Tom Douglas Dine-Out for BPA 1/27

Ballard Performing Arts News

January 25, 2022

Featured News

Tom Douglas Serious Pie Ballard Dine out for BPA is Thursday, Jan. 27

This Thursday, January 27, all day long, you can order from Tom Douglas’ Serious Pie Ballard location, tell staff you are supporting BPA, and 20% of the ticket will go to support our programs. We are SOOOO excited to work with Tom Douglas again WHOOT WHOOT!

DETAILS

Tom Douglas' Serious Pie Ballard

5118 14th Ave NW

11:30 am - 8 pm.

Salads, pizza, sandwiches, sweets, and beverages to go!

Call-in, online, or walk-up orders

HOW TO ORDER

Online orders: https://www.seriouspieseattle.com

Select Ballard | Pick up only

Call-in in orders: 206-971-0711

MENTION THE BPA WHEN YOU ORDER

For call-in or pick-up, let the Serious Pie staff know you are supporting Ballard Performing Arts.

If you are ordering online, look for the BPA logo, click it and add it to the cart (no charge).

Both will prompt your donation.

No third party delivery services included in this dine-out

THANK YOU, TOM DOUGLAS AND CO!

Get Your 63rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner Meal Kits Now!

Get your dinner, wine, and dessert before they sell out! We only have 200 meal kits available and 30 desserts!

This year’s Spaghetti dinner will be a a virtual feast - choose a meal kit/dessert/wine to-go, and a FREE Livestream performance featuring the Greatest Hits of Motown.

Livestream Show via Ballard Performing Arts YouTube Channel

All performing arts students in Band, Orchestra, Choir, and Theatre will perform at school, Parents will watch at home via FREE livestream

Lineup schedule to be published closer to date.

Pasta Dinner Kit To-Go

Order today, we have limited supply

Spaghetti Dinner Kit: $30 (or donate a meal to the Ballard Food Bank)

Wine: $15

Dessert: $25 (Only 30 desserts will be available!)

Pick up Dinner Kit, Wine, and Dessert:

11 am to 2 pm, North Parking Lot of Ballard High School

Order at ballardperformingarts.org.

Thanks to our Sponsors!

This is a community event and fundraiser to support our programs, made possible by the generous donations of these sponsors. Please support these local businesses!

Grocery Outlet
Better Meats
Cascioppo Bros
Ballard Market
Essential Baking Co
Ken’s Market
Trader Joe’s

And special thanks to Orion Commercial Partners for the incredibly generous donation to underwrite our expenses.

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 your seats now!

These seats are first come, first serve.

Program Updates

Band

Due to school guidelines surrounding Covid-19 protocols, Pizza and Pep Band is canceled this year. Mr Gillespie also intends to visit each of the feeder schools in the coming months: Whitman, McClure, Salmon Bay, Hamilton, Robert Eagle Staff, and Blaine. Should band members know other incoming 8th graders, we encourage families to share their great experiences with incoming families and to help answer any questions about the program!

Choir

Choir T-Shirts

The t-shirts have arrived! We are sorting sizes and they will be coming home next week. The choir t-shirts will be worn at the Spaghetti Dinner on February 12 and can be accessorized with Motown era attire.

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.

Solo and Ensemble

Our Regional Solo and Ensemble Festival is March 5 at Seattle Pacific University. Interested students can sign up to perform a solo, duet, or other small ensemble for an adjudicator who will provide feedback and scoring. This is a competitive festival, with the winner from each category advancing to the state competition at Central Washington University in late April. More information to follow!

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:

Pre-festival rehearsals Sunday Feb 6
A dress rehearsal at the Bellevue Hyatt Hotel on Saturday Feb 26
A performance at the Bellevue Hyatt Hotel on Sunday Feb 27

Theatre

Tickets for Beauty and the Beast are on sale NOW.

Purchase them at www.showtix4U.com. Don’t miss out on our first LIVE musical in TWO YEARS!!! (See info on special extra leg room seats above.)

Adults: $20

Seniors: $15

Students: ??

Rehearsal schedule for the week of 01/24 – 01/28:

Monday: ALL CALL – singing w/ Ms. Rowley from 3:45 to 6
Tuesday: ALL CALL – singing w/ Ms. Rowley from 3:45 to 6
Wednesday: Dance with Eia – MOB SONG/BATTLE from 4:00 to 6:00
Thursday: Measurements for all male cast members starting at 3:45. Once students have been measured, they are free to leave.
Friday: Dance with Eia – FINALE and BE OUR GUEST from 4:00 to 6:00
Saturday: STUDENT WORKCALL from 10:00 to 4:00

Help Fund Our Programs

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

Don’t Miss Dine out for BPA at Tom Douglas’ Serious Takeout Thursday 1/27

Details above.

Fall Candy Sale

Money is PAST DUE. Students please turn in the money for the case of candy you checked out in November now. Put the money in the collection envelope from the candy box, be sure your name and the amount in the enveloped is on the envelope. Deposit envelopes in the mailbox in the bandroom. Remember NO COINS can be accepted, bills or checks payable to BPA are the only acceptable forms of payment. Each case is $60, you are responsible for turning in $60 for each case you have checked out. Even if you have candy bars left, you MUST pay for them now. You can finish selling them. Candy is not returnable.

Help Wanted

Website Coordinator

Our fantastic website coordinator is graduating with their student in June and we need to fill this role.

Details:

Work with a team of organized, fun, low-drama communication professionals. All text/images/video provided for updates with lots of support. Weekly updates and maintenance is a must with creativity and input welcome. Sit in on weekly(ish) Leadership Team Meetings (by Zoom) to hear program updates firsthand and be involved in decision making and planning.

Tasks:

Weekly updates | pulled from the newsletter (no rewrites)
Yearly updates | more intensive at the start of the school year
Member of the Leadership Team (held by Zoom, weekly)
Update pre-existing pages for annual fundraising events (Fall Fundraiser, Spaghetti Dinner)

Tech Specs:

Time Commitment: 6 hours/month
Some experience/interest in website development
Easy to use WIX platform
Contact Jeannette Chen with interest.

Volunteer to Help with Spaghetti Dinner

We need help assembling all the food donations into 200 to-go meal kits on the morning of February 12. Later on the same day, we need help distributing the kits to families for pick up from 11 am to 2 pm at school. Students can earn Service Learning Hours for helping at the performances, for meal kit assembly and/or distribution. Sign up here!

We are reimagining the bake sale of past Spaghetti dinners and morphing it into a special “Dash over for a Dessert” add-on. We need 30 desserts total and have 14 so far.

We need freshly baked desserts or purchased fresh baked items ready for pick up.

Donate Wine

We need wine donations to offer for sale for the wine add-on. If you’re doing “dry January” and have a few extra bottles leftover from the holidays, we’ll take them off your hands! Make arrangements with Kris Bulson for pick up. We are hoping for about 60 bottles of wine (red preferred) in all price ranges over $10/bottle. Sign up to donate here.

Contact Kris at bpabfundraising@gmail.com with any Spaghetti Dinner questions.

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

Contact Jeannette Chen for more information.