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Pre-Sales Close Fri at Noon! Buy Tickets Today! | |
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The 65th Annual Spaghetti Dinner: Night at the Movies THIS SATURDAY Feb 3, 2024, 5:30-8:30 pm.
If you want VIP Red Carpet experience and delicious dinner, pre-purchase tickets by noon Friday by clicking here! While admission is free, support BPA by purchasing tickets for a delicious spaghetti dinner featuring our famous sauce, fresh salad, yummy bread, and a small dessert. (Gluten free pasta and vegetarian sauce available.)
Amazing Line Up!
You won’t want to miss our students performing music from Star Wars, Footloose, Toy Story and The Graduate, plus many more! Click here to see the full performance schedule!
Volunteer!
We need lots of help from both students and adults, please volunteer for a short shift at the event or donate concession stand treats here.
Great Raffle Prizes!
Breaking News! There will now be SIX performing arts-based prizes for the raffle at the Spaghetti Dinner! In addition to tickets to upcoming productions at Taproot Theater, Seattle Symphony, Choral Arts NW, Majestic Bay Movie Theater, and Seattle Theater Group, you will also have a chance to win a VIP Addams Family Musical Package! It will not only include four primo seats to opening night, but also a show poster signed by the cast & crew, and an Addams Family themed surprise gift! Raffle tFixeickets will be $5/each or 5 for $20! Plan to bring cash for quick and easy purchase!
Have questions about this event? Check out our new FAQ section on our Spaghetti Dinner website page to get all your questions answered.
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EBMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest on Feb 10 | |
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Solo and Ensemble payments are due now.
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Solo cost is $22*.
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Ensemble cost is $32* per group. (Divide that amount by the number of members of the ensemble to get the cost per individual.)
Ensemble payments need to be turned in together. One member of the group should collect the individual payments, then place them in an envelope with the ensemble name written on it.
*Cash or checks payable to BPA. Drop payment envelopes in the band room secure mailbox.
What is the EBMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest?
If your high schooler is anything like mine, you have no clue what this is and whether or not they're participating. (Several years ago, as she rushed to get ready for school one hurried morning, she pleaded for a check that she needed “RIGHT AWAY” because she was past due in paying and then followed it up with “Oh and can you please drive me to this tomorrow?”) So, to avoid this, do yourself a favor and ask your child, “Hey, are you participating in the Solo and Ensemble competition? Have you paid yet?”
While the directors promote this optional event during class, help them arrange ensembles if needed, provide them with coaching and time to prepare in class, unfortunately quite often, the kids neglect to share this info with their grown ups. This event is organized by the EBMEA (Elliott Bay Music Educators Association) and will be at Chief Sealth on Sat. Feb 10th (schedule is still TBD). It is a regional music competition, like district sports competitions but for our student musicians. The finalists from our region will go on to compete at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in April. Click here to learn more.
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Tomorrow! | Yearbook Photos for ALL Music Groups! | On Wed, Jan 31st, all music groups will have their photos taken for the yearbook during the school day. Students MUST bring their entire concert uniform to school that day, all of it - black shoes, ties, black socks - whatever is needed for the complete look. (They can hang it on a rack in the hallway by the uniform room in the morning.) And then…they MUST take their uniform back home at the end of the day. Grown ups - thanks in advance for your help in reminding your students! | |
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Upcoming Dates
Mark your calendars for these band events (note that not all students are needed at all pep band events):
Jan 31st - Bring dress clothes to school for yearbook pictures
Jan 31st - Brass band at Greenwood Senior Center, 3:30pm
Jan 31st - Pizza and Pep Band night, 5:30pm
Feb 3rd - Spaghetti Dinner, 5.30-8.30pm, all bands will perform; all families are invited
Feb 6th - Wind Ensemble to PNW Band Festival, 7:00am call time
Feb 8th - Prospective family night, 6:00-8:00pm; call time 5:30pm
Feb 10th - EBMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest
Feb 14th - Small group orchestra and band (not percussion) performances at Ballard Elks Lodge, 6pm
March 1st - Wind Ensemble to CWU Windfest
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Pizza and Pep Band Night Jan. 31st
The last Pep Band basketball game is this Wednesday at Pizza and Pep Band night. This is a mandatory game and 8th grade band members from nearby schools will be invited to attend to see what BHS Marching and Pep band is like. Students will meet at 5:30pm (please have them wear their band t-shirts!) to rehearse the pep band songs, have pizza at 6:30pm, play pre-game music at 7:10, and then play during the basketball game that starts at 7:30pm. If you know of 8th grade band students who are considering Ballard, please encourage them to join in on the fun. Please note that the pep band night that was scheduled on Tuesday night, the 30th, has been canceled.
Feb. 6th - Wind Ensemble to PNW Band Festival
Wind Ensemble is going to the Pacific Northwest Band Festival at the University of Washington on Feb. 6th. All wind ensemble students as well as any percussion playing with them (and chaperones) will need to be at school by 7am that day, dressed in their tuxes to perform in the festival. They should pack a lunch or bring $20 to buy one on campus. They will perform, have a coaching session with a clinician, watch a few other bands, and have lunch. Students will return to school by about 2:30pm.
Jazz Band Trip to Reno | April 25-28
The remaining payment ($257) is due by Feb 15 and can be paid on our website or with cash/check (made out to BPA). Drop in the secure box in the band room or send to Ballard Performing Arts, PO Box 17774 Seattle WA 98127.
*Email bpabtreasurer@gmail.com if you'd like to apply your student's fundraising credits toward the upcoming trip payments.
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The registration deadline for Solo and Ensemble has passed. If your student is singing a solo, or in a duet or small group, they need to pay by placing their money in a labeled envelope in the secure black mailbox in the band room. Ms. Rowley and Serena will take care of registrations. Please pay in cash or check (payable to Ballard Performing Arts), $22 - solo, $16 - for each singer in a duet. Fees for Vocal Jazz, Tenor Bass Ensemble, and the Chamber Choir are covered by BPA. You will also need to pay your accompanist (information was handed out in class about this).
See the following upcoming dates. We are still short of chaperones for the Concert Choir trip in February and the Concert Choir/Advanced Chorale trip to Portland in May. You will need to be approved as an SPS volunteer.
Upcoming Dates
Wed Jan 31st - All ensembles and choirs are having their photos taken for the yearbook. Bring your choir uniform to school, including shoes, ties, black socks - whatever is needed for the complete look. Be sure to take your uniform home at the end of the day.
Sat February 3rd - Spaghetti Dinner, 5.30-8.30 pm,. All choirs will be singing and all families are invited.
Thurs February 8th - Prospective Families Night, 6-8 pm. All small ensembles will be singing.
Sat Feb 10th - Solo and Ensemble, at Chief Sealth International High School (schedule TBD).
Thurs February 29th - Concert Choir will be attending a Choir Festival at Pacific Lutheran University, during the school day, leaving at 6am, back at school by about 3pm. Four chaperones needed! Chaperones needed! Please contact Sally bpabchoirrep@gmail.com if you are able to chaperone.
Thurs May 23rd - Sat May 25th - Save the date! Advanced Chorale and Concert Choir trip to Portland, OR. Information about deposits and other details will be coming soon. We need nine chaperones. Please contact Sally bpabchoirrep@gmail.com if you're able to chaperone.
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Upcoming Dates
Jan 31st - All groups are having their photos taken for the yearbook. Bring your orchestra uniform to school, including shoes, ties, black socks - whatever is needed for the complete look. Be sure to take your uniform home at the end of the day.
Feb 22-25 Wintergrass Festival
The Wintergrass Festival format is changing and only interested students will perform, not the entire orchestra. Contact Mr. Valdez if you're interested in performing at the festival.
March 9 CWU Orchestra Festival
Chamber Orchestra is confirmed; Symphonic Orchestra is waitlisted.
April 2 NW Orchestra Festival
Whitman Middle School
May 24-26 Orchestra Vancouver B.C. Trip
The total trip cost is $650/person. The $150 deposit was due 1/12. The rest of the payments can be paid online at https://www.ballardperformingarts.org/trip-payments or with cash or check (made out to BPA).
$250 due Feb 16
$250 due Mar 15
Trip details:
- Dates – 5/24-5/26
- Activities: Adjudicated Festival Performance and clinic, Dinner and awards banquet, Grouse Mountain tour
- Included in cost: Charter bus travel, 2 nights hotel stay
- Not included in cost: Meals outside of banquet dinner (hotel may have breakfast—will confirm).
More details will be coming soon, along with an information night sponsored by the festival on a date TBD. Students planning to attend this trip must have a passport and/or Real ID that will allow them entry to Canada.
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Rehearsals for The Addams Family are in full swing!
Musical preparations continue daily. We are starting blocking and choreography for Act 2 next week and our wonderful pit orchestra rehearsals have commenced! Students involved in the show are selling ads for the program. We'd love to feature your business in our program and we'll be so grateful for your support. Please ask your student or email bpabtheatrerep@gmail.com for more information.
And drumroll.... tickets are live! Please visit https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/80167 to purchase your tickets today!
Adults are $20, students & staff are $10, and seniors are $15. We can't wait to see you there! It's gonna be spooktacular!
Questions? Email Ms. Miller at mashor@seattleschools.org.
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The district only pays for teachers’ salaries; everything else we have to raise or donate. | |
Support BPA! Buy Tix for 65th Annual Spaghetti Dinner | Sat Feb 3 | |
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Ticket pre-sales close at NOON on Fri Feb 2! Save time and buy your tickets now for the 65th Annual Spaghetti Dinner: Night at the Movies on Sat, Feb 3, 2024, 5:30-8:30pm!
Don't miss this magical night of food, community, and performances at our biggest event of the year. While admission is free, you can support BPA by purchasing tickets for a delicious spaghetti dinner featuring our famous sauce, fresh salad, yummy garlic bread, and a small dessert. (Gluten free pasta and vegetarian sauce available.)
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Student Fundraiser Opportunity | Chocolate Sales Started Yesterday! | |
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Yummy chocolate just in time for Valentine’s Day and Mid-Winter Break!
We've estimated that each trip will cost at least $400 per student for transportation and lodging. Encourage your student to check out a box of chocolates and sell them to teachers, classmates, family, friends, office colleagues and neighbors before and during mid-winter break.
How does it work?
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Students fill out this check out form.
- Checkout will be at the uniform room door. Jill will be available for checkout most mornings (starting 1/29) before school starts (8:15 to 8:40am). A completed form is required to get a box.
- Students sell the candy for $1 bar, and then turn in $60. For each box sold, the student receives $24 credited to that student's account and those funds can be used for spring trip, camp payments (due in July), or program fees in the fall. Unused funds can even be transferred to a younger sibling when a student graduates (or donated to BPA general fund).
*Students are responsible for turning in the full cost of the box of chocolate, $60, whether they sell it all or not. They cannot turn in coins. All money should be bills or checks (payable to BPA).
All money will be due Feb 29th.
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Dine out for BPA
February 29th at MOD PIZZA, 6010 15th Ave NW. Buy a pizza at MOD any time between 10:30am-10:00pm, mention that you're supporting BPA, and 20% of what you spend will be donated to Ballard Performing Arts. Details to follow.
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We need help! Volunteer for Spaghetti Dinner this Sat Feb 3!
We still have lots of slots to fill - please sign up for a job here. Students, family members, alums…all are welcome! Check out the performance schedule so you can time your shift around student performances.
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Check out our YouTube Channel to see videos from last year’s Spaghetti Dinner and other past performances. | |
Check out past performances any time on our YouTube and Vimeo channels. | |
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