Receptions

The Caldwell's interior offers the gracious design elements that distinguish this home from ordinary banquet halls. Your event will have an ever-changing ambiance as guests move through its varied spaces throughout the evening. 

Greetings and laughter fill the spacious center hall as guests mingle under 14-foot high pressed tin ceilings.  Intimate conversation finds a home in the comfortable parlor.  Delicious buffets are set out in the large dining room, while guests roam to the study for a drink at the magnificent brass and wood bar.  The Caldwell will furnish all glass fleur-de-lis dinnerware, silverware and glasses.

The Caldwell's five approved caterers are:  Don's Custom Catering, Abbeville; Chef Bobby & Dot Catering, Kaplan; Zea's Restaurant Catering, Lafayette; Marcello's Catering, Lafayette; iMonelli Catering, Lafayette.  These caterers can provide unlimited options for your menu, serving passed hors d'ouevres, Cajun specialty items, more traditional foods, or your custom-designed menu.  

The Caldwell staff will gladly work with your favorite baker,  florist and wedding planner to coordinate your arrangements.  Whether you choose a live band or dj, our staff will do whatever it takes to accommodate them. 

Our licensed beverage service provider will take care of the entire beverage service package.

Caldwell staff with work with your photographer and videographer to get those special once-in-a-lifetime shots.

Included in The Caldwell's reception packages are silk florals for inside the home, linens for inside the home and under the pavilion, as well as other wedding items such as fleur de lis punch bowl, cake knife sets for both the wedding and grooms cake, champagne flutes, dinnerware, silverware, glassware and napkins. 

In addition, The Caldwell staff will help coordinate your wedding and reception and work with you up to the wedding date.  We will handle all of the setup, coordination and working the event, and cleanup.  We will take care all of the details making it a worry and stess-free experience for the bride, groom, family and friends.

We can also suggest various unique items to add to your wedding reception, such as a photo booth, ice sculpture and decorations to match your theme.

West Garden Pavilion domed brick circle where the bride and groom have their first dance under a circle of lights shining just on them. Moore Photography	Main pavilion area showing the dance floor (where the chairs are) and the location for seating beyond that area. Moore Photography	A private meal for the bride and groom immediately after the ceremony is arranged by Caldwell staff before the reception activities. Adam & Erin Falgout Photography
As the bride and groom descend the stairs from their private meal, a photo opportunity arises.	Photography by McNally	"First Dance" - Lauren Meche Photography
When it's time for the toasting and cutting of the wedding cake, the bride, groom, bridal party, family and guests go into the parlor for these special activities. Roberta Tribe Photography	After pictures by the wedding cake, they proceed to the side hall for pictures with the groom's cake. Adam & Erin Falgout Photography	The meal is served in the dining room and guests go through the buffet line and then choose a location to sit for their meal, either in the home, on the porches, or under the pavilion. Shane Falgout Photography
For a special touch, an ice sculpture provides a lasting memory.	Music and dancing follow.	Another photo opportunity. Shane Falgout Photography
Bride and groom "mock departure" - they will occupy the Evangeline Honeymoon Suite on the wedding night. Photography by McNally