Sports Photos of the Week (5/20/19)
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On May 17th, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Sacramento Broke Ball and fundraiser was at the Teichert Branch on Lemon Hill, honoring Club Alumni, SMUD Field of Dreams with the theme "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Sacramento was the last capital city in the United States to open a Boys & Girls Club. Spearheaded by Fred Teichert, the Sacramento organization was incorporated in October 1993, with services starting in 1996 out of the New Helvetia Housing Complex. The first freestanding club in Sacramento opened in September 1999 in the Alkali Flat neighborhood in downtown Sacramento. This club exists today and is called the Thomas P. Raley Branch, in honor of the investment made by the Raley's Family Foundation to establish a Boys & Girls Club in Sacramento.
The VIP Sesquicentennial Gala benefiting the California State Railroad Museum Foundation was on Saturday, May 11, 2019, inside the Railroad Museum, Old Sacramento. Presented by the Union Pacific Railroad to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad.
On May 4th, the Annual Broadway Gala was held at the Hyatt Regency with theme décor from the Musical " Aladdin" and a evening celebrating the tradition of musical theatre. The black tie event include a hosted bar reception, gourmet dinner, performances from nationally-recognized Broadway actor, Telly Leung and Broadway Sacramento Academy singers, a live auction with Jake Parnell and dancing to the music Take 2. TELLY LEUNG appeared in the national tour of Flower Drum Song, and performed in Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon) and The King and I (Lun Tha) at Broadway At Music Circus. His Broadway and national touring credits include Aladdin in Disney's Aladdin, In Transit, Allegiance (with George Takei and Lea Salonga), Godspell, Rent (final Broadway company), Wicked (Boq, original Chicago company), Pacific Overtures, Flower Drum Song. In 2010, he starred as Angel in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl opposite Wayne Brady, directed by Neil Patrick Harris.
On April 27th, the JDRF Northern California Inland Chapter presented One Party Gala and fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency, honoring Roger & Salena Leasure . An evening to support JDRF's mission to create a world without Type 1 Diabetes.
