Dine at MOD Pizza this Thurs Feb 29 to support BPA!

Support BPA by dining out this Thursday, February 29, at MOD PIZZA, 6010 15th Ave NW. Print out this flyer, head to MOD in person, anytime between 10:30am-10:00pm. Give them the flyer, or just mention you are supporting BPA, and 20% of what you spend will be donated to Ballard Performing Arts. You can also order online and enter the code MODGIVES20 at checkout.

Have you Bought your Tickets Yet to The Addams Family?

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.

Why wait? Buy Your Tickets Now!

Buy Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, and $10 for students & staff.

Spring Cleaning? Save Stuff for Goodwill Event!

'Tis the season for spring cleaning and de-cluttering! Bag up your unwanted items and save them for our next Goodwill Fill-A-Truck Event on Sat March 16 from 9am-noon! Also, volunteers needed…sign up here!

BPA Newsletter Changing to Every Other Week!

Our volunteers have been working hard to bring you weekly BPA news and updates. With limited volunteer availabiity, 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 12, 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.

Band

Upcoming Dates

Mark your calendars for these band events:

March 1 - Wind Ensemble to CWU Windfest.

April 25-28 - Jazz Band trip to Reno Nevada.

June 7-9 - Marching Band Grand Floral Parade in Portland, OR.

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 | Payment Due!

The remaining payment ($257) was 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. 

Choir

We are in need of chaperones for the EBMEA Choir Festival at Garfield High School on March 26th (during the school day) and we are still short of chaperones for the Concert Choir/Advanced Chorale trip to Portland in May. You will need to be approved as an SPS volunteer.

Upcoming Dates

Thurs February 29 - 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. Thank you to Carrie Wallace, Karen Wooten, Colin Ernst, and Rebecca Fishaut, who volunteered to chaperone.

Tues March 26 (during school day) - EBMEA Choir Festival at Garfield High School. Chaperones needed for all choirs.

Tuesday April 2 (evening) - NW Region Choral Showcase at Ballard.

Friday - Saturday April 26-27 - Solo and Ensemble State competition at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. 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 - 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 at bpabchoirrep@gmail.com if you're able to chaperone/drive for any of these events. 

Orchestra

Small Group Performances at Ballard Elks Lodge a Success

Thank you to all the students who performed their small group pieces at the Ballard Elks Lodge! Missed the performance? Here's a video of Ballard Violin Club performing Schubert:

Upcoming Dates

March 9 CWU Orchestra Festival

Chamber Orchestra is confirmed. Please contact Connie at bpaborchestrarep@gmail.com if you would like to chaperone.

April 2 NW Orchestra Festival

Whitman Middle School

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).

Permission slips will be coming closer to the trip. Register online for the trip 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.

Theatre

The Addams Family Update | Place an ad in the program!

We’re so excited to share our work with you soon. The whole production is seriously looking great.

A few quick reminders:

Students who signed up to purchase a musical t-shirt, please bring in your payments ASAP. T-shirts should be arriving the week after break.

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.

Tickets are live! Please visit The Addams Family Musical 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 sure to be creepy, kooky, and chock full o' monstrosities... er, talent.

Questions? Email Ms. Miller at mashor@seattleschools.org.

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

Chocolate Sales End Thursday | Turn in $

All money is due this Thursday, Feb 29th.

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). Money should go in an envelope with the student's name on it and be dropped in the secure mailbox in the band room. Thanks!

Dine at MOD Pizza this Thurs Feb 29!

Support BPA by dining out on February 29, at MOD PIZZA, 6010 15th Ave NW. Print out this flyer, head to MOD in person, anytime between 10:30am-10:00pm. Give them the flyer, or just mention you are supporting BPA, and 20% of what you spend will be donated to Ballard Performing Arts. You can also order online and enter the code MODGIVES20 at checkout.

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!

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. ;-)   

Lots of Available Volunteer Positions!

Please check out the list of available volunteer positions. Email bpabpresident@gmail.com with any questions. 

Check out our YouTube channel to watch videos from the Spaghetti Dinner.

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

Fundraising Gala Dinner - March Madness!

Buy your tickets now for the Ballard High School PTSA Fundraising Gala and support our 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 5-9:30pm for a slam dunk of a night! This year’s Ballard High School Fundraising Gala will offer a chance to bid on some awesome prizes, from restaurant gift cards to holiday houses in Costa Rica.

Donations Needed

We’re looking for donations of all kinds. Do you have something special you can offer the community: a court side seat, a signed jersey, a cabin in the woods? Gift cards, concert tickets, desserts, and wine are needed as well. We would love to hear from you about a donation.