We promised that there were benefits to getting our blog/facebook/etc. and here is a biggie! On sale Wednesday, June 25, at noon is the South County Farm Tour tickets. There are only 51 tickets available at $15 per ticket. Make your reservation and mail in the money (or drop it off at the Choir School) asap to confirm your seats. The price includes a full boxed lunch supplied by our super sponsor Shop Rite, two farm tours, a bus ride through the beautiful countryside with commentary by George Conard along the way.
Below is the program for our first Concert Under the Stars --- check it out -- 300 years of music played by Hunterdon County's gem: the Hunterdon Symphony. The Symphony will be playing the world premiere of "A Hunterdon Ode", an overture commissioned by the Tricentennial Committee and composed by Raymond Wojcik of Califon in celebration of our 300th year! Hunterdon Symphony, June 26, 7 pm, Deer Path Park: The American Frontier |
Custer
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Collection of American Folk songs
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Including some colonial music
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Colonial Fife and Drum Music
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Traditional
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Led by students from Woodglen School, Lebanon Township Schools.,NJ
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American Civil War Fantasy
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Bilik
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Civil war music
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“O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi
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Puccini
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Clinton Music Hall, Flemington Opera House, Lambertville Opera House, Rialto Opera House(High Bridge
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Perform by Alejandra Garrido, Soloist
Opera Selection
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Music Hall Medley
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Arr. Lawson
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Clinton Music Hall, Flemington Opera House, Lambertville Opera House, Rialto Opera House(High Bridge)
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Vaudeville Music including “Put on Your Tat-ta Little Girlie, “Daisy Bell” and “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”
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Finale to the New World Symphony
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Dvorak
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Much of the music performed was from European composers
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Dvorak wrote the work during/after in visit to the U.S.A.
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Intermission
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A Hunterdon Ode
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Wojcik
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Premier performance of a commissioned work for the 300th anniversary of Hunterdon county
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Bio info:
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American Fantasy
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Herbert
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A turn of the century composer famous for large popular concerts
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“The sun whose rays are all ablaze” from the Mikado
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Gilbert and Sullivan
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Clinton Music Hall, Flemington Opera House, Lambertville Opera House, Rialto Opera House(High Bridge)
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Perform by Alejandra Garrido
Popular music of this era
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County Band March
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Ives
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A comic setting of portraying the band in the park.
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Guys and Dolls
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Loesser
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Lambertville Circus
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Broadway show performed in Lambertville.
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Stars and Stripes
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Sousa
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Hunterdon County, NJ 300th Anniversary Celebration 1714-2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
JULY 12 AND JUNE 26: FARM TOUR & CONCERT UNDER THE STARS FULL PROGRAM!!! SEE IT ONLY HERE!
Thursday, June 19, 2014
JULY TICKETS -- GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
It's Summer for the 300th -- which means we're going much more laid back.... a slow down in life.... kick back and enjoy the pool, the beach, the barbecue.... do nothing but relax.... well, sort of...
Our calendar remains crammed with events -- lots of Special Partner events -- but there are only a half dozen "official" 300th events -- not counting the concert series on Thursday nights. A "small" month for us at the 300th but we've made each event BIG!
In the next few days we will be sending out the FULL MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE JUNE 26TH CONCERT UNDER THE STARS AT DEER PATH PARK. Wait until you see the amazing program in store for you, for free!!
We start July with a really special event: on July 8th we have a talk AT ExxonMobil on the history of the relationship between Hunterdon County and the corporation. The talk falls on John D. Rockefeller's 175th birthday -- founder of the company who's family originally came from Hunterdon!! Reservations are MUST in advance for security purposes... one ticket per person. You can register multiple people using the same email address, but we have restricted your ability to take more than one ticket at a time as we need each individual name for ExxonMobil. Please read the details on our invitation at Eventbrite.
Historic Architect extraordinaire Chris Pickell will do a special power point talk about the Architecture of Hunterdon on July 9th -- his slides will be gorgeous and his talk informative -- you don't want to miss this one!
On July 19th you will have an opportunity to learn, first hand, about rural farm life in 19th century Hunterdon. Well, first hand because of the amount of writings that Jesse Sinclair of Holland Township left behind; secondhand because Jesse's long gone and his annotator and commentator, Holland Historian and author Bob Peabody will be there to speak and comment on Jesse's letters. On a hot July day, this talk is at 10:30 am to get you home to the pool for the afternoon!
We also have another fascinating Civil War lecture by author Dominick Mazzagetti. Dominick has extensively researched the 1862 enlistments coming out of Hunterdon at the old campgrounds that were located at the Flemington Fairgrounds site. As part of our ongoing commemoration of the 150 anniversary of the Civil War and its connection with Hunterdon we bring you that talk on July 22nd.
Finally, on July 26 in the afternoon, Red Mill Museum President Paul Muir will discuss the history of industry in Hunterdon using artifacts from the Museum in a talk entitled "Industrial Archeology." This talk is free but space is limited to 60 people because we are holding it in the Red Mill Museum's upstairs conference room.
We continue to book additional talks and events for July -- when we do you'll be the first to know!
Still seats left for many events in June! Check our homepage today!
PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S FIRST EVER COUNTY WIDE COMMUNITY DAY ON SATURDAY JUNE 21ST AT THE SOUTH COUNTY PARK. FREE ADMISSION -- TONS OF THINGS TO DO -- NOON TO 8 PM! SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.HUNTERDON300TH FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS!
Our calendar remains crammed with events -- lots of Special Partner events -- but there are only a half dozen "official" 300th events -- not counting the concert series on Thursday nights. A "small" month for us at the 300th but we've made each event BIG!
In the next few days we will be sending out the FULL MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE JUNE 26TH CONCERT UNDER THE STARS AT DEER PATH PARK. Wait until you see the amazing program in store for you, for free!!
We start July with a really special event: on July 8th we have a talk AT ExxonMobil on the history of the relationship between Hunterdon County and the corporation. The talk falls on John D. Rockefeller's 175th birthday -- founder of the company who's family originally came from Hunterdon!! Reservations are MUST in advance for security purposes... one ticket per person. You can register multiple people using the same email address, but we have restricted your ability to take more than one ticket at a time as we need each individual name for ExxonMobil. Please read the details on our invitation at Eventbrite.
Historic Architect extraordinaire Chris Pickell will do a special power point talk about the Architecture of Hunterdon on July 9th -- his slides will be gorgeous and his talk informative -- you don't want to miss this one!
On July 19th you will have an opportunity to learn, first hand, about rural farm life in 19th century Hunterdon. Well, first hand because of the amount of writings that Jesse Sinclair of Holland Township left behind; secondhand because Jesse's long gone and his annotator and commentator, Holland Historian and author Bob Peabody will be there to speak and comment on Jesse's letters. On a hot July day, this talk is at 10:30 am to get you home to the pool for the afternoon!
We also have another fascinating Civil War lecture by author Dominick Mazzagetti. Dominick has extensively researched the 1862 enlistments coming out of Hunterdon at the old campgrounds that were located at the Flemington Fairgrounds site. As part of our ongoing commemoration of the 150 anniversary of the Civil War and its connection with Hunterdon we bring you that talk on July 22nd.
Finally, on July 26 in the afternoon, Red Mill Museum President Paul Muir will discuss the history of industry in Hunterdon using artifacts from the Museum in a talk entitled "Industrial Archeology." This talk is free but space is limited to 60 people because we are holding it in the Red Mill Museum's upstairs conference room.
We continue to book additional talks and events for July -- when we do you'll be the first to know!
Still seats left for many events in June! Check our homepage today!
PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S FIRST EVER COUNTY WIDE COMMUNITY DAY ON SATURDAY JUNE 21ST AT THE SOUTH COUNTY PARK. FREE ADMISSION -- TONS OF THINGS TO DO -- NOON TO 8 PM! SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.HUNTERDON300TH FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS!
Monday, May 12, 2014
JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER!
It's FINALLY Spring in Hunterdon County and June's ticket reservations are up and blooming! Here's a look at what's growing in OUR garden:
A field of Blue and Gray? That would be the History of the Civil War in Hunterdon lecture given by County Historian and Author of the book by the same title, John Kuhl on June 3rd. John's stories are haunting, like the faces of those battle weary or battle lost. This lecture precedes the Lambertville Civil War Living History weekend at Holcombe-Jimison Farm where young and old alike can spend the day watching battle re-enactments with real artillery, listening to fife and drum music, viewing Civil War exhibits, or walking through the farm museum, all for one low price: Children under 12 are free, and with our ticket, you get half price admission at the gate -- just $5 for the day! Free parking, too! One ticket per person, but NO limits!
A huge bed of red, white and blue shows up on Flag Day, June 14th for a special lecture on the History of the United States flag and our special challenge to flag expert and author, Richard Pierce, the origin of our county flag! Some mud brown and gold in that garden bed!
And another special feature this month: some milky white appears in honor of National Dairy Month with a lecture on the Lost Dairy Industry of our county and a special feature about dairy cows. MOOve over you shepherds and goat herders for this talk! John Force and Bernie Beatty join forces for an UDDERly interesting double feature!
On June 11th our garden grows with some wildflowers -- chickory and thistle? those would be Stangl patterns!!! No celebration of the history of Hunterdon County would be complete without a talk on Stangl and Fulper potteries -- important to both the industry of ceramics as well as tourism to our County and County Seat. Lambertville's own Tom Rago steps away from Antiques Road Show to give us his wonderful perspective.
Talk about taking a walk on the wild side: If you want to walk out of the garden and into the woods and see what's blooming there we can give you that opportunity. We have a Talk and Walk on Wild Food Foraging scheduled for June 8th. Expert mycologist Robert Peabody will do the talking -- about what the people of our county would have found to eat during that famous Revolutionary War period of the Forage Wars as well as other times; and then expert Hunter/Gatherer and chef Bob Hosh will take you walking outside to see what's good to eat! Space is limited for this event.
The rest of our June includes a bouquet of lectures: a talk on the role of women in Hunterdon's history as well as historical women given by County Historian (a woman who has made history herself!) Stephanie Stevens on June 4th; another talk and walk -- this one given by Author and Historian Linda Barth about and literally on the D&R Canal on June 28th; a anecdotal history of the importance of having a will by Surrogate Susan Hoffman who will use fascinating stories about historical wills and often disastrous situations to illustrate why we should all have one on 25th; and we are also ticketing for the June 21st walking tour of Three Bridges with Three Bridges' biggest fan and native son, John Kuhl.
And for our sprouts and buds: Art teacher extraordinaire is offering another Childrens' Historical Craft Project in the morning of June 21st where 25 lucky kids ages 6 to 14 will make and artwork WITH MOVABLE PARTS (how COOL!) based on vintage movable picture books!
If that isn't a big enough field of events, check out those of our special partners! We have the Young Eagles coming on the morning of June 14th offering free airplane flights for the youth of Hunterdon; walking tours in Lambertville and Mountainville; a garden tour Tewksbury Township; a special Community Day sponsored by the Hunterdon Chamber of Commerce; Califon's Nellie Hoffman House open to the public; the Delaware River Mill Society's historic photographs of Stockton and much more! Check out all of the details and our full calendar on our website. Please note that some of our special partners do have a fee for their events.
One more thing: May 17th -- is a very, very busy day in Hunterdon County's 300th year, so clear your calendars and pick one or two of the following to attend: there are still tickets available for Raritan Township Historical Society's ALL INCLUSIVE visit to Old Philadelphia which includes a luxury coach bus ride, a fabulous lunch at the legendary City Tavern and entry tickets to various sites and building on the Mall in Philly including Independence Hall, Carpenter's Hall, Eldreth's Alley, Christ Church plus more! (check out our homepage for ticket information); also, Hampton Historical Society's free Leni Lenape and Hampton History day is also on our homepage; a special historic bike tour of South Hunterdon for those of you who want to exercise while learning about the history of our county!; our special Tricentennial Partner, Holcombe-Jimison Farm is hosting a Herb Sale fundraising event down at the farmstead from 10 am to 4 pm where the Delaware Vallley Unit of the Herb Society of America maintains an herb garden (betcha didn't know that!). And check this out: Over 2,000 varieties of plants will be for sale!!!; the Hunterdon Watercolor Society's beautiful exhibit continues its display of the Beauty of Hunterdon; and if you have any energy left, the Raritan River Music Concert Series' concert celebrating 300 years of music with the music of 1914 -- the third of four concerts separated by a century of music.
One other thing: We still have some seats left for our last two Migration Pattern Series Lectures: May 13 (Dutch) and May 20 (River Communities) so reserve your seat now!
A field of Blue and Gray? That would be the History of the Civil War in Hunterdon lecture given by County Historian and Author of the book by the same title, John Kuhl on June 3rd. John's stories are haunting, like the faces of those battle weary or battle lost. This lecture precedes the Lambertville Civil War Living History weekend at Holcombe-Jimison Farm where young and old alike can spend the day watching battle re-enactments with real artillery, listening to fife and drum music, viewing Civil War exhibits, or walking through the farm museum, all for one low price: Children under 12 are free, and with our ticket, you get half price admission at the gate -- just $5 for the day! Free parking, too! One ticket per person, but NO limits!
A huge bed of red, white and blue shows up on Flag Day, June 14th for a special lecture on the History of the United States flag and our special challenge to flag expert and author, Richard Pierce, the origin of our county flag! Some mud brown and gold in that garden bed!
And another special feature this month: some milky white appears in honor of National Dairy Month with a lecture on the Lost Dairy Industry of our county and a special feature about dairy cows. MOOve over you shepherds and goat herders for this talk! John Force and Bernie Beatty join forces for an UDDERly interesting double feature!
On June 11th our garden grows with some wildflowers -- chickory and thistle? those would be Stangl patterns!!! No celebration of the history of Hunterdon County would be complete without a talk on Stangl and Fulper potteries -- important to both the industry of ceramics as well as tourism to our County and County Seat. Lambertville's own Tom Rago steps away from Antiques Road Show to give us his wonderful perspective.
Talk about taking a walk on the wild side: If you want to walk out of the garden and into the woods and see what's blooming there we can give you that opportunity. We have a Talk and Walk on Wild Food Foraging scheduled for June 8th. Expert mycologist Robert Peabody will do the talking -- about what the people of our county would have found to eat during that famous Revolutionary War period of the Forage Wars as well as other times; and then expert Hunter/Gatherer and chef Bob Hosh will take you walking outside to see what's good to eat! Space is limited for this event.
The rest of our June includes a bouquet of lectures: a talk on the role of women in Hunterdon's history as well as historical women given by County Historian (a woman who has made history herself!) Stephanie Stevens on June 4th; another talk and walk -- this one given by Author and Historian Linda Barth about and literally on the D&R Canal on June 28th; a anecdotal history of the importance of having a will by Surrogate Susan Hoffman who will use fascinating stories about historical wills and often disastrous situations to illustrate why we should all have one on 25th; and we are also ticketing for the June 21st walking tour of Three Bridges with Three Bridges' biggest fan and native son, John Kuhl.
And for our sprouts and buds: Art teacher extraordinaire is offering another Childrens' Historical Craft Project in the morning of June 21st where 25 lucky kids ages 6 to 14 will make and artwork WITH MOVABLE PARTS (how COOL!) based on vintage movable picture books!
If that isn't a big enough field of events, check out those of our special partners! We have the Young Eagles coming on the morning of June 14th offering free airplane flights for the youth of Hunterdon; walking tours in Lambertville and Mountainville; a garden tour Tewksbury Township; a special Community Day sponsored by the Hunterdon Chamber of Commerce; Califon's Nellie Hoffman House open to the public; the Delaware River Mill Society's historic photographs of Stockton and much more! Check out all of the details and our full calendar on our website. Please note that some of our special partners do have a fee for their events.
One more thing: May 17th -- is a very, very busy day in Hunterdon County's 300th year, so clear your calendars and pick one or two of the following to attend: there are still tickets available for Raritan Township Historical Society's ALL INCLUSIVE visit to Old Philadelphia which includes a luxury coach bus ride, a fabulous lunch at the legendary City Tavern and entry tickets to various sites and building on the Mall in Philly including Independence Hall, Carpenter's Hall, Eldreth's Alley, Christ Church plus more! (check out our homepage for ticket information); also, Hampton Historical Society's free Leni Lenape and Hampton History day is also on our homepage; a special historic bike tour of South Hunterdon for those of you who want to exercise while learning about the history of our county!; our special Tricentennial Partner, Holcombe-Jimison Farm is hosting a Herb Sale fundraising event down at the farmstead from 10 am to 4 pm where the Delaware Vallley Unit of the Herb Society of America maintains an herb garden (betcha didn't know that!). And check this out: Over 2,000 varieties of plants will be for sale!!!; the Hunterdon Watercolor Society's beautiful exhibit continues its display of the Beauty of Hunterdon; and if you have any energy left, the Raritan River Music Concert Series' concert celebrating 300 years of music with the music of 1914 -- the third of four concerts separated by a century of music.
One other thing: We still have some seats left for our last two Migration Pattern Series Lectures: May 13 (Dutch) and May 20 (River Communities) so reserve your seat now!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
ODDS AND ENDS
STUFF THAT WE NEED TO BRAIN DUMP THAT WE HAVE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU:
PIANO PLAYER NEEDED: and we mean a piano player --- NOT a pianist! Get a free meal at the Stockton Inn at our next Tavern Tour on May 10th at noon plus 2 historical talks to boot... all you have to do is play a little background music (for about 45 minutes or less) out of the Great American Songbook -- Ability to play "There's a Small Hotel" a requisite! And you may be accompanying a singer who can do more than hum a few bars....
LINDBERGH ONE MAN SHOW TICKETS: HERE TODAY -- GONE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFETIMES? There are still tickets to both the Saturday evening and Sunday matinee performances of "Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle" on May 3 and May 4. This show is amazing when performed in a regular theatre -- it will be a once in a lifetime experience performed at the Hunterdon Historic Courthouse which has been restored by the County to its "Period of Significance" -- the Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial of Bruno Hauptmann in 1934; the County still has and USES the original Jury Box chairs as well as some used by the defense and plaintiff legal teams, and the Witness Chair on which both Charles Lindbergh and Bruno Hauptmann sat! Actor Steve Carroll has created a special Tricentennial version of the show just for us and for the venue! Tickets available at the County North and Main Branch Libraries, the County Clerk (weekdays only), the Flemington Choir School (Saturday only) and at the door before the performances. $10 for adults; $5 for children/students; $15 for Jury Box Sunday only (sorry, Saturday Jury seats sold out).
MOTHER'S DAY -- THE PERFECT GIFT: Now In Stock: Autographed "Hunterdon In My Heart" beautiful coffee table books. Why get Mom flowers that will only last a few days when you can get her a book filled with flowers, farms, woodlands, old friends and faces that will last a lifetime? Walter Choroszewski's extraordinary photography captures the heart of Hunterdon and will make a lovely addition to your Mom's living room or library. Every time she thumbs through it she'll think of you! Available autographed at the Flemington Choir School, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington on Saturdays between 10 am and 2 pm for $50 -- longer lasting and less expensive than a dozen roses!
AWARD WINNING MAP PROJECT: If you've noticed the map on our homepage and thought it interesting but nothing special, take a new look! Roll your cursor over it and click and it will take you to the timeline of Hunterdon's changing municipalities and geographic lines. It is a lot of fun to play with and educational! Show it to your kids or grandkids and we guarantee they'll be fascinated by it. This map was created by Hunterdon County Geographic Information Systems Coordinator Patty Leidner. Recently, Patty took 2nd Place in the Statewide Mapping Contest in the category of Historic Boundaries Application. Congratulations, Patty! The contest is for hard maps only so she had to come up with a concept that would have the feel of the interactive map she designed in honor of the 300th. Patty designed this interactive map for the Hunterdon Tricentennial. The 1714 and 2014 map appears on all of our programs and on the County's Municipal Directory. We are also selling framed copies that show the last 300 years of how the map and municipal lines changed for $50 available at the Flemington Choir School during our hours on Saturdays.
JUNE TICKETS: Look for June tickets around Mother's Day.... you'll be hearing from us with a preview of the month's best events!
PIANO PLAYER NEEDED: and we mean a piano player --- NOT a pianist! Get a free meal at the Stockton Inn at our next Tavern Tour on May 10th at noon plus 2 historical talks to boot... all you have to do is play a little background music (for about 45 minutes or less) out of the Great American Songbook -- Ability to play "There's a Small Hotel" a requisite! And you may be accompanying a singer who can do more than hum a few bars....
LINDBERGH ONE MAN SHOW TICKETS: HERE TODAY -- GONE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFETIMES? There are still tickets to both the Saturday evening and Sunday matinee performances of "Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle" on May 3 and May 4. This show is amazing when performed in a regular theatre -- it will be a once in a lifetime experience performed at the Hunterdon Historic Courthouse which has been restored by the County to its "Period of Significance" -- the Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial of Bruno Hauptmann in 1934; the County still has and USES the original Jury Box chairs as well as some used by the defense and plaintiff legal teams, and the Witness Chair on which both Charles Lindbergh and Bruno Hauptmann sat! Actor Steve Carroll has created a special Tricentennial version of the show just for us and for the venue! Tickets available at the County North and Main Branch Libraries, the County Clerk (weekdays only), the Flemington Choir School (Saturday only) and at the door before the performances. $10 for adults; $5 for children/students; $15 for Jury Box Sunday only (sorry, Saturday Jury seats sold out).
MOTHER'S DAY -- THE PERFECT GIFT: Now In Stock: Autographed "Hunterdon In My Heart" beautiful coffee table books. Why get Mom flowers that will only last a few days when you can get her a book filled with flowers, farms, woodlands, old friends and faces that will last a lifetime? Walter Choroszewski's extraordinary photography captures the heart of Hunterdon and will make a lovely addition to your Mom's living room or library. Every time she thumbs through it she'll think of you! Available autographed at the Flemington Choir School, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington on Saturdays between 10 am and 2 pm for $50 -- longer lasting and less expensive than a dozen roses!
AWARD WINNING MAP PROJECT: If you've noticed the map on our homepage and thought it interesting but nothing special, take a new look! Roll your cursor over it and click and it will take you to the timeline of Hunterdon's changing municipalities and geographic lines. It is a lot of fun to play with and educational! Show it to your kids or grandkids and we guarantee they'll be fascinated by it. This map was created by Hunterdon County Geographic Information Systems Coordinator Patty Leidner. Recently, Patty took 2nd Place in the Statewide Mapping Contest in the category of Historic Boundaries Application. Congratulations, Patty! The contest is for hard maps only so she had to come up with a concept that would have the feel of the interactive map she designed in honor of the 300th. Patty designed this interactive map for the Hunterdon Tricentennial. The 1714 and 2014 map appears on all of our programs and on the County's Municipal Directory. We are also selling framed copies that show the last 300 years of how the map and municipal lines changed for $50 available at the Flemington Choir School during our hours on Saturdays.
JUNE TICKETS: Look for June tickets around Mother's Day.... you'll be hearing from us with a preview of the month's best events!
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
TAVERN TOUR ALERT -- MAY 10TH, STOCKTON INN
The Tricentennial Tavern Tour seems to have a life of its own and a growing fan club. We have disappointed a lot of people, sadly, with the limited number of seats available at each tour.
Good news: the Stockton Inn Tavern Tour, offered on May 10th, has 15 more seats than prior tours. That's good news for folks who want to go and good news for those of us trying to make everyone happy!
Also, our intrepid Tavern Tour du Force (come on -- that was a most excellent groaner!!), Pete Kinsella, is also working hard to create additional Tour opportunities not listed on our Campanelli Calendar nor on our website.... yet!
STOCKTON INN TAVERN TOUR: THE DETAILS:
Join us as we ramble down to south county, the Borough of Stockton, home to that most famous wishing well.... We'll meet up at that small hotel at noon. Feasting on another wonderful menu created especially for the Tricentennial Committee, we'll be treated to a double feature of talks: David Reading, a direct descendant of Governor John Reading, will offer a history of the early settlement of Stockton and environs, and Dennis Bertland (see more about Dennis below) will tell three fascinating true tales of the Stockton Inn. Intrigued? maybe intrigue!
We're holding the cost for the third tour to $40 per person, and of course we prefer cash and checks.
When, you ask, are tickets going to be going on sale? Saturday April 19th at the Flemington Choir School, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington. We do NOT take advanced reservations for these tours. The Choir School will be opened at 9:30 am that morning to accommodate the rush. It closes at it's usual 2 pm -- but, we assume all of the tickets will have sold by then. Our website will post the sold out status as soon as we can once tickets are gone.
Tour number 1 sold out in 3 hours; Tour number 2 sold out in 2 hours..... hopefully with 55 tickets available, they will last a little while longer.......?
If you get frozen out of the Tavern Tour or just don't want to spend $40 -- You can spend a morning with Dennis Bertland --- yes, the SAME Dennis Bertland for FREE-- where? when? how? you ask: APRIL 19TH! INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET TAVERN TOUR TICKETS GO FOR A HISTORIC WALK - VILLAGE OF COKESBURY As part of the Hunterdon County Tricentennial Celebration, please join us for a Walking Tour of the Cokesbury Historic District, sponsored by the Clinton Township Historical Preservation Commission and the Tewksbury Township Historic Preservation Commission. The tour will begin with a talk by Dennis Bertland, the Historic Preservation consultant for both municipalities, in the meeting room of the Cokesbury Methodist Church at 9:30 am. The talk will cover the origins of the village and its development as a local hub of commerce for the surrounding agricultural community.
A walking tour of the village will follow, with Dennis Bertland pointing out various historic structures and brief histories of them. Following the tour attendees are invited back to the church for refreshments and a question and answer period. Handouts with highlighted information will be available. Please contact Ted Bozzi, Chairman of the Clinton Township Historic Preservation Commission for additional information.
Meet at the Cokesbury Methodist Church, 230 Cokesbury Road, Lebanon, NJ 08833
9:30am-12pm
FREE
Good news: the Stockton Inn Tavern Tour, offered on May 10th, has 15 more seats than prior tours. That's good news for folks who want to go and good news for those of us trying to make everyone happy!
Also, our intrepid Tavern Tour du Force (come on -- that was a most excellent groaner!!), Pete Kinsella, is also working hard to create additional Tour opportunities not listed on our Campanelli Calendar nor on our website.... yet!
STOCKTON INN TAVERN TOUR: THE DETAILS:
Join us as we ramble down to south county, the Borough of Stockton, home to that most famous wishing well.... We'll meet up at that small hotel at noon. Feasting on another wonderful menu created especially for the Tricentennial Committee, we'll be treated to a double feature of talks: David Reading, a direct descendant of Governor John Reading, will offer a history of the early settlement of Stockton and environs, and Dennis Bertland (see more about Dennis below) will tell three fascinating true tales of the Stockton Inn. Intrigued? maybe intrigue!
We're holding the cost for the third tour to $40 per person, and of course we prefer cash and checks.
When, you ask, are tickets going to be going on sale? Saturday April 19th at the Flemington Choir School, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington. We do NOT take advanced reservations for these tours. The Choir School will be opened at 9:30 am that morning to accommodate the rush. It closes at it's usual 2 pm -- but, we assume all of the tickets will have sold by then. Our website will post the sold out status as soon as we can once tickets are gone.
Tour number 1 sold out in 3 hours; Tour number 2 sold out in 2 hours..... hopefully with 55 tickets available, they will last a little while longer.......?
If you get frozen out of the Tavern Tour or just don't want to spend $40 -- You can spend a morning with Dennis Bertland --- yes, the SAME Dennis Bertland for FREE-- where? when? how? you ask: APRIL 19TH! INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET TAVERN TOUR TICKETS GO FOR A HISTORIC WALK - VILLAGE OF COKESBURY As part of the Hunterdon County Tricentennial Celebration, please join us for a Walking Tour of the Cokesbury Historic District, sponsored by the Clinton Township Historical Preservation Commission and the Tewksbury Township Historic Preservation Commission. The tour will begin with a talk by Dennis Bertland, the Historic Preservation consultant for both municipalities, in the meeting room of the Cokesbury Methodist Church at 9:30 am. The talk will cover the origins of the village and its development as a local hub of commerce for the surrounding agricultural community.
A walking tour of the village will follow, with Dennis Bertland pointing out various historic structures and brief histories of them. Following the tour attendees are invited back to the church for refreshments and a question and answer period. Handouts with highlighted information will be available. Please contact Ted Bozzi, Chairman of the Clinton Township Historic Preservation Commission for additional information.
Meet at the Cokesbury Methodist Church, 230 Cokesbury Road, Lebanon, NJ 08833
9:30am-12pm
FREE
Friday, April 11, 2014
"MAY" We Entice You? NEW TICKETS AVAILABLE!
May has brought Hunterdon County more than just flowers! We have new events available now! Now ticketing all of May EXCEPT the Tavern Tour --- SORRY... you just have to be patient!
If you've been enjoying our Migration Settlement Pattern Series, the last two of six are now available: Stephanie Stevens, a renowned expert on the Dutch settlement in Hunterdon -- the earliest settlers of Hunterdon County -- will speak to us on May 13th. This is an extraordinary opportunity to hear one of the Country's -- NOT just County's experts on this topic.
May 20th brings the last of the Migration Pattern with the South County Settlement of (Coryell's Ferry) Lambertville and the other tiny river communities as told through their important role during the Revolutionary War by Lambertville Historians John and Barbara Hencheck.
We have a beautiful, provocative lecture with our special municipal partners at the Holland Township Historical Society on "The Spirit of Place" on Friday night, May 2nd.... come out to West County and have dinner in one of our lovely river towns' cafes, restaurants or bistros and then head to the talk at the Reigel Ridge Community Center in Milford (Holland Township)... dessert is compliments of our friends at Shop Rite.
Our great friends Dan and Marty Campanelli who made our gorgeous calendar and Dan of course painted "Blue Skies" for us -- the signed and numbered watercolor of the Courthouse (fyi, we still have about 100 of these left -- a great gift that will only become more valuable over time!) are also experts in the topic of Hunterdon County (and New Jersey) samplers -- those little squares of linen stitched out by young women (and some young men!) as part of their education. Dan and Marty are curating a major exhibit of New Jersey samplers for Morven Museum after their successful show and book on Hunterdon's Historic Samplers. This is their FIRST public lecture on the topic! And we have it exclusively for the Hunterdon Tricentennial!
Finally, in celebration of National Poultry and Egg Month -- and in celebration of Hunterdon's agricultural roots, we bring you a tour and talk at the Flemington Old Egg Auction -- a venerable place this blogger remembers walking to with her grandma to get fresh eggs! Entitled "Egg-citing History" (we just love those groaners!) we are sure that there will be lots of old timers present who actually had a family stall to sell their eggs and will chime in with a few good tales of their own. This one is not to be missed and that is no yolk! And we promise: ticketing for the next Tavern Tour -- Stockton Inn -- IS coming soon!
If you've been enjoying our Migration Settlement Pattern Series, the last two of six are now available: Stephanie Stevens, a renowned expert on the Dutch settlement in Hunterdon -- the earliest settlers of Hunterdon County -- will speak to us on May 13th. This is an extraordinary opportunity to hear one of the Country's -- NOT just County's experts on this topic.
May 20th brings the last of the Migration Pattern with the South County Settlement of (Coryell's Ferry) Lambertville and the other tiny river communities as told through their important role during the Revolutionary War by Lambertville Historians John and Barbara Hencheck.
We have a beautiful, provocative lecture with our special municipal partners at the Holland Township Historical Society on "The Spirit of Place" on Friday night, May 2nd.... come out to West County and have dinner in one of our lovely river towns' cafes, restaurants or bistros and then head to the talk at the Reigel Ridge Community Center in Milford (Holland Township)... dessert is compliments of our friends at Shop Rite.
Our great friends Dan and Marty Campanelli who made our gorgeous calendar and Dan of course painted "Blue Skies" for us -- the signed and numbered watercolor of the Courthouse (fyi, we still have about 100 of these left -- a great gift that will only become more valuable over time!) are also experts in the topic of Hunterdon County (and New Jersey) samplers -- those little squares of linen stitched out by young women (and some young men!) as part of their education. Dan and Marty are curating a major exhibit of New Jersey samplers for Morven Museum after their successful show and book on Hunterdon's Historic Samplers. This is their FIRST public lecture on the topic! And we have it exclusively for the Hunterdon Tricentennial!
Finally, in celebration of National Poultry and Egg Month -- and in celebration of Hunterdon's agricultural roots, we bring you a tour and talk at the Flemington Old Egg Auction -- a venerable place this blogger remembers walking to with her grandma to get fresh eggs! Entitled "Egg-citing History" (we just love those groaners!) we are sure that there will be lots of old timers present who actually had a family stall to sell their eggs and will chime in with a few good tales of their own. This one is not to be missed and that is no yolk! And we promise: ticketing for the next Tavern Tour -- Stockton Inn -- IS coming soon!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Lindbergh Tours! Lindbergh Play! and more.....
78 YEARS AGO TODAY, APRIL 3RD, BRUNO HAUPTMANN WAS EXECUTED FOR THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF CHARLES LINDBERGH, JR......
THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY CHANGED FLEMINGTON FOREVER AND PUT HUNTERDON COUNTY ON THE MAP. LITERALLY.
THE HUNTERDON TRICENTENNIAL'S "TWO WEEKS OF LINDBERGH" continue at the end of April and May with two very significant events: Lindbergh House and Kidnapping Tours and the fabulous play "Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle".
GOING ON SALE IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 4:
On Friday, April 25 and Friday, May 2, two tour groups (a 9:30 am and 1:30 pm tour) will board our bus for a special ride back in history to the early 1930s in Hunterdon County. Led by Lindbergh expert Jim Davidson, you will enter the house and see where Charles, Sr., Anne and baby Charles, Jr. lived. Jim will also show us where the ladder was placed and describe the kidnapping. We will then travel to see where Charles, Jr.'s body was found and, while Jim holds our attention with riveting stories about the kidnapping case, take us to see the homes of various person associated with the case. Snacks will be provided on this trip. There is a $5 per person fee. We should be back to our cars by noon.
The Lindbergh House is under the operation of the State of New Jersey and has very limited access and no longer allows visitors on weekends. Consequently, we are working on securing two more Fridays this summer to allow families to bring their children and teenagers on the tour while they are out of school on break. Reservations may be made through our website www.hunterdon300th.org or by calling us at (908) 788-2030, but will only be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE VERY LIMITED RESERVATIONS BEING TAKEN FOR THE HOUSE TOURS; IF YOU CANNOT GET TICKETS NOW, PLEASE KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON TWO MORE TOUR DATES FOR THIS SUMMER WITH FOUR MORE OPPORTUNITIES. PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON OUR WAITING LIST WILL GET PRIORITY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL LINDBERGH TOURS ADDED.
On Saturday night, May 3rd at 7 pm and Sunday afternoon, May 4th at 3 pm, join us for an extraordinary One Man Show that the Tricentennial Committee brought up from Florida! "Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle" is an amazing production where actor Steve Carroll brings Charles Lindbergh to life. Reeve Lindbergh, the last surviving child of Charles and Anne and President of The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, wrote Mr. Carroll to express her thanks after attending a command performance of the play in New York at the 75th anniversary of her father's famous flight to Paris. "I was indeed impressed by your performance, which I found moving and very thoughtful, with a fresh perspective on my father," Lindbergh wrote. "It meant a lot to me. It makes people think."
This is NOT the kidnapping trial show that played at the Historic Courthouse for years. This show is in two acts: the first act about Lindbergh's early years, learning to fly, barnstorming, finally his daring feat of crossing the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis to his marriage to Anne Morrow. The first act ends with the happy couple building Highgrove House in Hopewell NJ and having their first child, Charles, Jr. Act Two opens with the kidnapping and trial. It continues into the darker years of Lindbergh: the allegations of his Nazi affiliations and his extra marital affairs. Tickets are available at the North Branch of the County Library, the Main Branch of the County Library, the County Clerk's Office at the Hall of Records and at the Flemington Choir School (Saturday's only). Tickets are $10 for adults; $5 for children; and there are 13 special jury seats per performance for $15 each -- the ultimate Lindbergh experience as these are the original jury seats during the trial itself!
We mentioned Jim Davidson as our tour guide; don't forget to reserve your seats for the 5 free lectures Jim is giving at the historic Courthouse. About half of the tickets have been taken and you don't want to miss this series!
One more Lindbergh bit: Saturday afternoon, May 3rd, between the hours of 3 pm and 6:30 pm, the Flemington Methodist Church on the corner of Main and Maple is having an open house. This church hosted and fed the Lindbergh press corps and a host of hundreds of visitors coming to Flemington. The will have a Lindbergh display and memorabilia available to be viewed and our friend, John Newton who played Lindbergh in the play about the trial, will be around to discuss Lindbergh's life and the trial. Refreshments will be available and this is free to the public. Whether you have tickets to the Saturday night show or not, stop by and see the church where Walter Winchell and many other prominent newspaper and radio personalities hung out.
An extra for April: we have added a new lecture on Sunday afternoon, April 13 entitled "Voices in 1778: The American Army in Hunterdon: Prelude to the Battle of Monmouth" -- this is going to prove to be a very provocative and perhaps controversial discussion -- fun, right!
And please don't forget that April is National Poetry Month and we have a fabulous free night of great poetic tributes to our County of Hunterdon on April 26. This is going to be a wonderful evening and we suggest you have a lovely dinner in the County Seat first and then stroll over to the Historic Courthouse for the poetry reading. Dessert is on us afterwards thanks to our super friends at Shop Rite!
THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY CHANGED FLEMINGTON FOREVER AND PUT HUNTERDON COUNTY ON THE MAP. LITERALLY.
THE HUNTERDON TRICENTENNIAL'S "TWO WEEKS OF LINDBERGH" continue at the end of April and May with two very significant events: Lindbergh House and Kidnapping Tours and the fabulous play "Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle".
GOING ON SALE IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 4:
On Friday, April 25 and Friday, May 2, two tour groups (a 9:30 am and 1:30 pm tour) will board our bus for a special ride back in history to the early 1930s in Hunterdon County. Led by Lindbergh expert Jim Davidson, you will enter the house and see where Charles, Sr., Anne and baby Charles, Jr. lived. Jim will also show us where the ladder was placed and describe the kidnapping. We will then travel to see where Charles, Jr.'s body was found and, while Jim holds our attention with riveting stories about the kidnapping case, take us to see the homes of various person associated with the case. Snacks will be provided on this trip. There is a $5 per person fee. We should be back to our cars by noon.
The Lindbergh House is under the operation of the State of New Jersey and has very limited access and no longer allows visitors on weekends. Consequently, we are working on securing two more Fridays this summer to allow families to bring their children and teenagers on the tour while they are out of school on break. Reservations may be made through our website www.hunterdon300th.org or by calling us at (908) 788-2030, but will only be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE VERY LIMITED RESERVATIONS BEING TAKEN FOR THE HOUSE TOURS; IF YOU CANNOT GET TICKETS NOW, PLEASE KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON TWO MORE TOUR DATES FOR THIS SUMMER WITH FOUR MORE OPPORTUNITIES. PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON OUR WAITING LIST WILL GET PRIORITY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL LINDBERGH TOURS ADDED.
On Saturday night, May 3rd at 7 pm and Sunday afternoon, May 4th at 3 pm, join us for an extraordinary One Man Show that the Tricentennial Committee brought up from Florida! "Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle" is an amazing production where actor Steve Carroll brings Charles Lindbergh to life. Reeve Lindbergh, the last surviving child of Charles and Anne and President of The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, wrote Mr. Carroll to express her thanks after attending a command performance of the play in New York at the 75th anniversary of her father's famous flight to Paris. "I was indeed impressed by your performance, which I found moving and very thoughtful, with a fresh perspective on my father," Lindbergh wrote. "It meant a lot to me. It makes people think."
This is NOT the kidnapping trial show that played at the Historic Courthouse for years. This show is in two acts: the first act about Lindbergh's early years, learning to fly, barnstorming, finally his daring feat of crossing the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis to his marriage to Anne Morrow. The first act ends with the happy couple building Highgrove House in Hopewell NJ and having their first child, Charles, Jr. Act Two opens with the kidnapping and trial. It continues into the darker years of Lindbergh: the allegations of his Nazi affiliations and his extra marital affairs. Tickets are available at the North Branch of the County Library, the Main Branch of the County Library, the County Clerk's Office at the Hall of Records and at the Flemington Choir School (Saturday's only). Tickets are $10 for adults; $5 for children; and there are 13 special jury seats per performance for $15 each -- the ultimate Lindbergh experience as these are the original jury seats during the trial itself!
We mentioned Jim Davidson as our tour guide; don't forget to reserve your seats for the 5 free lectures Jim is giving at the historic Courthouse. About half of the tickets have been taken and you don't want to miss this series!
One more Lindbergh bit: Saturday afternoon, May 3rd, between the hours of 3 pm and 6:30 pm, the Flemington Methodist Church on the corner of Main and Maple is having an open house. This church hosted and fed the Lindbergh press corps and a host of hundreds of visitors coming to Flemington. The will have a Lindbergh display and memorabilia available to be viewed and our friend, John Newton who played Lindbergh in the play about the trial, will be around to discuss Lindbergh's life and the trial. Refreshments will be available and this is free to the public. Whether you have tickets to the Saturday night show or not, stop by and see the church where Walter Winchell and many other prominent newspaper and radio personalities hung out.
An extra for April: we have added a new lecture on Sunday afternoon, April 13 entitled "Voices in 1778: The American Army in Hunterdon: Prelude to the Battle of Monmouth" -- this is going to prove to be a very provocative and perhaps controversial discussion -- fun, right!
And please don't forget that April is National Poetry Month and we have a fabulous free night of great poetic tributes to our County of Hunterdon on April 26. This is going to be a wonderful evening and we suggest you have a lovely dinner in the County Seat first and then stroll over to the Historic Courthouse for the poetry reading. Dessert is on us afterwards thanks to our super friends at Shop Rite!
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