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Our Show Sponsors! A Magical Badlands Christmas is performed without an intermission. Act One: Friends Presenting Sponsor It’s Christmas Christmas For Cowboys Fred & Joyce Evans Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem TTT Ranch We Three Kings Supporting Sponsors Silent Night Gene & Connie Nicholas Let It Be Christmas Vic & Ethelyn Uttke Gift Giving A Magical Badlands Christmas extends a tremendous thank you to Forum Act Two: Family Communications Company for their support Driving Home For Christmas and sponsorship of the show. It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year O Christmas Tree Pay-per-view and re-broadcast available Christmas Prayers thanks to our supporter and partner, Santa Claus Is Coming (In A Boogie Woogie Choo Choo) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas A Sneaky Banjo Solo A special thanks to our volunteers and meal sponsors who are helping make A Magical Badlands Christmas show great. Act Three: Faith Sweet Little Jesus Boy Volunteers Nita Anderson, Eve Axvig, Susan Axvig, Diane Dockter, Little Drummer Boy Anna Fiest, Linda Fisher, Judy Froseth, Larry Giese, Light Of The World Micky Huntington, Allan Jirges, Marilyn & Dennis Johnson, Rose Laning, Char Marthaller, Mary Ann Morford, Hark The Herald Angels Sing Avis & Al Pedersen, Helen & Mike Risan, Christmas Day Shelley & Mike Rowe, Barb Satran, Janet Schafer, Nancy Schafer, Susie Schneibel, Lynette & Bruce Schumaker, Darla Tescher, Kathy Wachter Stars of the Show Bill Sorensen served as the Co-host of the Medora Musical Taylor Leet is a new performer in A Magical Badlands from 2013 - 2019, and has been the featured speaker in the Christmas, and she is thrilled to be back in Medora for the Medora Gospel Brunch for the past six years. Bill started A holidays! Raised in the beautiful city of Bismarck, Taylor Magical Medora Christmas in 2014 and has been producing grew up with a love for singing and dancing. Taylor is magic shows in Medora, such as the 4M Review and Bill grateful for the love and support from her family, friends, Sorensen and Friends, for over 40 years. hometown, and the state of North Dakota! Chad Willow, pianist, singer, and banjo player from Adam Vogel is from Melrose, MN. His interest in music Minnesota is back in Medora for A Magical Badlands started at a young age when he would watch his Dad and Christmas. Having performed in the Magical Medora Uncles play in their country band. Adam has played and Christmas Tour for the past three years, when the chance to made friends with many musicians over his career. This is his share the stage with Bill Sorensen came again, it was a big first year being part of A Magical Badlands Christmas. ‘yee haw’ yes! Travis Smith, from Columbus, Ohio, has performed in J’Kobe Wallace is thrilled to be performing in Medora again productions all across the country including the Medora after a wonderful first summer in the Medora Musical. As Musical and the Medora Gospel Brunch. Travis is a a Minot High and Minot State University graduate, J’Kobe composer and arranger and runs his own music production is glad to be performing close to home this holiday season. company. Many of the children’s shows he has written are Thanks to my biggest supporter, my mother, for not only seen and performed by thousands of children every year. raising me and my older brother, but for also serving her country in the USAF for 20 years. Kimberly Willow is excited to be back for another year of A Magical Badlands Christmas! Medora holds a special place Producer: Bill Sorensen in her heart after performing as a Burning Hills Singer from Associate Producer & Music Director: Chad Willow 2012 – 2016. Kim now resides in Minneapolis, MN, with her Director of Attractions: Kinley Slauter husband, Chad, and their six month old daughter, June. Technical Director: Maddie Thompson Misti Koop, former Burning Hills Singer (2012, 2014-2019), Development Officer & Christmas Show Coordinator: Susan Axvig and Grand Forks native, is thrilled to be joining the cast of A Audio Engineer: Justin Zich Magical Badlands Christmas this year! Misti was also... an Stagehand: Katerina Black ELF, “Snowberry!” in Macy’s NYC, Herald Square in 2009 Program Designer: Dillon Olson and 2015. Thank you Mom and Dad for your endless love Live Stream Production: Justin Fisk, Kaelee Knoell, and Mark Brown, and support. Santa loves us all! in association with LIVEWIRE. Thank you to Rolf Sletten for the Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train Junior Rough Riders! Support These Important Endowment Programs! Why enlist a Junior Rough Rider? Along with the awesome gifts your kids get -- see the sweet bandanna in the picture -- they also receive educational pieces that may inspire them! How? Read the note below “Granddaughter Reese face-timed with me last night. We visited for 30 minutes about Teddy Roosevelt! A few highlights from the call are below. Send more kids to the Medora Musical for free! • She has checked out three books about Theodore Roosevelt • She was explaining to me about his mother and wife dying within hours of each other (she actually thought it was back to back days, because “one was at night, the other was the next afternoon”) • She can’t wait to visit his home and birthplace in New York • She was reading about the US To continue to challenge Constitution :) She is in the second grade! and amaze players! All of this makes a Grandpa proud. And I am quite certain it was the Jr. Rough Rider packet that she received last week that prompted her to check out books on TR.” -Randy Hatzenbuhler President of TRMF Preserve this North Enlist your Junior Rough Rider or Ruff Rider (furry friend) at Medora.com/Junior-Rough-Riders Dakota family tradition for the next 50 years! Visit Medora.com/give to learn more and give. Thank You Thank you. It is because of loving and supportive people such as yourselves that we are able to make A Magical Badlands Christmas possible. It brings us so much joy to share this magical Medora show with you this holiday season! Give the gift of A Magical Badlands Christmas show by sharing our new Livestream and On Demand streaming options with your friends and family. Livestream will air on December 12 and On Demand will become available starting December 13. Details to buy available at Medora.com/BadlandsChristmas..