{"id":193300,"date":"2016-06-15T00:33:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/chelsea-todds-sensational-new-orleans-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:28:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:28:03","slug":"chelsea-todds-sensational-new-orleans-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/chelsea-todds-sensational-new-orleans-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea and Todd\u2019s sensational New Orleans wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chelsea Kappeler and Todd Rogerson moved heaven and Earth to be together.<\/p>\n
The Melbourne couple, both 35, first met on an ordinary Monday. \u201dTodd had just gotten off a 24-hour flight from Toronto (he’s a Canuck) so his eyesight and judgement we’re rather impaired,\u201d says Chelsea. \u201cBut he still thought I was one of the most wonderful and curious creatures he’d ever laid eyes,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n
She adds, \u201cI’m characteristically chatty (ask anyone) but was uncharacteristically silent upon seeing Todd for the first time and thought to myself, what Canadian voodoo magic is this?! We fell disgustingly and inconveniently in love, and spent the next few years moving heaven and Earth – and the hearts of Immigration Officers – to be together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Their New Orleans wedding on February 20, 2016 was a celebration of their shared and \u201cinsatiable\u201d love of the region\u2019s vibrant culture. Eighty guests attended the outdoor ceremony at Fitzroy Gardens\u2019 Old Bandstand, followed by an authentic New Orleans reception at Po\u2019 Boy Quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe marched to the reception venue in true New Orleans style in a traditional second line parade with a six-piece brass band<\/a> leading the way,\u201d tells Chelsea. \u201cWe bobbed and weaved our whimsical way down Smith Street, spreading joy and Mardi Gras beads as we went! Shop keepers emerged with smiles, heads popped out of apartment windows, children ran to join in, and the hipsters applauded as we sang and strutted to When the Saints Go Marching In<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Once at Po\u2019 Boy, guests were treated to delicious New Orleans fare<\/a> such as gumbo and maple bacon ice-cream, as well as dancing and some \u201csocially questionable speeches.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dAnd then at 11pm after a round of mac \u2018n’ cheese croquettes and a dirty martini or two, the groomsmen took to the stage in the most epic Lip Sync Battle in recorded history. It was, quite simply, the most joyous occasion ever!\u201d<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Jo Howell Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n The groom wore a handcrafted prussian blue Italian suit<\/a>\u00a0teamed with a yellow billy button boutonniere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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