Ballard Performing Arts News | |
The Addams Family Opens Thursday! Get Your Tickets Now! | |
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The Ballard High School Playmakers are pleased to present The Addams Family musical, March 14, 15, 16, and March 22, 23 at 7:30 and March 24th at 2:00, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.
The Addams Family musical is based on the quirky characters created by Charles Addams in his darkly humorous cartoons published in the New Yorker from 1937 to his death in 1988. These kooky characters, with their gleeful obsession with the macabre, represent the offbeat, weird and loving sides of us all. In this story, wild child Wednesday, the now 18-year-old daughter, falls in love with a normal boy, Lucas, and invites him and his painfully prosaic family to dinner at her house. Chaos ensues, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. The musical is campy and funny, and is ultimately an affirming story about family, acceptance and joy.
The Ballard High School’s production of The Addams Family is directed by Miller Shor with musical direction by the BHS choir director, Courtney Rowley, and choreography by Megan Moore. Daniel Valdez, BHS orchestra director, will conduct the pit orchestra.
Don't Miss Out! Buy Your Tickets Now!
Buy Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, and $10 for students & staff.
Volunteers Needed
We need volunteers to help with ticket sales and bake sales at all shows! View the Signup Genius to see how you can help!
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Donations and Volunteers Wanted for Sat Goodwill Event! | |
Skip the long lines at the Ballard Goodwill store; instead, drop off your donations at our Goodwill Fill-A-Truck event this Sat March 16, 9-noon. Or, better yet, sign up here to volunteer! | |
Music Ensemble Pictures Available to Order | |
Rowland Studios has this year’s Music Ensemble photos online for parents to order prints. The site is: https://rowlandstudio.gotphoto.com/login; enter the code BHSMG24. Anyone who’s ordered photos from Rowland before should also get an email notification with a link to order. | |
BPA Newsletter Changing to Every Other Week! | |
Our volunteers have been working hard to bring you weekly BPA news and updates. With limited volunteer availability, we've decided that starting in March, we'll send the BPA newsletter every other Tuesday, through the remainder of the school year. Keep your eye out for the next newsletter on Tuesday, March 26, and be sure to note any dates and events on your calendar! Thanks for your understanding.
If you're interested in helping out with the newsletter or other BPA communications, feel free to reach out to bpabnews@gmail.com or bpabpresident@gmail.com.
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PTSA Fundraising Gala Dinner - March Madness! | |
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Buy your tickets now for the Ballard HS PTSA Fundraising Gala and support our entire school! Don’t miss this chance to show your team spirit and help our school community.
Join us at the annual PTSA Fundraising Gala on March 24 at Block 41 at 115 Bell Street, Seattle from 5 to 9:30 pm for a slam dunk of a night! This year’s Ballard HS Fundraising Gala will offer a chance to bid on some awesome prizes, from restaurant gift cards and beautiful jewelry, to holiday houses in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Suncadia.
Just comment Band, Choir, or Orchestra in your ticket purchase and we will be sure to seat you with other Performing Arts Parents.
Dessert Dash & Wine Toss Donations Sought
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Upcoming Dates
Mark your calendars for these band events:
March 23 - Pep Band at Running of the Beavers; call time 8:30am at Golden Gardens.
March 29 - Brass band Middle School Tour.
April 16 - Mandatory meeting for Jazz Band trip, 7pm (to be confirmed).
April 25-28 - Jazz Band trip to Reno Nevada.
June 7-9 - Marching Band Grand Floral Parade in Portland, OR.
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Pep Band to Play at Running of the Beavers March 23
Sponsored by the Ballard High School Foundation, the Running of the Beavers is a 5K Fun Run and Walk. Proceeds directly benefit Ballard Athletics, Cheer, Dance and Band. The Pep Band will be playing at the beginning of the run. Call time is 8:30am at Golden Gardens. Dress is band t-shirts or sweatshirts, jackets if necessary.
Middle School Tour March 29th - Brass Band
Local middle schools will be visited during the school day for performances by brass band, choir, and orchestra groups. Chaperones are needed; you can sign up here.
Wind Ensemble Trip to CWU
The wind ensemble traveled to Ellensburg March 2 to play at the CWU Wind Festival. While there, they had the opportunity to attend performances by the CWU Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band as well as other high school bands, perform on stage, and participate in a live clinic with an adjudicator. They played beautifully and had a great time. Thank you to Kirsten Blair, Katy Palmer, and Lexi Geffs for chaperoning! And thanks to Mr. Gillespie for giving them this amazing opportunity!
Band Trip to Portland
The final cost for the band trip to Portland is $440 per student (and chaperone). Final payment of $340 (in addition to the $100 deposit) was due on Friday, Feb. 23. The cost includes a hotel room for two nights, a chartered bus to Portland, and one dinner. If you have not paid yet, please pay on our website or by bringing a check (made out to BPA) to the black box at school.
Jazz Band
Trip to Reno | Mandatory Meeting!
Save the Date for a Jazz Band trip meeting in the BHS Library on Tuesday, April 16 at 7pm (exact time to be confirmed).
Jazz Jam Sessions
Ballard Elks Club has invited our Ballard Jazz students to host Jazz Jam sessions on Wednesdays from 6-8pm. Wed March 13 is the first one. What a cool gig!
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Thank you to Carrie Wallace, Karen Wooten, Colin Ernst, and Rebecca Fishaut, who accompanied the Concert Choir to Pacific Lutheran University. |  | |
We are in need of 6 more chaperones for the EBMEA Choir Festival at Garfield High School on March 26 (during the school day); we need 1-2 chaperones to accompany our small choir groups on the middle school tour (during the school day) on March 29, and we are still short of chaperones for the Concert Choir/Advanced Chorale trip to Portland May 23-25th. You will need to be approved as an SPS volunteer.
Upcoming Dates
Tues March 26 (during school day) - EBMEA Choir Festival at Garfield High School. Chaperones needed for all choirs.
Tues April 2 (evening) - NW Region Choral Showcase at Ballard.
Fri - Sat April 26-27 - Solo and Ensemble State competition at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. This is NOT a field trip, so parents are responsible for getting their own performer there, but typically we organize in car pools. Parent drivers are needed for Tenor-Bass Ensemble, Vocal Jazz, Chamber Choir, and solo finalists. Soloists will need to plan to stay overnight in Ellensburg for finals on Saturday (book your hotels soon). The group competitions are on Friday only. Please let Sally know if you are planning to drive your student to Ellensburg and if you can take other students with you, so we can start to plan carpools.
Thurs May 23 - Sat May 25 - Advanced Chorale and Concert Choir, trip to Portland, OR. Three more chaperones needed. Our tour will include a choir exchange with three other excellent high school choirs in the PDX area, an intensive clinic with Dr. Coty Raven Morris at Portland State University, a performance at The Grotto in Portland, a performance at our Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia on the way home, and lots of group bonding and sight-seeing in between, including the Portland Saturday Market, Pearl District, Washington Park, BOWLING, and more 😊!
We will stay at the Embassy Suites in downtown Portland and will have two charter buses with us for the entirety of the trip. Cost for chaperones and for students will be no more than $440. First payment is due on March 20th. Please use the following link to make the initial payment of $220 by March 20: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/fc9d7c8c-47a2-4b8d-b920-19d89ebd3a7c. You can also go to www.ballardperformingarts.org, choose the Payments and Tickets tab, Trip Fees, and scroll down to the bottom.
Please contact Ms Rowley if you are in need of scholarship money to cover this trip and contact Jill Hansen, bpabtreasurer@gmail.com if you want to use money from your student account.
Please contact Sally at bpabchoirrep@gmail.com if you're able to chaperone/drive for any of these events.
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Chamber Orchestra traveled to Ellensburg on March 9th to attend the Central Washington University Orchestra Festival. Students performed pieces by Brahms, Elgar, and Soon Hee Newbold onstage for the adjudicators and other festival attendees. Next, they attended a clinic taught by Juan Felipe Molano from the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. They were also able to view performances by other state high schools, the CWU Mariachi Club, and the CWU Orchestra. Thank you to Chamber Orchestra and Mr. Valdez for doing an excellent job representing Ballard High’s orchestra program!
Warming up before the performance:
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Performing “Perseus” by Soon Hee Newbold: | |
Clinic by Juan Felipe Molano: | |
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Check out Chamber Orchestra’s CWU festival performances here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtZKgQ-c75aLpfZ5yc2v8Ba9Yw9eT5FO&si=AQXhqkXMbWGZLdVv
Upcoming Dates
March 29 Middle School tour
Chamber Orchestra will be performing for local middle schools during the school day. Please contact Connie at bpaborchestrarep@gmail.com if you are able to chaperone.
April 2 NW Orchestra Festival
Whitman Middle School
May 2 Concerto Concert
Performing Arts Center
Orchestra Vancouver B.C. Trip
The total trip cost is $650/person. The $150 deposit was due 1/12 and the first $250 payment was due 2/16. The final $250 payment is due 3/15. You can pay online at https://www.ballardperformingarts.org/trip-payments or with cash or check (made out to BPA).
ALL STUDENTS GOING ON THE VANCOUVER TRIP MUST REGISTER ASAP! Register online if you haven’t already: www.worldstrides.com/register (Trip ID:214462)
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.
*Email bpabtreasurer@gmail.com if you'd like to apply your student's fundraising credits toward the upcoming trip payments.
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Theatre
The Addams Family Update
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Hello from the final week of rehearsals for The Addams Family! We are SO excited to share all the incredible work your students have created, and show time is SOON! Here are a few key reminders and ways you can support us as we approach opening night:
1) Purchase your tickets now!
Performances are March 14, 15, 16, and March 22, 23 at 7:30 and March 24th at 2:00, at Ballard High School’s Earl Kelly Center for the Performing Arts at 1418 NW 65th St. in Seattle.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students and staff. Order your tickets at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/80167
2) Help us spread the word!
Please feel free to share our poster and ticket link (above) on your social media accounts. Don't forget to personally invite family members, neighbors, and friends who might enjoy supporting our kids. We'd love to have packed houses so our students feel well supported and successful.
3) Sign up to volunteer!
We'd *love* to have you join us pre and post shows to help with ticket sales, our concessions bake sale, and general support. If you can't be physically present, please consider sending in some baked goods. We so appreciate all members of our community. Come make memories with us.
Here's the sign up link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084FA9A92CAAF85-48319384-addams
Thank you all! We can't wait to see you soon!
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The district only pays for teachers’ salaries; everything else we have to raise or donate. | |
Goodwill Fill-A-Truck on March 16 | |
Spread the Word to your Family, Neighbors and Friends! For every truck we fill we earn $600 for BPA! | |
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Dine Out at Tutta Bella to support our Performing Arts!
From Sunday, March 24 - Thursday, March 28th, Tutta Bella will donate 20% of sales to Ballard Performing Arts.
Dine-in or order delivery, takeout, or curbside from tuttabella.com. Use the coupon code EasyAsPieBPA at checkout!
- The code cannot be used on third-party delivery sites (UberEats, DoorDash, etc).
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At the Kirkland/University Village grocery store kiosks, orders must be placed from tuttabella.com – not the registers in QFC.
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Volunteers Needed to help with Ticket Sales and Bake Sales at all Addams Family shows!
Click here to see how you can help!
Volunteers Needed on Sat. March 16th 9-noon for Goodwill Fill-a-Truck event!
This is an excellent opportunity for students to get service hours. Encourage your child(ren) to sign up to help out. (Adults are also welcome of course.) Volunteers unload cars, sort the donations, and usually get to eat donuts. ;-)
Seeking Treasurer, Communications, and Other Volunteers for Next School Year!
Join our welcoming group of BPA volunteers, no experience necessary! Please click here to see a list of available volunteer positions for Treasurer, Communications, and more. Full job descriptions provided in link at top of form. Email bpabpresident@gmail.com with any questions.
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Check out past performances any time on our YouTube and Vimeo channels. | |
Thank You to Our Sponsors | |
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