And the groom sang Weezer!
Green Bay Packers fullback Danny Vitale, 24, married Tampa Bay Lightning hockey reporter Caley Chelios — whose father is Stanley Cup champion Chris Chelios — over the weekend, PEOPLE confirms.
“Our wedding was the most magical day from beginning to end,” Chelios tells PEOPLE. “My favorite moment was getting to see Danny for the first time, standing at the bottom of the grand staircase at The Peninsula. I could not have dreamed of a more perfect moment.”
Vitale, too, picks the couple’s first look as the best part of the big day, sharing that “getting to see Caley for the first time, walking down The Peninsula Chicago’s staircase, was incredible. She looked absolutely beautiful.”
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The couple tied the knot at the historic Saint James Chapel in Chicago’s Gold Coast, with numerous stars in attendance, including Eddie Vedder and wife model Jilly McCormick, Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber, John Cusack, and Kid Rock.
Chelios and her parents were whisked to the ceremony in a vintage 1946 Packard Clipper, which later returned the newlyweds to the Peninsula Hotel for cocktails, dinner and dancing.
Caley Chelios and her father pose with Kid Rock and Chris Ilitch.KingenSmith
Caley Chelios and Danny Vitale pose with Chelios’ parents, Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford.KingenSmith
“Every single moment from our day together felt like it was out of a fairytale,” says Chelios. “We are so grateful to our amazing vendor team, especiallyour planner Hope Weis. All of the decor was absolutely stunning and decadent, thanks to HMR Designs. The looks on our families’ faces throughout our special day were priceless.”
The newlyweds’ reception looked like a blast,with Vitale tweeting a video of himselftaking the stage and playing the guitar and singing Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So.”
Vitale tells PEOPLE that getting to play and sing with the band “was unreal.”
“I have been playing guitar for years, but never performed with a real band,” he explains, with his new wife adding, “Watching Danny perform on stage with the band was everything; he looked like a rockstar!”
Says Vitale, “Overall, the whole experience was above and beyond what I could have imagined. We cannot stop replaying the whole weekend in our heads. It shocked us both!”
source: people.com
