The King Returns!
I know the pictures below are fuzzy and blurry, but it has to be shown. It must see the light of day! I know there are other pictures of this event out there, but I don’t think there’s much in the way of video. There were no TV stations there to record the event. Too bad for them; they missed a good evening.
“The King” returned Thursday night at the 13th Annual Shadow Buddies Foundation Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel Overland Park.
Yes, Elvis … Gonzalez performed for the crowd in the hotel ballroom. Wearing a black jump suit, sunglasses, gold chains and a very bad wig, Tony Gonzalez became Elvis Presley.
Seriously. Look closely. That fuzzy picture is the Chiefs All-Pro tight end performing at the charity event. He was later joined by the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, known during the day as DaJuan Morgan of the Chiefs. Let me say, the rookie safety stole the show with his Brown imitation and dance moves. Plus, the velvet pants and cape were the perfect touch.
Elvis and James Brown were joined by Diana Ross, otherwise known as Toby Gonzalez, Tony’s wife and by Miles Postlethwait as Buddy Holly and his sisters as the Supremes. More on Miles in a second.
In the audience were teammates like Brodie Croyle, Larry Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, Donnie Edwards, Dustin Colquitt, Kolby Smith and others. Carl Peterson made a visit and said a few words.
It was all to benefit Shadow Buddies, an organization that Gonzalez got involved with during his rookie season. It was created by a mother with a sick child. That’s a very simplistic explanation of what Marty Postlethwait has created with Shadow Buddies, but it really comes down to that single thing: a mother helping Miles, who was born with multiple congenital defects. That single idea has grown to become an international charity and one that distributed over 750,000 Shadow Buddies dolls.
You can learn more about Shadow Buddies at the foundation website. Click here.
Now, anyone who was there and has a picture of Elvis Gonzalez or the “Godfather” DaJuan, please send them immediately to info@bobgretz.com
And if anybody shot video with their phone, send that as well, or post it to YouTube immediately.
More of the King must be seen!
I really can’t wait for Tony to get the all-time yardage for tight ends. He needs to put up the 124 yards to pass him against the Raiders.. Although I kind of wish he would wait till week 4 and get the record AGAINST Denver, just to shove it in their faces…. but I don’t want him to have that few yards throughout those games..
Amen eyePod!! It is really hard to choose between breaking the record against the Raiders or the Broncos. Although he would have to have a great day to do it this week. 124 yards in a game would be awesome for him. I also think we should all root really hard for San Diego this weekend. We don’t want the Donkeys fans heads to start swelling too early in the season.