THE CENTRAL NJ Ballet Theatre

Mini Camps:

For pre-schoolers through rst grade. Features themes like Disney Princesses, Mermaids, TikTok Dances. Dancing, arts and crafts and fun!

Technique Camps:

ENROLL TODAY FOR FALL!

For the dancers looking to keep their skills up in ballet, jazz and contemporary.

Ages 3 and up

Beginning thru advanced! Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and acting!

The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker 2017!

A traditional holiday ballet for all ages!

Rogers’ second wife was Mary Kirkbride (1728-1800), the sister of Colonel Joseph Kirkbride (1731-1803) who built a home in town that he named “New Bellevue.” Ironically, he was married to Mary Rogers (1730-1808), the sister of Samuel Rogers. Another sister, Elizabeth Rogers (1725-1807) was married to Col. Joseph Borden (17191791), the son of the town’s namesake. Rogers deeded his house and property to Thomas Nutt (1768-1819) and his wife, Lydia Bunting (1769-1847) upon his death. They had 10 children.

Although he was physically frail and suffered from health issues, his mind was constantly focused and sharp. His religious zeal was equally productive as he attended Methodist, Episcopal, and Baptist services. Ministers with forceful orations resonated through the aisles and filled the boy’s soul like the remedy for a patient. These experiences affected him deeply and made him a better person throughout his life.

Level 1 Summer Intensive Jul 24

Jul 28 9am to 3pm Competition Intensive Week 1 Aug 14 - Aug 18 9am to 1pm Competition Intensive Week 2 Aug 21 - Aug 25 9am to 1pm Int. & Advanced Summer Intensive Aug 7 - Aug 18 3pm to 9pm

Show! Mini Camp 1 • Jul 10 - Jul 14 5:30pm to 8:30pm Mini Camp 2 • Jul 17 - Jul 21 5:30pm to 8:30pm Mini Camp 3 • Jul 24 - Jul 28 5:30pm to 8:30pm Technique Week 1 • Jul 10 - Jul 14 9am to 11am Technique Week 2 • Jul 17 - Jul 21 9am to 11am Technique Week 3 • Jul 24 - Jul 28 9am to 11am

Their daughter Jane became acquainted with Rev. Gilder when he was stationed at Crosswicks in 1833. Two years later, they married. It was during this period that the couple traveled to other states, since Reverend Gilder was an ordained minister.

Theater Performance Aug 7 - Aug 18

A A Special Community Show! Group tickets available though Central NJ Ballet Theatre or Donations at the door! Proceeds of the 50/50 will go towards "Fill Father Matthew's Truck" food donation P: 609.424.3192 • W: www.cnjballet.com • 221 Broad St, Florence, NJ 08518

December 8th @ 7pm Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ Tickets $20 adults, $15 kids December 10th @ 2pm Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ

Eventually, they settled in Philadelphia where he was born and raised. His father, John Gilder (1786-1855), a member of the Whig party, served in the Pennsylvania Legislature, was an active member in the Carpenters’ Company in Philadelphia, and laid the cornerstone for Girard College.

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While in Philadelphia, Rev. Gilder published a quarterly literary review at the time that he was starting a family. Although the review was discontinued for financial reasons, his new role as a father

Unfortunately, the school was eventually abandoned. The Gilders moved to Connecticut and then back to New York to open a day school, but the menacing specter of the Civil War was a challenging obstacle to overcome. By 1860, the family came back to the familiar streets of Bordentown and stayed with Jane’s unmarried sister, Maria Nutt (1813-1889), who was the current owner of Belle Vue. While residing in town, patriotic fervor ran rampant amongst its citizens. Young Richard joined a cadet militia, his second oldest brother joined Duryea’s Zouaves, and his father enlisted as a chaplain of the 40th New York Volunteer Infantry.

No one was immune from the horrors of war. In 1863, Richard began to study law when he enlisted with the 1st Philadelphia Battery under Captain James Parker Landis. Serving as a private, he saw active duty during the Gettysburg Campaign. His older brother,

William, serving as captain of the 40th New York Volunteer Infantry, was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A year later, Rev. Gilder contracted smallpox while caring for plaguestricken soldiers, and died at Brandy Station, Virginia. With the reality of his father gone, Richard had no option but to withdraw from his law studies. To make ends meet, he applied for a job as a paymaster on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Considering his age, physical appearance, and being unarmed while carrying cash, the elements of danger were too great to continue after a year. It was then that he found his true calling.

In the meantime, Richard’s aunt Maria continued to operate the Belle Vue Female Seminary in Bordentown after the war ended. Boarding and day school students were charged $52 per quarter year or $208 a year for services that included laundry, clothes repair, art lessons, piano lessons and the study of French, German, and Greek languages. Students had to furnish their own towels, linens, sheets, pillow cases, napkins and silverware. Lessons were held in a clapboard-framed structure next to the family home. A large bell on the grounds would clang loudly at the start of class. As principal, Maria kept busy with a full schedule until the early1880’s.

In 1867, Richard began his career in journalism. He traveled to Newark, New Jersey and became a legislative reporter (and later managing editor) for the Newark Daily Advertiser. From the time spent interviewing politicians and delving into research material for his reports, his motivation in worthy reform causes grew. One example covered the modification of laws regarding of capital punishment. Another pertained to the establishment of a commission to oversee prison reform. A third example involved the granting of a charter for the founding of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A portion of his job required him to analyze and write book reviews on a regular basis.

Despite these accomplishments, he only worked at the newspaper for a year before he founded the Newark Morning Register, which was probably the first morning newspaper in the country. As responsible as he was as editor, publisher, and marketer, he did not achieve these duties on his own merits. Furthermore, this gave him the opportunity to express himself as an opinion columnist. Calling his column “The Old Cabinet,” it gave reference to a 1750 mahogany cabinet that was given to him by his aunt Maria. Once owned by her great-grandfather, the 8-foothigh cabinet, consisting of a desk and bookcases, had stood the test of time at Belle Vue in Bordentown before Richard made good use of it in his city office.

His stress level rose when he was made editor of a New York magazine published by Scribner’s called “Hours at Home.” Commuting between Manhattan and Newark, he worked an exhausting pace at both locations until the magazine ceased operations in 1870. It was absorbed into Scribner’s Monthly with Dr. Josiah G. Holland as its founder and Richard as its managing editor.

In 1872, Richard met Helena de Kay (1846-1916) through a mutual acquaintance. She was an art student at the Cooper Union Institute during this period and had a passion for reading sonnets of poetry that they respectively admired. As such, their courtship blossomed and two years later, they entered marital bliss. At the wedding reception, one of the guests, Helena’s private art instructor and one of the foremost painters of his day, Winslow Homer (1836-1910), presented the couple with a portrait that he had painted of her.

After the wedding, they moved to their new home at 103 E. 15th St. in New York. Originally built as a carriage house, the modest dwelling was remodeled under the direction of their friend, architect Stanford White (18531906). The home, named “The Studio” for Helena’s workspace, had every comfort imaginable. Upon hearing the news about the Gilder’s residence, the poet Longfellow expressed his delight to Helena while on a visit to his historic home Cambridge, Massachusetts home. She would later write in her journal, “He had heard of our house and thought it must be charming—that he was always pleased to hear of houses where people carried out their own ideas and did not go by the general type.”

Their home featured famous guests from the artistic, literary, and theatric worlds were treated to the Gilders’ hospitality as their community activism led to many social and civic reforms. It was also the site where the Art Students League and the Society of American Artists was born in 1877 and where their first child, Marion, was born in 1875, only to died six months later.

During the late 1870’s, life seemed to revolve full circle for Richard. The aging and dignified fireside poets were now broadening their appeal by mailing their poems and stories to Scribner’s Monthly for publication. Its simple tag line was: An Illustrated Magazine for the People.

According to Herbert Smith (born 1933), the biographer of Richard Watson Gilder, this was the beginning of the “Gilder Age.”