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The Second Annual Parkinson's Disease Awareness Weekend is Saturday, May 17, 1997 at the Georgia Agricenter in Perry, GA. Over a thousand people from all over the country attended the meetings, booths and health fair last year, and we are expecting a good many more this year. I t will be preceeded by a dance at the Al Sihah Shrine Temple in Macon, GA on the evening of the16th. The featured speaker on the 17th will be Ray Watts, MD, Emory University, an internationally known Parkinson's Disease Research Physician. Other speakers will be: Terrie Whitling, Patient advocate, Udall & PAN spokesperson; Marc Goldman, MD, Neurosurgeon; Mike (young Parkinsonian) and Jeannie Blocker of the Brain Bank. If any of you on this list want to attend, please do. This is an informative and fun event with free admission . Directions: Take Interstate 75 to Exit 42, Perry, GA and follow the signs to West Gate Entrance, Agricenter. All events will be in the spacious McGill Exhibition Bldg. Plenty of free parking. For those wishing to attend the dance on Friday Evening the Al Sihah Temple is located at 745 Poplar St. in downtown Macon. I believe most accomodations in Macon and Perry are booked, but it may be possible to get a room in Cordele or Tifton