If you love wine, brilliant conversation and want to support mental health research, then mark your calendars for the 2004 Staglin Music Festival for Mental Health. Celebrating its tenth year (2003 highlights), this year's festival falls on September 11th and will feature a new cast of luminaries, including:
12:00 (noon) - Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institutes for Mental Health, will lecture on brain science in the concert tent.
2:00 - A reception will convene in the winery caves, presenting a selection of rare wines, including Harlan, Colgin, Lynch, Screaming Eagle, and Diamond Creek. Chef Cindy Pawlcyn of Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen in St. Helena will prepare hors d'oeuvres.
3:30 - Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Norman Brown will perform under the tent.
5:45 - Dinner at last, orchestrated by Chef Michael Schlow of Boston's Radius restaurant.
Several scientists will be present throughout the day to talk with guests. There is no charge to attend their initial lecture program. Tickets for the reception and concert are $250; these events will accommodate 400 guests. Tickets for the reception, concert and dinner are $2500; dinner will accommodate 200. All revenues will go to mental health research projects throughout the nation. For more information, call (707) 944-0477 or email info@staglinfamily.com.
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