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High Hopes Presents Yale Whiffenpoofs Jan. 20

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Copy_of_Whiffenpoofs-2013_1High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc. is pleased to present the world’s oldest and best-known collegiate a cappella group, the Yale Whiffenpoofs, in concert on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Church of Christ in Old Saybrook.

Founded in 1909, the “Whiffs” began as a senior quartet that met for weekly concerts at Mory’s Temple Bar, the famous Yale tavern.

Today the group has become one of Yale’s most celebrated and hallowed traditions, carrying on a century of musical excellence and professional showmanship at Yale, across America and around the world.

Proceeds from this concert will benefit the programs and participants of High Hopes Therapeutic Riding.

Ticket prices for the concert are $25 for adults and $12 for children and students. Following the concert, a special full tea reception with the Whiffenpoofs will be held at the church. Tickets to attend both the concert and the reception are $50 for adults and $20 for children and students. Space is limited and tickets should be purchased in advance.

For tickets or more information regarding the concert, visit the High Hopes website or call Alicia Barrows at High Hopes at 860-434-1974, ext. 123.

High Hopes is one of the oldest and largest therapeutic riding centers in the United States, operating since 1974 and accredited by PATH Intl. (formerly the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association) since 1979. Annually, High Hopes serves over 1,700 individuals.

Assisted by over 600 volunteers and a herd of 26 horses specifically trained for therapeutic riding, High Hopes is committed to providing the highest quality of services to the community. Of the more than 800 programs that are members of PATH Intl., High Hopes is one of only six centers in the United States approved by PATH Intl. to provide their training courses in therapeutic riding instruction and has trained instructors from all over the world.

High Hopes is located at 36 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371.

Adriana Lathrop Jahna 01/03/13

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Lake Wales, FL– Adriana Marsh Lathrop, 75, formerly of Lyme, CT, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013 due to heart failure.  She was a resident of Lake Wales for fifty-eight years.

She was born November 28, 1937 in New London, daughter of the late Robert Hayden and Diana Marsh Lathrop of Old Lyme, CT.  The family lived at Old Black Point, Niantic for many years before moving to Hamburg Cove, Lyme.  She went to Niantic Grammar School and finished last two years at Lyme Consolidated.  She attended Old Lyme High School and later graduated in 1955 from St. Mary’s-in-the-Mountains, Littleton, NH.

While at Webber College, Babson Park, FL, she met Noel Clyde Jahna and they were wed in Lyme, August, 1956.  He died in an accident in 1964.  In addition to raising her five daughters, she was employed by E.R. Jahna Industries until her retirement.

In the past few years she took a keen interest in researching and expanding the history of her early New England ancestors who settled in New London County.  She maintained a life-long membership in the DAR, belonged to The Society of Mayflower Descendants, and was active in the local Florida chapter of the Colonial Dames.  Adriana returned often to visit her parents and old friends in the Lymes.

She is survived by her five daughters, grandchildren, nephews and nieces.  She is also survived by her sister, Diana Bouchard of Nashua, NH,  brothers Robert Whiton Lathrop of Louisville, CO and Sheldon Marsh Lathrop of Amherst, NH.  Predeceasing her were her maternal grandparents, Daniel Sheldon Marsh; Julie Fitch Marsh;  Her great-aunt, Cora Adriana Marsh of New London; And her paternal grandfather, Hayden R. Lathrop of Lyme .

Memories of Adriana may be sent to the family at www.marionnelsonfuneralhome.com. in Lake Wales, or Post or “Message” FaceBook page of Diana Lathrop Bouchard.