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February 15, 2022

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63rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner By the Numbers

We hope you enjoyed the Spaghetti Dinner performances last Saturday. Nearly 300 people were watching as we livestreamed from our Youtube channel!

With your help, we raised nearly $10,000 for the Ballard Performing Arts students.

~ 90 dinner kits purchased by families

~ 56 dinners donated to the Ballard Food Bank

~ 40 bottles of wine grabbed

~ 30 desserts dashed off and enjoyed

And, $3,000 was donated during the show through the text-to-give app. We cannot possibly do what WE do without support from YOU. Thank you from the Spaghetti Dinner 2022 Team!

Special thank you to all the volunteers who made the dinner happen:

A very special thank you to the Spaghetti Dinner team for all of their hard work and commitment over the last 8 weeks. Thank you Michelle Pascua, Karen Morse, Sally Rampersad, Ann Selznick, Shelley Rousseau, Margaret Bagshaw, Tanya Davis, Jill Hansen, Amanda Workman, Rachel Hart Rios, Jeannette Chen, and Kris Bulson. We couldn’t have had such a successful event without you!!

And of course, special thanks to our amazing directors for continuing to inspire our students to perform and make art.

The Spaghetti Dinner performance is available on our YouTube channel to be shared and enjoyed.

Still want to donate to the program?

Text-to-Give

Text SpaghettiDinner 2022 to 44321.

Check out this amazing Spaghetti Cake!

Made by freshman orchestra member, Mia. Well done! So perfect for Spaghetti Dinner.

Thanks to all of our dessert-makers!

Spaghetti Dinner Musical Tickets Winner Announced!

Every person who bought a spaghetti dinner kit was entered in a drawing for musical tickets.

Congrats to Lawrence Fosnick Davis who won our drawing for two seats for a performance of Beauty and the Beast on a mutually agreeable date! Contact Jill Hansen to redeem your tickets at bpabtreasurer@gmail.com.

Program Updates

Band

Band updates in a nutshell

May 21 - Puget Sound Jazz Festival, Brass Band only.
June 5 - 45 min set at Bellevue Art Museum.
Jazz Alley is not happening this year due to Covid precautions.
Syttende Mai--If it’s happening, the band will March! Save the date, May 17 @ 6 pm.
Stay tuned for a possible Royal Room performance for Jazz bands.

Choir

Spaghetti Dinner

Spaghetti Dinner was a celebration of Motown artists and Black History Month. Thank you to all of the choirs for a wonderful night of music!

National Anthem at Beavers Basketball Games

A special thanks to the Tenor Bass Ensemble who sang the National Anthem for Senior Basketball Night. View the performance here! A shoutout to all the soloists who volunteered their time to perform the anthem: Adalyn Woods, Hope Onstad, Lydia Van Kley, Ella Papineau, Autumn Bailey and Izzy Rampersad.

Solo and Ensemble Festival

Our Regional Solo and Ensemble Festival is March 5 at Seattle Pacific University. Stay tuned for a more specific schedule in a few weeks. Participating students need to make sure they have contacted their accompanist and set up a time to rehearse. In addition, they should arrange to bring in payment for the entrance fee: $18 for a solo and $28 for an ensemble, made payable to Ballard Performing Arts. Payment for your accompanist will be made directly to them.

Orchestra

Upcoming Events for all Orchestras!

Chamber Orchestra students have been invited to be special performers (in a collaborative concert with Seattle Pacific University’s Orchestra) at the Washington Music Educators Association state conference in Yakima.

Day trip to Yakima on Saturday, February 19, 2022.
Students arrive in the BHS parking lot at 7:45 am

Concert and Symphonic Orchestra students will be participating in the Wintergrass Youth Orchestra, a collaborative performance at the Wintergrass Festival at the Bellevue Hyatt Hotel. Dates include:

A dress rehearsal on Saturday, Feb 26, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
A performance on Sunday Feb 27:
8:15 am sound check
3:20 pm concert

To attend in person:

All parents/guardians/guests must have tickets and have Covid vaccine proof to attend the performance in person.
There is a special rate for families/ guests of Youth Orchestra performers.

To purchase tickets:

Go to this link: www.wintergrass.com/tickets.
Under Event Tickets, click purchase.
Click the green Tickets button
Scroll down to Sunday Only Youth (family members and guests of family members get this special $30 rate and it is good for all Sunday shows, not just the Youth Orchestra performance).

To watch a live stream of the concert (for $20):

Go to this link: www.wintergrass.com/tickets
Under Livestream, click click here.
In the turquoise dropdown menu on the bottom right of the screen, scroll down to Livestream Ticket Sunday 27 – this ticket will allow you to watch all Sunday shows.

Theatre

Beauty and the Beast rehearsal schedule for 2/14 to 2/18:

Monday: Sing with Ms. Rowley 3:45-6:00 EVERYONE NEEDED
Tuesday: Stage with Riley and sing with Rowley 3:45-6:00 EVERYONE NEEDED
Wednesday: Stage with Riley 3:45-6:00 EVERYONE NEEDED
Thursday: Review all staging with Riley 3:45-6:00 EVERYONE NEEDED
Friday: NO REHEARSAL – ENJOY YOUR BREAK

Help Wanted Building the Set During Midwinter Break

Mr. Riley will be in the building throughout the break working on the set. He will send an email out and have Sarah put it on the group chat with the days and times. PLEASE try to come in and help a bit! The clock is ticking!!

Get Your Tickets Now!

TICKETS are on sale at www.showtix4U.com. Due to SPS Covid measures, the PAC is capped at 200 audience members per show. Buy your tickets now!!!

Or, Reserve the Best Seats in the House for Beauty and The Beast--and Support BPA

These are the 2 rows in the Earl Kelly auditorium that have the most leg room: Row M and L. We are setting aside two pairs for each show in Row L as premium seating--center of the front section, and EXTRA LEG ROOM.

Tickets for these special seats are $100 for the pair, or $50 per single seat

Thursday March 17th: M101 and M102 M106 and M107

Friday March 18th: L106 and L107 L111 and L112

Saturday March 19th: L106 and L107 L111 and L112

Sunday March 20th: L106 and L107 L111 and L112

Thursday March 24th: L106 and L107 L111 and L112

Friday March 25th: L106 and L107 L116 and L117

Saturday March 26th: L108 and L109 L116 and L117

Sunday March 27th: L101 and L102 L116 and L117

Contact Jill at bpabtreasurer@gmail.com to reserve these special seats to see the show and help fund the theatre department.

These seats are first come, first serve.

Check out the cast list here.

Questions? Contact Mr. Riley at smriley@seattleschools.org.

Help Fund Our Programs

The district only pays for teacher’s salaries; everything else we have to raise or donate.

Fundraising Update

The Spaghetti Dinner raised more than $9,000! These fundraisers, in addition to other donations made so far, puts us at almost 72% of our annual fundraising goal for the year!!!

Goodwill Truck March 12, 2 to 5 pm

Save the date---we’re filling the Goodwill Truck for Ballard Performing Arts. Did you know we get $600 per truckload? Save your stuff and bring it to school on March 12.

Note the time change: 2-5 pm.

Help Wanted

Want to have a front row seat to the Ballard Performing Arts action?

We need help next year with the following positions, due to several families graduating from the school:

Jazz Band Rep
Website Coordinator
Publicity Writer
Grant Writer

Contact Jeannette Chen with interest.