Boomtown 2008
Los Angeles, CA – June 6, 2008 - 600 guests attended RAZZLE DAZZLE! SHARE’S 55th Anniversary Boomtown Gala on Saturday, May 31 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Huge banners with highlights from past Boomtown Galas transformed the walls of the auditorium into a memory lane of star-studded galas.
The evening featured cocktails, live and silent auction, sit-down dinner and entertainment by CLINT HOLMES (Voted Best All-Around Entertainer in Las Vegas), 2007 Tony Award Winner and ventriloquist JAY JOHNSON, dancers from “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE”, and the fabulous dancing SHARE LADIES. NIGEL LYTHGOE, Executive Producer of “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” was honored with “The Shining Spirit Award”. Lythgoe was introduced by GOOD DAY L.A’s Steve Edwards and Dorothy Lucey and he received a standing ovation for the record $130 million he has help raise with “IDOL GIVES BACK”. Esther Rosenfield received the coveted Member of the Year award. $1.3 million was raised on this one night. It was a spectacular evening!