Williamson County Parks and Recreation and Dreams Do Come True Princess Parties have partnered together to host “Shine Your Light”, a youth vocal competition to benefit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in honor of Ray of Light. The competition will be held Saturday, May 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the Williamson County Performing Arts Center at Academy Park, 112 Everbright Ave., Franklin, TN. The evening will showcase youth talent (ages 5-17) selected from an earlier audition. Tickets are $10 and available at www.academyparktn.wcparksandrec.com.

Ray of Light was founded by Raymond Cruz, who has been fighting Stage 4 Ewing’s Like Sarcoma since January of 2017. Through this battle, he was given the opportunity to share his message of hope with people through his music, from the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to the stage of the Ryman Auditorium. Ray’s dream and mission is to make a difference by helping others and to help raise funds that will provide Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital with research and programs that will provide more help to the children and their families.