Ballard Performing Arts News |
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Jan. 11 | Ballard Performing Arts Parents meeting, 6 pm
Jan. 15 | Wintergrass Festival rehearsal, 10 am to noon, SPU
Jan. 22 | Goodwill Truck Donations for BPA, 9 am to noon
Feb. 8 | Ballard Performing Arts Boosters Parents meeting
Feb. 12 | Spaghetti Dinner
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Spaghetti Dinner is Saturday Feb. 12 |
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Ain’t no mountain high enough to keep this party from happening! Pulling off the full meal deal offered in the past is not possible this year, but we will be supplying Food For the Soul and put on a show worth remembering.
“Some day, We’ll be Together,” is our anthem and we are planning to livestream the event on February 12th from school All Night Long with the students, while families enjoy spaghetti meal kits at home and enjoy the show on YouTube. You will find yourself Dancing in the Streets people!
We are lining up our wonderful sponsors again, who have supported this dinner for years and years: Grocery Outlet, Better Meats, Ballard Market, Cascioppo Brothers, Essential Baking, and others. If you find yourself saying: What’s Going On, you can check our newsletter, Facebook, Instagram or even ask your student for details.
Details
Showtime:
YouTube Livestream Virtual Performance will be in the evening, time TBD.
The Program:
TBA, but ALL GROUPS will perform!
The Spaghetti Dinner:
To-Go Dinner Kit (feeds 4): $30
Bottle of Wine: $15
Meal kit pick up will be during the day, likely noon to 2 pm.
Tickets will soon be available on the Ballard Performing Arts website.
There are a few ways YOU can get involved:
- Donate your time or talent to the effort. We meet every Monday at 7 pm by Zoom.
- Donate something for a raffle like a unique experience, nearby cabin, Airbnb, or another type of adventure. We're always fundraising!
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Donate a few bottles of wine so that we can provide a fun add-on to the meal kit. We are looking for about 60 bottles of wine, red preferred, that are $10+. We make it easy. You can drop your donation at the Goodwill Trailer event on January 22 from 9 - noon in the north parking lot off 67th, or we'll pick up the wine for you!
Email Kris Bulson, BPAB Fundraising Chair about wine or for the Zoom meeting link.
Student Vocalist Needed for Spaghetti Dinner Performance
Auditions are Tuesday, Jan 18th during second period Wind Ensemble. Singers need to prepare the tune, Al Green's Take Me to the River, and sing it with the Wind Ensemble. Lyrics are printed out and in the choir room and band room. Any questions, contact Jay Gillespie.
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TONIGHT January 11, 6 pm: Ballard Performing Arts Boosters Parents Meeting |
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Parents and guardians are invited to join us for our monthly meeting. Get updates about the program and discover how you can get involved in a way that works for your schedule. Join via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 844 9525 3119
Passcode: 206058
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Band
No Pep Band this Year
Due to Covid restrictions, Pep Band is not happening this winter. Stay tuned for updates about 8th grade pizza and pep night, a tradition to welcome incoming band students.
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Choir
Choir T-Shirts
T-Shirts have been ordered. Yay! They will be coming in the next few weeks and will be distributed at that time.
Motown
Choir Students are immersed in learning about the history of Motown. Motown is an upbeat, often pop-influenced style of rhythm and blues by black vocalists and groups that started in Detroit. Students are learning music by The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and other amazing artists. Motown is an important part of Black history. Throughout January and February, as we observe the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Black History Month, and the Black Lives Matter movement, we are thrilled to study the work of so many incredibly accomplished Black artists. In studying the influence that Motown had on music in our culture, the students gain perspective into how powerfully music affects our lives.
Vocalist Wanted
For Wind Ensemble’s arrangement of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River” for the Spaghetti Dinner. Auditions are Tuesday, January 18th during Wind Ensemble (2nd period). Students should be familiar with the entire song.
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Orchestra
Save the Dates!
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 on Saturday, February 19, 2022.
Concert and Symphonic Orchestra students will be participating in the Wintergrass Youth Orchestra, a collaborative performance at the Wintergrass Festival. Dates include:
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Pre-festival rehearsals on Saturday Jan 15 and Sunday Feb 6
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A dress rehearsal at the Bellevue Hyatt Hotel on Saturday Feb 26
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A performance at the Bellevue Hyatt Hotel on Sunday Feb 27
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Theatre
Beauty and the Beast rehearsals
Beauty and the Beast rehearsal schedule for the week:
- Monday - Sing, 3:45-6 pm
- Tuesday - Sing, 3:45-6 pm
- Wednesday - Dance, 3-6 pm
- Thursday - Block, 3:45-6 pm
- Friday - Dance, 3:45-6 pm
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The district only pays for teacher’s salaries; everything else we have to raise or donate. |
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Save Your Goodwill Stuff for January 22!
The Goodwill Truck fundraiser for BPA is coming back Saturday, Jan 22 from 9 to noon (or until Truck filled) in the back parking lot. Please save your donations and holiday clean up until then!
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Fundraising Update
Concert seat reservations
We raised over $4,000 from seat reservations from the winter concerts. Thank you for your donations! These fundraisers, in addition to other donations made so far, puts us at almost 56% of our annual fundraising goal.
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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
- Choir Rep
- Website Coordinator
- Publicity Writer
- Graphic Designer
- Grant Writer - needed NOW
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Complete our BPA fundraising feedback survey
Help us improve our fundraising efforts by completing this short survey on our recent fundraiser. Thank you!
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Service Learning Hours
Students can earn SLH by volunteering at the Goodwill Trailer fundraiser on Jan 22 from 9 - 12 pm. We need help unloading cars and keeping traffic moving in the parking lot. Masks mandatory. Four students are needed for this effort.
Note: Service Learning Requirements for the class of 2022 only have been suspended.
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Individual songs from the winter concerts are uploaded to our YouTube Channel. |
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Check out past performances any time on our YouTube and Vimeo c hannels.
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Give While You Get
Passive fundraising couldn’t be easier—Donate to BPA Every time you make a purchase. Link to Amazon Smile, Fred Meyer, and more, and donate every time you shop. To sign up, follow the links below and select “Ballard High School Performing Arts Booster Club” as the benefactor.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors |
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