A southeastern Utah tradition returns for another year with the 2008 performance of the Messiah by George Fredrick Handel.



The performance, featuring a 100 voice choir, a 25 piece orchestra, and a host of local solists, is Sunday, December 14 at the LDS Stake Center in Blanding, and Sunday, December 21 at the LDS North Chapel in Monticello.



The free performances begin at 7 p.m.