Local event planner Mike Wilkinson had big hopes to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by hosting the largest ever group wedding for same-sex couples this Saturday. But he ran into a couple of snags.

For one, he says the Guinness people told him they aren’t interested in keeping track of records that have to do with specific demographics, for which this would qualify. And for another, he fell quite a bit short of his goal of helping up to 400 couples get married all at once. As of Monday, only 15 couples had signed up to participate.

“We had no idea if many people would want to sign up for this,” said Wilkinson, director of wedding services for the GLBT wedding services division of meeting and event organizers Event Emissary. “There are definitely folks right now that are interested in getting married quickly.”

The group wedding will go on as planned, albeit adjusted for scale. The couples will all exchange vows inside a smaller section the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Constitution Ave., instead of in the grand ballroom. And if you’re interested in joining in on the ceremony, there’s still a sliver of time. Couples who already applied for their marriage licenses can contact Wilkinson and register via his company’s web site up until Friday. Couples who still haven’t filed their paperwork, however, would need to get down to the D.C. Superior Courthouse by today, and the marriage bureau office closes at 5 p.m.

If group weddings aren’t your thing, Wilkinson stressed that private ceremonies are really his core business. He’s already busy planning five different weddings, ranging from as soon as June up to a year or so from now.