Solo and Ensemble Results

We are so proud of ALL of the students who performed this weekend at the Elliot Bay Solo and Ensemble Festival at Roosevelt High School. The following soloists and ensembles placed, and the winners will be representing our region at the State Solo and Ensemble Competition held at Central Washington University in Ellensburg on April 28th (ensembles) and 29th (solos).

Winners:

Vocal Jazz – Mixed Vocal Ensemble Large

Chamber Choir – Soprano/Mezzo/Alto Vocal Ensemble Large

Tenor Bass Ensemble – Tenor/Baritone/Bass Vocal Ensemble Large

Quintessential Quartet – Tenor/Baritone/Bass Vocal Ensemble Small

Here Comes Treble – Soprano/Mezzo/Alto Vocal Ensemble Small

Izzy Rampersad – Soprano Voice

Amelia Wignall – Mezzo Soprano Voice

Casey Middleton – Alto Voice

Milo Palmer – Tenor Voice

Alden Payne – Bass Voice

2nd Place (1st Alternate):

Wilson ‘n Co. – Woodwinds Ensemble Small

Bucky’s Brass – Brass Ensemble Large

Floppy Banana – Percussion Ensemble Large

Casey and Amelia – Soprano/Mezzo/Alto Vocal Ensemble Small

Anna Hoffman – Soprano Voice

Sophie Nash – Mezzo Soprano Voice

Madeleine Koenig – Alto Voice

3rd Place (2nd Alternate):

Alice & the Chipmunks 2.0, The Squeakual – Woodwinds Ensemble Small

Ballard HS Girls’ Duet – Soprano/Mezzo/Alto Vocal Ensemble Small

The 64th Annual Spaghetti Dinner - This Saturday Feb 11

Join us this Saturday, 2/11, 5:30-8:30 pm in the BHS Commons!

One Hit Wonders performed by all of our talented musicians will not only get you “Hooked on a Feeling”, but you will be “Walking on Sunshine” by the end of the night! Plus, enjoy a sneak peek of the upcoming musical, The Secret Garden. This free event is unlike other performances, it is very casual and fun. You don't have to come for the whole time, you can show up to see a particular group perform, grab some dinner, maybe buy a raffle ticket or treat from the bake sale, and then head home OR...stay for the whole time. Your choice!

We still need help! Easy jobs, short shifts! Sign up here to be a greeter, food server, table busser, ice cream scooper, or beverage refresher!

Online Sales Close Friday, 2/10 at 5 pm - Buy Your Spaghetti Dinner Tickets NOW to Avoid the Lines on Saturday!

Admission is free, but make it an easy night by purchasing dinner tickets online now! Dinner includes spaghetti (gluten free available), sauce (veggie or meat), bread, salad, a beverage (lemonade, water or coffee), and a small dessert.   

Feeling the LOVE from our local stores!

Thank you to our food donors (to date):

• Ground beef provided by Better Meats
• Sausage provided by Cascioppo Brothers
• Pasta provided by Ken’s Market Greenwood
• Assorted food items provided by Trader Joe’s Ballard
• Bread provided by Macrina and Sea Wolf Bakeries
• Veggies provided by Top Banana.
• Ice cream provided by Full Tilt
• Spices & Various Items provided by Ballard Market
• Salad dressing provided by U.S. Foods CHEF'STORE

Ticket prices

• Adult: $16
• Senior/Student: $11
• All You Can Eat (any age): $24 

Tickets aren't required to enjoy the amazing performances, only if you would like dinner. 

Online ticket sales are available until Friday, February 10 at 5 pm. After that, tickets are for sale at the door, while supplies last.

BRING CASH FOR THE 50/50 RAFFLE! 

Breaking news! We will take cards or cash for the 50/50 raffle! Buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win half the pot! Winner will be pulled around 8 pm, but you don't have to be present to win! $5/ticket (cash) $5.50/ticket (card) or 5 tickets for $20 (cash or card).

Performance schedule

Here is an updated performance schedule:

5:40 Jazz Lab Ensemble - Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band

5:50 Treble Choir - Cups - Anna Kendrick from Pitch Perfect

6:00 Symphonic Orchestra - All About that Bass - Meghan Trainer

6:10 Big Band - Happy - Pharrell Williams

6:20 Fiddlers - The Ballard Fiddlers’ TikTok Experience

6:30 Advanced Chorale - Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

6:40 Concert Band - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

6:55 Tenor/Bass Ensemble - Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

7:05 Brass Band - Feel It Still - Portugal the Man

7:15 Chamber Choir - It’s Raining Men - The Weather Girls

7:25 Symphonic Band - Take On Me - Ah-Ha

7:40 Vocal Jazz - Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye

7:50 Chamber Orchestra - Hooked On a Feeling - Blue Swede

8:00 Wind Ensemble/Chamber Orchestra (with guest vocalists) - Little Talks - Monsters and Men

8:10 Concert Choir - I’ll Be There for You - The Rembrandts

8:20 Secret Garden Cast - House on a Hill

8:30 Start clean-up 

Students should arrive 20 minutes before their performance time. Students need to buy a ticket to enjoy the Spaghetti Dinner and are encouraged to sign up for a volunteer shift after their performances. Chamber Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Secret Garden Cast members are required to stay until the end to help clean-up.

Join our team of volunteers! We are desperately seeking food line servers, greeters, dishwashers, ice cream scoopers, beverage stockers, table bussers, ticket takers/ticket sales, and post show wrap up. Many of these are short and easy shifts for students, family members, alums…all welcome! Students can earn service hours. Sign up here!

Band

Marching Band Photo - Feb 15

Marching Band will be taking a full band picture for the yearbook. Students are to arrive for call time at 4:40 pm with their band t-shirt and long black socks. Photos will be taken at 5 pm in the gymnasium. 

Be the Ultimate Band Booster – Become a Band Rep!

Our band rep and jazz band reps both have seniors this year and we need to find new parent band representative liaisons to help Mr. Gillespie communicate with families, help organize field trips, and support marching band. Sharing this role with another parent is a great way to go and it’s a super fun volunteer position. We’re hoping to find volunteers for next year now to shadow our reps the last part of the year to learn the ropes. Contact Carol at bpabbandrep@gmail.com.

Choir

Upcoming Dates

Vocal Jazz, Chamber Choir, and Tenor Bass Ensemble performance at 8th Grade Choices Night (wear choir t-shirts)

Wednesday, February 15

6:00-8:00 pm

Concert Choir to PLU Invitational

Friday, March 3

6:30 AM – 3:30 pm

Concert Choir rehearsal with Choral Arts Northwest

Sunday, March 12

7:00 PM – 8:00 pm

Sammamish High School

Concert Choir performance with Choral Arts Northwest

Sunday, March 19

1:30 pm Call time

4:00 pm Concert

Edmonds Center for the Arts

Concert Choir will be collaborating with Choral Arts Northwest for this amazing performance! Families are encouraged to attend the March19th performance in Edmonds. Entry fee is “pay as you’re able.” For more information, see:  https://www.choralartsnw.org/season/#march

Chaperones needed!

We're in need of 2 chaperones and 1 backup chaperone for Concert Choir’s trip to the PLU Choral Invitational on Friday, March 3. Please contact Jaimee at bpabchoirrep@gmail.com if you're able to help out!

Orchestra

Symphonic Orchestra at Wintergrass February 25-26th – Chaperones Needed!

Chaperones are needed for the Symphonic Orchestra rehearsals on Saturday, February 25th at the Wintergrass festival (times below). Chaperones must complete the SPS volunteer forms and will receive free entry to the performance on Sunday. If you are interested in chaperoning, please contact bpaborchestrarep@gmail.com.

Wintergrass schedule:

Saturday, 2/25 - Arrive/check in at Lake Washington Room at Bellevue Westin by 9:45 am, End of day at 4:00 pm (bring a lunch).

Sunday, 2/26 – Arrive at Grand Ballroom by 8:00 am, concert at 10:45 am, end of concert ~12:15 pm.

Students/families will need to provide their own travel. Mr. Valdez can help facilitate carpools if necessary.

Chamber Orchestra Trip to Central Washington University Orchestra Festival March 11th

Chamber Orchestra has been accepted to the Central Washington University Orchestra Festival! The orchestra will perform, work with a clinician, listen to other high school orchestras, and listen to the CWU Orchestra perform.

Schedule:

• Meet at Ballard HS –10:00 am. Bring a lunch to eat on the bus or when we arrive at CWU (Ellensburg). We’ll have some time to get situated and find our warm up space when we arrive.
• Performance time – 1:40 pm.
• CWU Orchestra Concert – 3:30 pm.
• We will depart after the concert at about 4:30 pm.

Chamber Orchestra SPS Northwest Region Pathways Concert March 21st

Chamber Orchestra has been invited to take part in the SPS Northwest Region Pathways Concert. On Tuesday, March 21 at 7:00 pm, we will join other area elementary, middle, and high schools in a combined concert that serves to encourage young students in orchestra to continue through high school! More details to come soon.

Ballard Civic Orchestra

Free orchestral opportunity for musicians:

Ballard Civic Orchestra (a program of Orquesta Northwest) is looking for musicians to play unique and diverse repertoire from Latin America, as well as traditional classical repertoire. Participate in our annual events such as the Latino Chamber Music Festival, "El Grito" Concert, Dia de Muertos Concert, Las Posadas Concert, and more! Rehearsal on Thursday evenings in Ballard. Check out this flier with more information about Ballard Civic Orchestra.

Internship Opportunity

Arts Corps is pleased to offer youth in 9th-12th grades this paid arts internship opportunity. Earn $300 for the engaging work of expressing your passion through art. Explore imagery as it meets performance in an exciting multimedia space located at the Seattle Symphony in downtown Seattle with a focus on environmental justice.

https://www.seattlesymphony.org/octave-9

The Art 4 Life @ Octave 9 offers skill building in film, photography, and performance. The final sharing for this program will be the kickoff for a week of Earth Day events.

• Professional experiences and career paths in creative and technology spaces
• Performance/presentation opportunities
• $300 stipend upon completion of internship

See Mr. Valdez for more info!

Theatre

Have a question about Language Arts classes that meet during the school day? Email Mr. Riley’s substitute, Ms. Charlotte Alexander at caalexander1@seattleschools.org.

For questions about Theatre Arts classes that meet during the school day, email Mr. Riley’s theater substitute, Ms. Indira Rampersad at igrampersad@seattleschools.org.

Ms. Rampersad (she/her) grew up in Ballard and her sister, Izzy, is a BHS Junior. Indira has a BFA in Theatre Education from the University of Texas at Austin and is a certified K-12 teacher. She has been an intern at Seattle Children’s Theatre and is currently the Arts Education Apprentice at Macha Theatre Works. She will be teaching Mr Riley’s Theatre classes starting February 6. Indira has been working with students in the musical since early January as the Assistant Director, dramaturg, and dialect coach.

The Secret Garden Musical Production Update

Students and the crew are staying in touch via GroupMe and the cast calendar. 

For questions contact director Eia Waltzer at eiaradio@yahoo.com.

How Theatre Families Can Help Support the Musical

Sell ads and sponsorships for the program and musical! 

The director and production team for the musical will reach out soon to families of theater students with a list of ways that the BPA Boosters can support the musical - ushers, running concessions, making bake sale items, etc. Stay tuned for a sign up genius coming soon. The sign up genius will include the offers of help that were written on the T-shirt forms that cast and crew handed in long ago. If what you promised then no longer works, please change your sign up, or sign up for more if you can!

Please sell advertisements and sponsorships for the program. Payments for advertisements and sponsorships should be in the form of a check to Ballard Performing Arts and handed in to the payment box at school for BPAB treasurer, Jill Hansen. 

Download the sponsorship form.

Download the advertising form.

Completed forms can to handed to stage manager, Max, or emailed to bpabevents@gmail.com.

Buy your tickets and save your seats – tickets are on sale now!

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

Mattress Sale Recap

Thanks to those of you who supported our Mattress Fundraiser by showing up to the sale or by spreading the word. There was a steady trickle of folks throughout the day. We should have the results to share in our next newsletter.

Save the Date: Dine out at Duke’s! On February 16



Another opportunity to eat for BPA! Dine in at Duke’s Chowder House at Greenlake, or order take out at any time on Thursday February 16th. A generous percentage of Duke’s (Greenlake) profits for the day will be donated to BPA. This offer does not apply to other Duke’s restaurants, so make sure you go to Greenlake. There’s no code to use, but please tell your server that you are there to support BPA.

Spaghetti Dinner Help Needed

Join our team of volunteers! We need greeters, dishwashers, ice cream scoopers, beverage stockers, table bussers, ticket takers/ticket sales, and post show wrap up. Many of these are short and easy shifts for students, family members, alums…all welcome! Students earn service hours. Sign up here!

Help Cook the Special Sauce!

Freshman/Sophomore parents we need you! In order to carry on the Spaghetti Dinner tradition, we especially need some freshman and sophomore parents to join our kitchen team to learn how to make our special sauce. A dedicated alum parent, Gary Thomas, has generously agreed to come back this year to serve as our mentor cook. You don’t even need to know how to cook…he will teach you everything you need to know! Can’t stay the whole time? No problem, find someone to split the shift with you. Want to watch your child perform? No problem, cooks can take breaks! Sign up to be a lead cook here!

Social Media Help Wanted

Social media has become integral to all aspects of the BPA. Our students are ramping up with performances, trips, and visiting specialists.You can help highlight programs, get the word out about dine-outs, concerts, events, and fundraising, and use social media tools to tell the story of our fundraising efforts through reels, stories, and posts. The social media team needs you! This is easy-to-post content lifted from our weekly newsletter. Learn how to use the pro-version of the popular software Canva and get the inside scoop on everything that is coming down the pike with our programs. Please reach out to Jeannette Chen at bpabsocial@gmail.com - she has a graduating senior and would love to train an enthusiastic parent who wants to keep the momentum going!

Band Reps Needed

Our band rep and jazz band reps both have seniors this year and we need to find new parent band representative liaisons to help Mr. Gillespie communicate with families, organize field trips, and support marching band. We’re hoping to find volunteers for next year now to shadow our current reps the last part of the year to learn the ropes. Contact Carol at bpabbandrep@gmail.com.

Watch the Vocal Jazz performance at the Solo & Ensemble competition!

To see more videos, watch this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6isQb4_SEgIrNX7Xb-2T95HA-Kkr1HFF

Check out past performances any time on our YouTube and Vimeo channels.