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An expression of gratitude...
As Thanksgiving approaches one can't help but be thankful for the opportunities that our Ballard Performing Arts provides our children. There are many outlets for personal growth for our youth in these programs, and we are very grateful.
There is a large group of volunteers that help sustain our great programs, and we owe you our thanks. The list is long, and includes those that helped us at events such as the Spotlight Gala, prepared treats for our bake sales, chaperoned on trips and at camp, and donated to our organization, allowing us to continue as an "all-inclusive" organization, where every youth can be involved and engaged.
It is also with great appreciation that we acknowledge our four outstanding Directors for their hard work and dedication to our youth and to our programs. We are so very fortunate to have them all here at Ballard High School not only instructing our youth, but enabling in them a sense of discipline in their practices, self-confidence in their performances, and personal joy in the incredible outcome of their music and drama experiences.
Lastly we thank all the members of our great Booster Board. These dedicated individuals are tireless when it comes to serving Ballard High School and our performing arts programs. This group has, and will continue to, achieve great success in supporting our great Directors, our activities, our performances, and most importantly, our youth.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Mara Lim and John Loacker
Co-Presidents, Ballard Performing Arts Booster Club
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Winter Concert I
- Band and Orchestra on Wed, Dec 9th
Jazz Band 1 & 2, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra and Symphonic Orchestra.
Winter
Concert II -
Choir on Thurs, Dec 10th
Treble Choir, Men's Ensemble, Women's Chamber Choir, Advanced Women's Chorale, Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz.
Student groups performing the Carmina Burana each night: Symphonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Choir, Adv Women's Chorale, select Percussionists & select Wind Players. These students will need to be at BOTH concert nights.
After school rehearsals for the Carmina Burana performance
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Time
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Group
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2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Full Orchestra (No Choir)
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Friday, December 4th
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2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Full Orchestra & Choir
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Tuesday, December 8th
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2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Full Orchestra & Choir
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Reserve Your Concert Seat in the Performing Arts Center and support BPA!
Preferred premium seating is available now to reserve for both Winter Concerts
for a
donation of either $25.00, $50.00 or $100.00. All proceeds go to support
the
Ballard Performing Arts. Reserved seating is limited so don't wait until the last moment! Reserve your t
ickets now at www.showtix4u.com
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LA & Tampa Bay Trip Payments: The 2nd payment for the LA trip of $400.00 & the Tampa Bay trip payment of $400.00 are
due Dec 5th
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amilies can make payments online here or at
ballardperformingarts.org (fee included) or cash or checks made out to Ballard Performing Arts may be dropped off in the black mailbox in the Band room.
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To listen to MP3 recording from the Ballard Fall Orchestra Concert
"Please respect the copyright on this music, do not share it with students who are not in our music program or upload it to anywhere else on the web. The copyright act allows "1 archive or study recording" per musician."
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Congratulations to Vocal Jazz on a wonderful performance at the Bremerton Vocal Jazz festival this past Saturday.
They were one of 7 schools in Western Washington invited to attend, and had the chance to work with legendary vocal jazz pioneer Dave Barduhn.
In addition, Aisha Carpenter and Camaira Metz had the chance to participate in a solo workshop with the amazing jazz singer and educator Greta Matassa.
These recordings can be heard or downloaded here:
Ballard High School Track Numbers:
CD2U0600.WAV - Aisha Carpenter - solo
CD2U2300.WAV, CD2U2400.WAV & CD2U2500 - Vocal Jazz
CD2U3000.WAV - Camaira Metz - solo
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Jazz Band 1 & 2 - Camp Burton Jazz Band Retreat on January 8th - 10th 2016
The total payment of $225.00 per student is
due Monday, Nov 30th. Payments may be made by cash or check payable to Ballard Performing Arts put in the black mailbox in the Band room or paid online here (fee included). 1
Chaperone is still needed. Please contact
Patti Kashiwa
if you would like to chaperone (no charge this trip).
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Jazz Band 1 -
Reno Jazz Festival on April 28th - May 1st 2016
The total cost per person is $750.00. Payments may be made by cash, check or paid
online here
(fee included).
3 payments of $250 due Dec 8th , Jan 8th , Feb 8th.
T
his cost includes a round
trip ticket on Alaska Airlines, a 3 night stay at Circus Circus, $50 towards meals, $30 towards concert ticket and
Transportation to and from the hotel. A more detailed itinerary will be available once our plans are finalized. 1
Chaperone is still needed, please contact
Patti Kashiwa
if you are able to help out.
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The Wind Ensemble -
Vancouver, Canada Trip on April 8th - 10th. The total cost is
$400.00. The first payment of $200.00 is
due Friday, December 4th
and the balance will be due on February 4th. Checks can be dropped on in the Blackbox in the Band room. Your student will need a passport or birth certificate and ID for this trip.
If you have any questions or concerns or if you would like to chaperone on this trip please contact Ingrid Riley at
[email protected]
We need 4 women and 3 men. The cost for chaperones is $300.00.
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Ballard Basketball Band Schedule
Fri, Dec 11
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vs. Franklin
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Call time 6:00 - Girls Game 6:30/Boys 8:00pm
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Fri, Dec 18
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vs. Sealth
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Call time 6:00 - Girls Game 6:30/Boys 8:00pm |
* Tues, Jan 5
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vs. Ingraham
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Call time 5:15 - Game at 7:30 pm
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Fri, Jan 8
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vs. Roosevelt
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Call time 6:00 - Girls Game 6:30/Boys 8:00pm
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Fri, Jan 15
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Eastside Catholic
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Call time 6:00 - Girls Game 6:30/Boys 8:00pm
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Fri, Jan 22
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vs. West Seattle
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Call time 6:00 - Girls Game 6:30/Boys 8:00pm
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* Required
Basketball Band Requirements
There are 6 nights when the band will be playing at BHS Home Basketball games.
Each student needs to sign up for a
total of 4 of these nights, with one
of the nights being the required Pizza and Pep Band night.
* All Students are required to be at Pizza and Pep Band Night on Jan 5th. This game performance includes members of the Middle School Bands that feed into BHS and dinner will be provided. Call time is 5:15pm & rehearsal will begin at 5:30pm.
Students must attend 3 of the 5 other nights. You may choose the dates that
work best for your schedule. Take note that the Friday night dates include a
girls and boys game and will be long evenings. Please plan accordingly. If you
would like to play at more than 4 of the basketball nights, you can earn
community service hours for the extra games that you attend.
Come to all of them if you would like!
Black Band t-shirts are the required uniform for all basketball games.
You will not be allowed to play with the band if you are not wearing
your
band shirt and you will not receive credit towards your
grade for
showing up without your shirt.
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To listen to MP3 recordings of the BHS Fall Band Concert Performance
"Please respect the copyright on this music, do not share it with students who are not in our music program or upload it to anywhere else on the web. The copyright act allows "1 archive or study recording" per musician."
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FUNDRAISING & SPONSORSHIP
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Student Fundraisers
Ends Today!
The FALL COFFEE SALE:
All orders need
to be
turned into the black mailbox in the band room.
Orders available for pick up during the
Winter Concerts on 12/9 & 12/10
The FALL CANDY SALE!
Students must turn in all of the money they have collected (NO COINS PLS) on
Monday, Nov 30th
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A BIG Th
ank you to
everyone who entered the Gift Basket drawing this past weekend at the
Red Square Yoga Studio Arts + Crafts Open House.
$1000.00 was donated to the Ballard Performing Arts Booster Club! The two winners of the Gift Baskets were Joann Petroff and Sarah Magno.
Thank you as well to
Performing Arts parent Melissa Middlebrook and the other participating artists at the
Open House who donated high quality, locally handcrafted items for the Gift Basket Donations to BPA!
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The
Seattle SeaChordsmen Barbershop Chorus Presents: Joyous Songs of the Holidays on Sun, Dec 13th at 2:00 pm at the Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church
Featuring:
The Seattle SeaChordsmen Chorus
Seattle Shores Sweet Adelines
Ballard High School Men's Ensemble
Song of Seattle Sweet Adelines
Path With Art Singers
Ballard High School Women's Chamber Choir
SeaChordsmen Barbershop Quartets
Tickets:
General Admission: $20, Senior: $15 and 18 & Under: Free
Send in ticket orders with cash or checks made out to Seattle SeaChordsmen and drop them off in the black box in the Band Room. Tickets will also be available at the Winter Concerts on Dec 9th & 10th.
Come hear Ballard students perform and for every ticket we sell the SeaChordmen will donate $3.00 back to BPABC! Questions contact:
Jill Hansen
Proceeds to Support: Path With Art, Mary's Place & Phinney Ridge Food Bank
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BHS Performing Arts Booster Club is a 501(c)(3). Keep this in mind
as you donate to the program and especially if your company has a matching program.
When asking for donations, include our EID #. Contact: Mike Hansen
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