Enrico Beissert and Esther Aguilar Reyes participate in the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in the courtyard of the Manatee County Historical Courthouse on Feb 14, 2025.
Tiffany Tompkins
ttompkins@bradenton.com
Bradenton
Soft strains of processional music drifted through Manatee County’s historic courtyard as fourteen couples walked in a column to line up in front of a white gazebo.
Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court Angel Colonneso guided the couples through their vows as she officiated the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in downtown Bradenton Friday afternoon.
Family and friends took photos and smiled from lines of folding chairs as the couples vowed to love, honor and cherish one another followed by kisses, cheers and applause.
The newly married couples then gathered for a group photograph on the stairs of the courthouse before joining their waiting friends and families.
Friday’s group wedding was the largest since Colonneso’s office began hosting the event in 2020.
Zachary Masengale smiles as he walks with his bride, Samantha Whitt. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Michael Barber and Jacquelyn Hannan kiss during a group photo. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Jairy Herrera, 2, at the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in the courtyard of the Manatee County Historical Courthouse. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
One bride holds a small bouquet at the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Kylian Acosta and Jairy Herrera, both 2 years old, at the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in the courtyard of the Manatee County Historical Courthouse. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Guy Hewes and Ariadna Fitzgerald before the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Fourteen couples get married during the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Enrico Beissert and Esther Reyes participate in the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Employees of the courthouse watch the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in the courtyard of the Manatee County Historical Courthouse on Feb 14, 2025. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Fourteen couples gathered for a group photo after getting marrien in the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in the courtyard of the Manatee County Historical Courthouse on Feb 14, 2025. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Small gifts await the newlyweds at the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Couples walk to their places at the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Enrico Beissert and Esther Reyes at the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
This story was originally published February 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM.
Tiffany Tompkins is the Bradenton Herald’s Visual Lead; shooting, editing and producing photographs and videos for the newspaper and online since 1999. Tiffany is a graduate of State College of Florida.
