Valenti International to Host Fundraiser Featuring Concert Violinist Lindsay Deutsch

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA, March 12, 2011 (Press-News.org) Valenti International will host a fundraising event, "Springtime at the Valenti Ranch", on Monday, March 28, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Valenti Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, to benefit The Pegasus Rising Project and the Rancho Santa Fe Rotary. Festivities will feature a variety of hand-selected wines, premium Kona coffee, appetizers, a jazz trio from Orchestra Nova San Diego and an opportunity drawing with proceeds benefitting these two non-profit organizations. Sponsored in part by Jet Methods, Smoot, Smoot, Sadrian and Hollan, TaylorMade , The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, Claire's on Cedros Bakery and Cafe, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, PRP Wine International, Zanzibar Cafe and Hawaiian Queen Coffee, a highlight of the evening will be a private concert by Lindsay Deutsch, internationally acclaimed American violinist.

The performance will include Ms. Deutsch's new arrangement of "Rhapsody in Blue", show tunes from "Porgy and Bess" and selections of "Autumn Leaves", "Winter Wonderland" and "Summer" from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" and "Spring" by Mike O'Conner. In "The Seasons" Lindsay takes the listener on a whirlwind tour through each of the seasons as they are celebrated around the globe. The performance spans seven continents, three centuries, and countless genres including fiddle, classical, jazz and tango.

Ms. Deutsch has appeared at Boston's Jordan Hall, Houston's Wortham Theatre, Theatre Aquarius in Toronto, Canada and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles where she performed excerpts of Mark O'Conner's "Strings and Threads" with the composer and the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. Her movie credits include playing the solo violin sound track for the 2006 feature film, "The Good Shepherd" starring Robert De Niro and her performance of Astor Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" with the L.A. Chamber Orchestra was selected for NPR's Symphony Cast program.

Hostess of the event is Irene Valenti, Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and President of Valenti International, (www.valentiinternational.com) the preeminent relationship matching service for successful individuals. Valenti notes, "Providing a refuge for the Pegasus Rising horses is critical, but I am most inspired by the dedicated volunteers who pass through the facility gates during the very early morning and evening hours on a daily basis --- I am deeply moved by their dedication and selfless determination to tend to the needs of the horses and maintain the stables."

In addition to Pegasus Rising (www.pegausrising.org), the other beneficiary of this event is the Rancho Santa Fe Rotary (www.ranchosantaferotary.org), an International Service Organization comprised of business leaders that raise funds for worthy causes and issue grants to non-profit organizations through the Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Foundation. Rotarians are dedicated to advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. All members subscribe to the motto, "Service Above Self".

Tickets to the event are $100 per person, $50 for all Rotarians. To purchase tickets or make a tax-deductible donation to the cause, please call (858) 832-8297 or email ValentiFoundation@gmail.com.