Amy Kate Woodruff became the bride of Keith Michael LaBrie on the beautifully sunshiny Saturday afternoon of Oct. 11, 2014, at the Woodruff family farm, first homesteaded in 1856, on the western edge of Gallatin, surrounded by the love of much family and many friends. First Christian Church Minister Russ Hamilton of Gallatin officiated the front yard ceremony.
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Kay and Frank Woodruff of Gallatin are the parents and David Woodruff is the brother of the bride. Amy is the granddaughter of Betty Trimm who was in attendance, and R.L. Trimm, deceased, and Ivo and John Woodruff, who have also passed.
Luan and Chuck Littlefield of Windham, Maine, and Peter and Linda LaBrie of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., are the parents of the groom.
Each of the over 200 who attended took notice that the entire Woodruff property was well manicured for the event. The front yard of the home was especially adorned with seasonal mums in lilac and purple, the favorite colors of the bride and her mother, as well as miles of satin and tulle ribbons and bows.
Presented in marriage by her father, with a word of luck, the bride shone brightly against the fall colors in her white A-line satin dress, with split chiffon overlay and beaded cap sleeves, which had a four-foot train edged in beads, pearls and crystals. The dress was accented by her reddish hair under her mother’s veil and her bouquet of purple alstroemeria, pixie carnations, daisies, larkspurs and asters. Her aunt, Sue Bird at the keyboard, played the Canon in D to accompany her entrance down the grass aisle.
Matron of honor was Kristy (Youtsey) Shock of Altamont. Bridesmaids were Megan Powell, Tampa, Fla., and Maile Keeney, Edmond, Okla. Each wore satin dresses in shades of purple and carried bouquets of purple hydrangea and lavender daises.
Olivia Schweizer, flower girl and cousin of the bride, wore a purple tea-length dress with white ballet slippers, and tossed lavender, from the home garden. Sullivan Bird, ring bearer, also a cousin of the bride, wore the same type tuxedo as the men.
The groom wore a slim gray tuxedo with black lapels, partially covering a lilac tie and vest, along with a nod to the Boston Red Sox securing his cuffs. Shawn LaBrie, brother of the groom from Westbrook, Maine, served as best man. Groomsmen included Mike Buturla, Pompano Beach, Fla., and Jim Hawxwell Lakeland, Fla. The men wore tuxedos with black pants, purple socks and gray jackets along with a purple carnation and aster corsage.
Sheryl Warren sang Always, an Irving Berlin song also sung at the bride’s parents’ wedding.
At the close of the ceremony, a cast-iron dinner bell, a century-old family heirloom manned by the bride’s brother David, tolled the beginning of the bride and groom’s life as one.
The couple took their first ride as bride and groom in a 1951 burgundy hardtop Hudson Commodore Eight, chauffeured by owner and cousin, Jack Barton, through downtown Gallatin.
A reception followed the ceremony at the Daviess County Country Club. The wedding party was served with antique table wear balanced with modern nods to athletic allegiances. Guests were treated to gifts of Florida seashells fashioned into ornaments by the bride’s mother as well as locally made whoopie pies to honor the groom’s home state treat of Maine. All enjoyed Bootleggin’ Bar-B-Q dinner made by a family friend. Dancing inside the temporary tent lasted into the night with interruption only to cheer the success of the World Series bound Kansas City Royals.
The bride is the Associate Director of Athletic Communications at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., and the groom works as an auto recovery manager with Summit Financial in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The couple lives in Doral, Fla.
The bride and groom were engaged atop the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy in the summer of 2014 and will return to Europe in the spring for a honeymoon in Paris, France.
The groom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at Seasons On The Square in Gallatin.