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Featuring: Bobby Layne and his Orchestra     8:00 - 11:00 p.m. and The Al Bedoo Shrine Dance Band    6:00 - 7:30 p.m.   At: Holiday Inn Montana Convention Center 5500 Midland Rd.- Billings, MT     A Charity Event with Proceeds Supporting our Local Community

Ticket Information

TICKETS per Person:

Dance only - $45/day

Dance and Buffet Dinner - $65/day

Anyone purchasing a ticket to include dinner, must do so in advance (by 4/20).  No tickets for dinner will be sold at the door. 

Tickets available at

Alberta Bair Theater Box Office - 256-6052  or toll free: 877-321-2074

Alberta Bair Website:  http://www.albertabairtheater.org

and at

Rimrock Mall Customer Service Center

300 South 24th St. West, Billings

Guest Services: 406-656-3206

Bands

BOBBY LAYNE AND HIS ORCHESTRA: A Total Entertainment Experience!

It is an explosive evening of show and dance you won’t want to miss.   …”the sounds of the premier Big Band in America today….”

Bobby Layne performs about 200 nights a year, travelling throughout the US , Canada and the Caribbean.  Their music bridges the generations for the 1930’s to the present: swing, tangos, sambas, waltzes, show tunes and a bit of rock.  Bobby Lane has been featured in national publications, appeared on radio and TV, and has won all kinds of national awards for his outstanding performances.

For more information on Bobby Layneand his Orchestra contact him at:  402-475-4030 or  www.BOBBYLAYNE.COM  or email: bobbylayne@windstream.net.

THE AL BEDOO SHRINE  DANCE BAND

Our warm-up band for both evenings is well-known to most area people because the members of the Shrine Dance Band play at numerous events in our community.   The proceeds from their performances goes to help the Shrine Auditorium. For more information on the Albedoo Shrine Dance Band they may be contacted at:  406-259-4384

Charities

BILLINGS BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP

The Billings Brain Injury Support Group seeks to enhance the lives of individuals and family members in the Billings area living with the effects of brain injury through education, prevention, social interaction, and the constant strive for improvement.

The money raised will go towards providing membership fees in the Brain Injury Association of Montana as well as conference scholarships to the Annual Brain Injury Association of Montana for those TBI Thrivers and their family members able to attend and in need of financial assistance. The conferences themselves are held in a different Montana location each year and provide our support group members (many on fixed disability income) to learn about brain injury disability and new methods of addressing TBI related issues as well as the opportunity to connect with other members of the Montana brain injury community. This support group is an Optimist International Program and meets at the MTCenter on Disabilities at MSU-Billlings every third Tuesday evening of each month. For details contact Ian Elliot at 656-2744.

NORTHERN ROCKIES RADIATION ONCOLOGY CENTER AND MEADOWLARK HOUSE PEAKS PROGRAM

The Radiation Oncology Center was founded with widespread community and regional support in 1976. The center, owned by St. Vincent Healthcare, is a non-profit organization treating all radiation therapy patients regardless of their ability to pay. We see approximately 650 patients per year from a service area covering 75,000 square miles of central and eastern Montana and northern Wyoming.

PEAKS - "People Everywhere Are Kind and Sharing" - an auxiliary of the Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center, is a volunteer fundraising organization that raises money for cancer patients who are facing financial hardship.  PEAKS funds are not applied to bills for cancer treatments, but instead offer a helping hand with lodging, meals, childcare, transportation, household basics and other needs.

Meadowlark House is a home-away-from-home for traveling patients actively undergoing cancer treatment with a licensed Billings-area health care provider. Lodging is Free! Guests must have a home address outside Yellowstone County, and a referral from a healthcare professional is required.

For more  information on PEAKS and Meadowlark House, call the Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center at 248-2212.

Thank you to the following people:

A Special thanks to Big Band Weedend, Inc. directors who conceived the idea of bringing "big Band" to town for the entertainment and enjoyment of our community and for sponsoring the event to support local charites.

Directors of the Big Band Weekend, Inc.

Lawrence Cary

Julie Kanning,  Dance Fever, Inc.

Mike Anderson, Advanced Innovations, LLC

Thank you to these individuals for helping make the event happen!

Bobby Layne and his Orchestra

Al Bedoo Shrine Dance Band

Holiday Inn Grand Montana

SRM Sound and Lighting

Advanced Innovations, LLS - Dance Floor

Lisa Harlan of Lone Women Designs - Graphic Design and Marketing

Jason Newell - Website Design