Spotlight at the Ranch - BBQ & Country Bands

This year’s major fundraiser for the Elk Grove Regional Scholarship Foundation is the 5th Annual Spotlight at the Ranch, Barbecue & Country Bands. Held from 3pm – 8pm on June 13th, 2015 at the Historic Wm. Mosher Ranch, 10161 Grant Line Road, Elk Grove.

It will be a day of family fun complete with kid’s activities. Bring your little ones for the duck pond, fishing pond, and face-painting. See your child’s inner artist come out at the painting table!. Watch for the roaming magician. And, Talia Chapman will be providing sign language instruction from 4-6 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person; children under 12 are free.

Tickets are available at www.ElkGroveRSF.org, Foundation Board members, Elk Grove Raley’s and Bel Air Markets and El Jardin restaurant at Waterman Blvd. For more information, call 916-685-7118.

Grillers, it’s time to uncover your barbecues, tweak your secret spices and perfect your technique. Twelve teams will submit ribs to celebrity judges and compete for cash prizes and bragging rights. All profits from the event go to the Foundation. Entry fee is $99 - Raley’s/Bel Air will provide 3 racks of ribs.

Read the contest rules and application, get your team together, complete the application and send it to Nick Webster, Chair of the Rib Cook Off. Grillers with questions can contact Nick Webster at webster95@comcast.net.

The musical entertainment starts at 3:30 pm with the Terry Sheets Band, followed by Steel Rose at 5:00. Headlining the event is the Brodie Stewart Band at 6:30. Stop by the event so you can continue the music afterwards; The Wrangler is offering complimentary entrance tickets after the event to hear more of Steel Rose.

Take a step back in time with a tour of the Wm. Mosher Family Home. Ribs, hot dogs and hamburgers will be provided for sale by the well-known chefs of the Elk Grove Lions Club.

Funds raised benefit the Elk Grove Regional Scholarship Foundation (Foundation.) This year the Foundation gave out 165 scholarships totaling $185,000 to students from the Elk Grove Unified School District.

Sponsors include: Raley’s/Bel Air, City of Elk Grove, Elk Grove Citizen, Elk Grove Auto Mall, Cindy Woodard, Bell Brothers, Kaiser Permanente, Smog N Go, Cosumnes Community Services District, Bank of Stockton, Mikuni’s, Dignity Health – Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Hanford Ready Mix and Republic Services.

Sponsorships/advertising opportunities are available. Please contact Lori Alaniz at lorialaniz@gmail.com or Dan Lawrence at egdan@citlink.net.