling out.
I'm a bit peeved that they are pulling a re-enactment and hoping that people don't notice that their friend is performing the ceremony. Anyone who has been married in our province will know he isn't legally able to do the ceremony and may have the same question.
For any lurkers, don't do this! People find out and it is not worth it! I would have preferred that they just did the private ceremony on the Friday and then we celebrated on the Saturday vs. seeing a re-enactment.