Spring is in the air!  With that comes the most exciting time of year in the Bluegrass, the Kentucky Derby!!  Get ready for Lexington’s best Derby week event, the 2010 Kentucky Bluegrass Wine Auction, which will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Keeneland Race Course.  Each year, the event grows more exciting with new exclusive silent and live auction items, as well as an increasing list of participating vintners (2010 Auction Sponsors for a complete list).  This year, the event will feature entertainment immediately following the live auction.  the Right on Band, which played at the Foundation’s 2008 Lexington Derby Ball, will be joining us again and a special guest appearance by the legendary Steve Cropper! As always, seating is extremely limited!

Preview of our Live Auction Items

• Kandy Halloween Event at the Playboy Mansion with a stay at the Montage Beverly Hills
• Fashion Week with Badgley Mischka, accommodations, dinner and shopping in NYC, and much more!
• Mansion in Carmel with golf at Pebble Beach
• Luxurious yacht, La Paz, Mexico
• Amazing Napa Valley Excursion

Get ready for LCFI’s third annual Hats and Handbags for Life, we are planning an afternoon you will surely not forget!  LCFI is thrilled to have several new partners for this year’s event, Keeneland Association and Kentucky’s First Lady Beshear’s cancer cause, Horses and Hope!  Be sure to save the date (details below), plan a girls’ afternoon at the races and then jaunt on over to the Keene Barn for a lovely evening of cocktails and shopping, all for an amazing cause – the fight against cancer.

As you arrive, grab your fabulous complimentary signature AJs Clothing shopping bag, then you and your guests will enjoy cocktails compliments, of Pinque Chardonnay and wine/spirits from Brown-Forman Corporation - Pinque Chardonnay, Little Black Skirt Wines, a featured Brown-Forman signature Derby cocktail ‘The Lilly’ in honour of the Kentucky Oaks, and ‘The Pink Julep’ the girlie version of the Derby fav! Not to mention, delectable treats from Turf Catering and door prizes galore.  Don’t miss out on the second year of a coveted raffle gem – provided by Cincinnati’s Tiffany & Co!!  Last year was a platinum and diamond necklace – just wait for what is in store….!

While you are browsing for THE perfect Derby hat and/or handbag, enjoy a lovely informal fashion show by milliner, Christine Moore of New York, The Keeneland Shop, AJs Clothing, and many more! Hat styles include past celebrity Derby hats (we will update you on this location regularly!), Polly Singer, Frank Olive, Del Mar Hat Co., Peter Beaton, and other seasonal favorites.  Handbag designs include Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Brahmin, Judith Leiber, Longchamp (Executive Director’s Fav!), Todds, Kate Spade, some sweet vintage, ….to name a few!!!  How can you miss this, really?!  And guys, we haven’t forgotten about you, plans are in the works if you attend this event with your lovely lady!  We promise you won’t be bored…!

Hats and Handbags for Life

Thursday, April 8, 2010

5-8 pm

Keene Barn at Keeneland Race Course

Tickets, $35

Includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and well, oh …so much fun… ;-)!!!

We also want to thank WKYT-TV, Fox-56 and LM Communications broadcast radio for their promotion of our event.

Submitted by Kristi Martin, Executive Director – The Lexington Cancer Foundation, Inc.