Ballard Performing Arts Newsletter 3/15

Ballard Performing Arts

March 15th, 2018

The Show Starts Tonight!!

General Admission Tickets On Sale Now:

March 15th -17th

22nd -24th

7:30 pm

Students & Seniors: $10

Adults: $15

Ballard High School, Earl Kelly P erforming Arts Center

Buy your tickets now, before the tickets are gone.

Tickets sold at the door for cash/check or here:

Theatre

Kudos & Parent Volunteers

Playmaker's Parents: Let our performers, musicians, and crew of Damn Yankees know how well they did by sending them kudos. Please consider purchasing flowers and/or candies at the kudos table. All proceeds will go towards, Ballard Performing Arts Program!

If you need a reminder of when/what you volunteered for during the shows, you can review the list here:

Damn Yankees Volunteer Sign Up List

Volunteers Still Needed:

There are still slots available to help during the performances. We need parents to support the students taking tickets, ushers, and parents to sell baked goods and kudos. Please sign up to help if you have not.

Choir

Chaperones Needed

Elliott Bay Choir Festival Chaperones: We are looking for chaperones for the Elliott Bay Choir Festival on Thursday, March 29th. See the schedule here. Email Page Harader if you are able to join us. It's an easy and relaxing chaperoning gig!

Concert & Advanced Choirs SoCal Trip Final Payment PAST DUE: The final Los Angeles payment of $425 is now past due. If you have not taken care of this, please do. You can send in a check made payable to Ballard Performing Arts or pay online with a credit card with a service fee HERE.

Mandatory Los Angeles Choir Trip Meeting: 7:30 pm on Tuesday, April 3rd in the PAC. This is a required meeting for students and families attending the trip. The travel agent will be there to pass our itineraries and give important information. This will come at the end of our Booster Meeting.

Northwest Regional Choir Concert: Ballard choirs host regional middle-school and elementary bands for a combined concert every year. April 4th, we need adult helpers to sell concessions and donate baked goods. Please sign up HERE.

Band

Trip Information

EBMEA Festival A Success: On Tuesday , Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble performed at the EBMEA Music Festival at Chief Sealth H.S. Both bands received "Superior" ratings and high praise from their adjudicators, Dr. Morris of UPS, musician Alex Dugdale and David Kim of Interlake HS. Well done!

Thank you to our chaperones who spent the day with us and who helped drive our busy pit orchestra musicians back to school in time for rehearsal: Barb, Lucinda, Loy, Laura, Mara, Diane, Patricia, Marie, Karen and Jen.

Congratulations Jazz 1: Jazz 1 represented Ballard well at the Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey over the weekend. Not only did the group have an Outstanding performance, but senior alto saxophonist Katie Webster was named one of six outstanding soloists! Bravo! A special thank you to chaperones Sarah and John Webster for accompanying the band on their trip, to the friends and family who made attended their performance, and to Patti Kashiwa for helping with the travel arrangements.

It's a "Snap" to Help Jazz 1 Get to New York: We are proud of the national recognition Jazz 1 has received through their recent invitations to the Monterey Jazz Festival and Essentially Ellington in New York City. Such prestigious honors are not without expense. Please help us ensure all 20 students have the opportunity to perform in the Big Apple by making a donation - for any amount - to their online direct appeal campaign here . Thank you!

Boosters

Hot Java Cool Jazz

There are still tickets available to the event, but only through the Paramount Theatre. Ballard Performing Arts has sold all of our tickets to the event but general tickets are available. Students staying for the entire event need to purchase a ticket.

Tickets can be purchased HERE.