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AMERICAN DREAM: HANA AND MARIO'S 5-DAYS WEDDING

Five wedding celebration days of Hana & Mario and 150 guests from Chicago on the Como Lake. The scenario idea for this great event and the theme of each day are based on their love to Italy and significant events that connect families with this beautiful country.

 

For the first day Mario and Hana chose Villa D'este. In the past it was a residence of the aristocracy and royalty, and now it is one of the most famous and prestigious locations in Italy! Here, 44 years ago, Mario's parents spent their honeymoon and this fact determined the choice of this Villa for the first gala dinner.

 

The second day of Hana&Mario wedding celebrations was held in the famous Venetian Carnival style!

The magic and sophistication of one of the couple's favorite cities - fairy Venice, inspired them to make a costume ball with luxurious gala dinner and a variety of stylized theater shows including a concert of classical music, acrobats and artists, as well as a fire show on the night lake. The transformed Villa Geno hosted guests and the main protagonists were Hana and Mario in historical costumes of the Doge and his crowned companion.
Delight and gratitude were replaced by discussions and anticipation of surprises of the next days of celebrations. To remember this evening, guests received handmade Venetian masks.

 

Third day of the Hana & Mario wedding celebrations: boat trip on the lake and a party on the Comacina island!
Energetic dances on the stern of the legendary ship Concordia were followed by the guide's stories about the famous beautiful places of the lake. The guests visited an ancient town of Bellagio and the Comacina island, where they had dinner with traditional homemade Italian cuisine, met hospitable Signor Benvenuto and tried his famous coffee ritual. The evening had special atmosphere of fun, music, noisy toasts and dancing in the open air. Everyone was in the anticipation of the most important event - the wedding day.

 

The fourth and main day of the 5-day of Hana & Mario wedding celebration. The culmination of the celebrations is a magnificent wedding with traditional Catholic ceremony in the flower-filled Church and a luxurious wedding reception in famous Villa Erba.

 

The final day of the 5-day Hana and Mario wedding celebrations  - a Sicilian party!

The Sicilian theme of the day is chosen thanks to the history of the groom's family. Sunday afternoon at a Villa with exclusive access to the lake, where guests enjoyed southern Italian cuisine, Sicilian pastry and pizza cooked in the "oven on wheels". Lemons, oranges and greens on the tables and colorful decor elements - traditional musical instruments. Favorite Italian music performed by the trio, boat trips, other gifts, enthusiastic words about wedding days and warm atmosphere of this sunny day .. The guests going to America definitely took a piece of Italy in the heart with them!

2019
photographer Galya Rudenko , video Sergei Andreev