Wind & Fire
Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation had their 3rd annual Blue Diamond Gala Featured Concerts with Maroon 5 and Earth, Wind & Fire
By GTVW Staff
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The third annual Blue Diamond Gala was chaired by Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman, Sharon and Joe Hernandez, and Cathi and John Bendheim.
Attendees included Los Angeles Dodgers owners Mark Walter and Todd Boehly; manager Dave Roberts; coaches Josh Bard, Bob Geren, Rick Honeycutt, Tim Hyers, George Lombard and Steve Yeager; players Luis Avilan, Austin Barnes, Cody Bellinger, Grant Dayton, Brett Eibner, Josh Fields, Logan Forsythe, Adrian Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Frankin Gutierrez, Chris Hatcher, Enrique Hernandez, Rich Hill, Clayton Kershaw, Kenta Maeda, Brandon Morrow, Joc Pederson, Yasiel Puig, Sergio Romo, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Corey Seager, Ross Stripling, Chris Taylor, Justin Turner, Chase Utley, and Alex Wood; Dodgers alumni Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Eric Karros and Manny Mota,; Dodgers broadcasters Ned Colletti , Joe Davis, Nomar Garciaparra, John Hartung, Orel Hershiser, Jerry Hairston Jr., John Hartung, Jorge Jarrin, Rick Monday, Alanna Rizzo, Charley Steiner, Kelli Tennant, Fernando Valenzuela and Pepe Yniguez; Blue Diamond Gala host Kevin Frazer; and LADF Executive Director Nichol Whiteman.
Celebrity guests included: Parker Bates, Lonnie Chavis, Loretta Devine, Vanessa Grimaldi and Nick Viall, Mia Hamm, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Prince Jackson, Larry King, Taylor Lautner, Mario Lopez, Heather Morris, Haley Joel Osment, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jennifer Rojas, Eric Stonestreet and Ariel Winter.
Definitely, the most popular event in terms of charity. Its primary focus is to support cornerstone programs in Sports, Recreation, Education, Literacy and Health, Wellness benefitting children and families in need throughout the greater Los Angeles region.