Lighting obviously, there are so many gifts, right . Its the kid that doesnt get that, the kid that doesnt have that opportunity. For us, allstars, we always felt that anybody can be an all star. We try to make that happen. Reporter lets talk about allstars, way back into 1989, you hosted a little thing maybe we can talk about. The moment which i think is really special is that i remember walking in the room and john madden and kareem ab dull jabbar and all of the athletes that showed up. Wayne gretzky even showed un. What i thought was special about that, you saw that people wanted to give and you saw people who not only wanted to give, but, they are the best at the best. You want to not have regrets. And you want to have moments where you exhostage those moments. We were able to exhostage that moment. We raised 80,000 that one night . That one night. We realized if we can do it every year, we could make a difference for alot of people. Reporter in a time when athletes are being said
In spring 1986, a School District 271 support group wanted a band for a levy election victory party. So teacher-musician Jim Lien recruited educators who could sing or play instruments – a dozen or so.