High Hopes hosts its annual Holiday Market this Sunday, Nov. 16, from 12 to 4 p.m. at their location at 36 Town Woods Road in Old Lyme. For one afternoon, the High Hopes arena in Old Lyme will be transformed into a marketplace with something for everyone. Start your holiday shopping at more than 50 vendors selling crafts, jewelry, gourmet foods and more, perfect for starting off your holiday shopping.
Hungry? Stroll outside and visit the “hottest” area food trucks including the Whey Station, Rolling Tomato, Taco Pacifico, Four Mile River Farm, Munchies Food Truck, Flanders Fish Market, Fryborg,and Meriano’s Bakery and Cannoli Truck. Meanwhile, keep the family entertained with games, arts and crafts and face painting.
To observe Veteran’s Day, High Hopes will be offering showings of a new short documentary Riding My Way Back, the heartwarming story of a veteran and the relationship with a horse that changed his life. This half hour documentary chronicles the powerful healing of therapeutic riding for one soldier after he returns from multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). High Hopes is one of 110 screenings that will be held around the country during Veteran’s Week.
Activities for the kids, hay rides by Fox Glove Farm for all ages to enjoy and live music by The Brazen Youth (Nick Lussier and Charles Dahlke) round out this afternoon of fun. Prior albums by The Brazen Youth (under their former name The Company) titled Elysiumand Something About Broken Records have ranked in the top 200 Singer/Songwrtier albums on iTunes and have placed the group in the top 100 Rock Artists on Reverbnation. Their new album, New Life, is due out this Winter.
Admission is free with a non-perishable food donation to the Shoreline Soup Kitchens. At last year’s Holiday Market, over 2,300 pounds of food were collected just in time for Thanksgiving.
And don’t forget to try your luck with great raffle and door prizes including a durable John Deere Gator, a Samsung 60′ HDTV with wifi, two tickets to the hit Broadway play, Kinky Boots with an overnight stay at NYC’s Penn Club, and a pair of Justin cowboy books from Southern Exposure.
For more information and a full listing of vendors, call (860) 434-1974 or visit www.highhopestr.org