Wedding Ceremony Information

Date: June 6, 2015

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Courtyard of St Paul's Episcopal Church
605 Clay Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504

Wedding Reception

Please join us for the wedding reception held in the Craddock Terry Event Center immediately following the wedding ceremony and running late into the night.

For those with little ones who might be up past their bedtimes, an on-site baby-sitter will be available. Please contact James, Carrington, or Lindsey to make arrangements.

Event site:1312 Commerce Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504
Website: Craddock Terry

Babysitting

We've arranged for three baby sitters during the ceremony and reception.

During the ceremony, the children will be in the nursery at the church. We ask that the parents / guardians transport the children from the church to the reception, where a room will be designated for babysitting.

Contact Lindsey, James (Jody), or Carrington for more information.

Lodging Information

**Update** When you call one of the hotels where we've blocked off rooms, say you're with the Edwards-Neel wedding. For instance on 4/22, there are 7 rooms left in our block at the Craddock Terry, but no rooms available for general reservation.

Craddock Terry Hotel
The Craddock Terry is a boutique-style hotel in the heart of downtown Lynchburg and houses Shoemakers where the wedding reception will be held. A handful of rooms have been reserved at the Craddock Terry Hotel. They are holding the rooms through May 5.

Hotel website: Craddock Terry
Hotel phone number: (434) 455-1500

 

Kirkley Hotel
A little further away, but comfortably next to the mall and just off the Lynchburg Expressway is the Kirkley Hotel. There are 10 rooms reserved @ the Kirkley for Friday and Saturday nights.

Hotel website: Kirkley
Hotel phone number: (434) 237-6333


Lynchburg Holiday Inn Hotel
The traditional (and much larger) Holiday Inn downtown is currently all booked up (two conferences that weekend)

Hotel Locations
The map below shows the locations of the hotels and the wedding

.Downtown

Lynchburg

Rehearsal Dinner

The Rehearsal Dinner will be held Friday Night (June 5) at Jimmy's on the James. Tentatively, this is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM. (I'll update this closer to the date)

Jimmy's on the James

610 Commerce Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504

(434) 845-1116

June 5, 6:30 PM

 

 

Things to Do in Lynchburg

The following are some fun things to do while you're in Lynchburg for the weekend.

 

Central Virginia Invitational Tennis Tournament

Every year the first weekend in June, Lynchburg host the CVITT, which draws top college players, rising pros, and promising juniors (John Isner won the CVITT when he was 14). It's held at Oakwood Country Club (where Carrington spent a lot of time growing up) with the Finals held on Sunday June 7, with play beginning on June 3. Attendance is free and a lot of the Lynchburg tennis community will be there.  Tourney website: CVITT

Appomattox - End of the Civil War
This is the 150th anniversary of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House, which is traditionally viewed as the end of the Civil War. Appomattox is just a short drive from Lynchburg 20 miles down US 460 to the East.

National Park Website: Appomattox Courthouse

 Brew Ridge Trail

 

The Brew Ridge Trail is a collection of breweries just north of Lynchburg nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Most of the affiliated breweries are along state road 151 (Rockfish Valley Highway) and makes for a scenic drive even if you don't drink. James and Carrington have a few times spent a Saturday afternoon having flights and appetizers at each of the breweries along the "trail".

Brew Ridge Trail website: Brew Ridge Trail
Breweries: Blue Mountain, Devil's Backbone, Wild Wolf, Star Hill, South Street
Unaffiliated spots that we also stop at: Apocalypse Aleworks (Forest), Jefferson Street Brewery (in Waterstone in the basement of the Craddock Terry), Bold Rock Cidery (on Rockfish Valley Highway), Silverback Distillery (on Rockfish Valley Highway)

Natural Bridge

Called "the most Sublime of nature's works" by Thomas Jefferson, Natural Bridge is about 30 miles from Lynchburg and contains a number of tourist attractions in addition to the Natural Bridge (a safari park, caverns, FoamHenge...)

 



More information at the main Natural Bridge site: http://www.naturalbridgeva.com/

Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is about a 30-minute drive up the James River from Lynchburg but extends from I-64 (where it ends in Skyline Drive) down into North Carolina. There are several excellent hikes along the trail and the drive is worth much more than the price of admission (free).

Blue Ridge Parkway Info
Peaks of Otter
Crabtree Falls
Mill Mountain Star (one of the places Carrington and James went on their first date)

Other Activities
Tour Civil war sites around Lynchburg.
Lynchburg Old City Cemetery
SnowFlex - year round skiing and snowboarding on the Liberty campus
Children's Museum (downtown)
Blackwater Trail (a greenway through Lynchburg)

Registry Info

Getting married in our 30s means we don't really need "stuff" for the house. And ultimately, your attendance is gift enough as we're thrilled to have the chance to share our wedding with our friends and family. But for those looking to give us some token of your well-wishes on our new life together, here are some gift ideas that aren't pots, pans, plates, or towels.

Honeymoon Registry
We're honeymooning in Hawaii at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, which combines both beach and tennis (it used to host of a ATP Challenger tournament). We plan on waking up each morning and hitting some tennis balls before going off and exploring the big island for the rest of the day. So if you would like to give us a morning tennis clinic together, tickets to a luau, or something else resort-related, use this link.

http://hilton.honeymoonwishes.com/Honeymoon-Registry-265906-Hilton-Waikoloa-Village-Carrington-Edwards-James-Neel.html