This event will be the 15th annual benefit for our decade long dream of a cancer patient lodging facility. Our dream became reality in 2004 with the opening of Meadowlark House, offering free lodging to cancer patients receiving treatment in Billings. The Messiah Festival will continue to raise money for cancer patient lodging as the chief means of raising money for operations and maintenance of the facility. The Messiah holiday tradition will keep the doors open and welcome at the Meadowlark House.

Admission is FREE (but tickets are required) to either sing or listen. The Festival is made possible through generous donations from Hematology Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies, U.S. Bank, and St. Vincent Healthcare, with promotional support from the Billings Gazette. Dozens of businesses – such as Heins Creative, Fenske Companies, Gainan's Flowers and Gifts, and Econoprint – and individuals throughout the community contribute to the event as well, either as program advertisers or by donations of service and talent.

David Reynolds, formerly of Rocky Mountain College, now head of the Music Department at South Dakota University, will be conducting his 15th Messiah Festival for us.  Along with the volunteer choir made up of local singers, the following four soloists will perform at the event:  Soprano Amy Logan of Billings, Alto Anne Kania, also of Billings (formerly from England and New Zealand), Tenor Jeffrey Kitto from Bozeman, and Baritone Christopher Holmes from Salt Lake City. 

The Messiah Festival is open to singers and listeners from all walks of life and all church affiliations. Free Audience Tickets are available (after November 1st) at the The Alberta Bair Theater Box Office, 3rd Ave. N & Broadway. Free Singer Passes are available at the Alberta Bair Theater Box Office and at the Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS and plan on joining us for this timeless and up-lifting holiday music tradition. For more information about the 2009 Messiah Festival, contact the Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center at 248-2212.

2009 MESSIAH FESTIVAL GUEST SOLOISTS

SOPRANO Amy Logan Billings	ALTO Anne Kania Billings
TENOR Jeffrey Kitto Bozeman	BARITONE Christopher Holmes Salt Lake City