September 8, 2000

Musical “Evening With…” to Benefit High-Risk Mothers-to-Be and Infants

Friends of UCSD Healthcare will present “An Evening With…Cecil Lytle” on Saturday, November 11 as a benefit for UCSD Healthcare’s high-risk pregnancy and neonatal intensive care programs. The event will be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina beginning at 6:30 p.m.

An accomplished concert pianist of international stature, Lytle is Provost of Thurgood Marshall College, Professor of Music, and a founding force behind UCSD’s Preuss School, a charter school for promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The title of his “Evening With…” program is “A Tale of Two Cities: Harlem and Vienna.”

Honorary chairs of the black tie gala are Julie and Lowell Potiker and Mary and Rolf Benirschke. Event chair is Carol Chang, and co-chairs are Sally Ashburn, Ellen MacVean and Victoria Powell. Emcee for the evening is KGTV News anchorwoman and health reporter Carol LeBeau.

For more information and tickets, call (619) 543-3121.

Media Contact: Kate Deely Smith 619/543-6163