The love story behind Chita Craft's chance romance and platinum wedding The love story behind a chance romance and a platinum wedding.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rain on your wedding day - isn't it ironic? Even more so if you are a weathercaster. When Chita Johnson, KHOU-11's morning meteorologist, headed to the chapel, the rain clouds were threatening.
They let loose on the parade of people arriving at St. Luke's United Methodist Church for her wedding to Lane Craft, a land man and longhorn rancher. But Chita Craft, as she is now known, has a sunny outlook.
'Rain on your wedding day is considered good luck,' she said. Moments before the ceremony was about to start, the threatening clouds cleared. And the day was perfect. The officiant acknowledged as much in front of the black-tie congregation dotted by media personalities and familiar social faces. 'I say this at every wedding, but this is truly the most beautiful party I've ever seen,' Dr.
Pace III professed from the pulpit. Chita, 32, said 'I do' in a white Ines Di Santo gown and the floral veil her mother, also Chita Johnson, had worn 38 years prior. The matron and maid of honor, eight bridesmaids and four house-party attendants rounded out her 'soft and romantic' motif in gilded blush dresses, which complemented the jewel-encrusted bodice on Chita's bridal gown. Lane, 28, recited his vows with a dozen tuxedo-clad groomsmen at his side.
After Pace pronounced the effervescent bride and her towering groom 'husband and wife,' the wedding party and guests loaded onto party buses bound for the River Oaks Country Club under those friendly skies. Hours later at the reception, with his daughter's billowing train bustled and ready to boogie, Chita's father, Paul Johnson, grabbed a microphone from the grand ballroom's stage and asked, 'May I have one last dance with the girl I've been dancing with all my life?' An ocean of cellphone screens were focused on father and daughter as they glided through dance moves set to The Temptations' slow and sweet 'My Girl' and the burping groove of Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk' - the latter showcasing moves choreographed by Crystal Wall, wife of Houston rapper Paul Wall. 'We only practiced one time,' Chita said.
When Sam & Dave's 'Soul Man' rang out, her father peeled off his suit jacket. Cheers echoed as the 60-something-year-old effortlessly jumped into the splits and wriggled about while doing the worm. His moves, Chita said, were all improvised. The crowd was loving it, but pandemonium ensued when the father-daughter dance was interrupted by the sight of H-town rappers Bun B, Slim Thug and Wall sharing the stage.
'Those were probably my favorite moments,' Chita said. 'That energy - you'll never feel more loved.' Through it all, the newly minted couple's mutual infatuation was palpable. The couple rarely separated - and never stopped smiling - during the six-hour hoopla. ****** Chita and Lane met as the result of friends' meddling.
Back in 2014, former KHOU sports director Butch Alsandor and Lane's uncle, Donnie St. Germain, the Galveston Country Club golf pro, conspired to set up the singles. Pascal and pearce poppin mp3 free download for pc. 'I wanted a photo, his height, stats, where he went to school,' Chita said, laughing.
'The photo Butch showed me was not good. But, it wasn't about the look in the end.' She and Lane spoke over the phone for three weeks before he finally asked her out.