Tuxes Are Ready to be Taken Home

Choir students' uniforms are on a rack in the back of the choir room. Orchestra and band students' uniforms are in the rehearsal room and uniform room hallways. Uniforms must be taken home by Friday 10/14. There is no room to store student's uniforms. Any uniform left at school will be put in storage and there will be a $5 storage retrieval fee.

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT for directions/instructions about the tuxedos; this will also be attached to every garment bag. 

Goodwill Truck Raised $1,200

Thanks to everyone for your donations to Goodwill. We filled two trailers and earned $1,200. We had a great group of volunteers, students, and adults. The supervisor mentioned we had the best group of volunteers he'd seen in a long time. Thanks to all who helped ! And a special thanks to the parent that dropped off Top Pot doughnuts for the volunteers, it was greatly appreciated!

Dine Out for Ballard Performing Arts October 20

We’re excited to have another Dine out for BPA at Mod Pizza on 15th Ave. 20% of all online and in-person orders will go to the program.

It’s the opening night of The Burial at Thebes, so you can enjoy dinner and a show and not have to cook. 

Order online at modpizza.com or with the MOD app and apply the digital code. NO PHONE CALL ORDERS. Use this code to make sure we get the 20%: MODF13480

Fall concerts are coming! Did you know you can reserve seats?

While all concerts are free, you can make an optional donation of $25 to BPA and reserve a seat for any of the fall concerts, including the Navy Band concert.

Seats can be reserved through www.showtix4U.com.

Music Program Fees for 2022-2023

​Because the program receives no money from the district aside from teacher’s salaries, there are annual program fees to seed things like sheet music and other expenses for the award-winning program to operate.

For fee information and details about how to pay or request scholarships, see the BPA website payments page.

Board Meeting Tonight

Join us tonight at 6 pm for our monthly BPA Boosters Board meeting. To join, click the following link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86073419521?pwd=ZVoxRVhxckdPNnFMMDFXc2puVk5EZz09 

Or go to Zoom and type:

Meeting ID: 860 7341 9521

Passcode: 256748.

Band

Disney trip is coming for all bands!!! 

Thank you to everyone who sent forms and deposits in last week for Disneyland. We are excited for our April trip and happy to note that we only need one more chaperone! 

Horn Clinician 4th Period 10/13

Thursday, Mark Robbins, principal horn from the Seattle Symphony, will be coming to do a masterclass for horn students and anyone else who wants to join during 4th period.

Marching Band Homecoming Halftime Show is Friday Oct. 21!

Students are continuing to work on music for the October 21 Homecoming show. This year’s theme is Rock of Seattle and will feature music by the FooFighters, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana. 

Mark your calendars for these additional band rehearsals and upcoming performances 

Oct 12, Weds., 1 - 2:45 pm @ Ballard, halftime show rehearsal

October 19, Weds., 2:30 - 4 pm @ Ballard, halftime show rehearsal

October 21, ALL DAY REHEARSAL, kids get out of class

For all the extra rehearsals coming up, visit our website.

Volunteers needed

We continue to need volunteers for rehearsals, parades, and football games. Please consider making a contribution of time (or water!). Sign up here. 

Navy Band x Wind Ensemble Collaboration Concert Nov 10

On November 10th, the US Navy Wind Ensemble will be joining Ballard High’s band students for the day. Students will have the opportunity to work with these talented musicians during the day and to share the concert stage that evening. All band students will be asked to attend, whether on stage or not. The caliber of musicianship that the Navy Band has to offer is exceptional and we encourage every family to attend. 

Upcoming Jazz events

10/27/22 - Jazz Masterclass

The Dave Meder trio is coming in to do a masterclass on Oct 27th during 4th period. All jazz kids are welcome with teacher’s permission. Come check it out! https://www.davemeder.com/

1/27-1/28 Jazz Trip to Clark College



SAVE THE DATE! BHS Jazz will be performing at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. This will be an overnight trip, departing on Friday Jan 27 and coming back late on the 28th. More info to come…

Choir

Choir parents, please be on the lookout for an email from the BPAB Choir Rep with a quick introduction and information pertaining to the school year including fees, scholarship, and performance information!

In other news...the Concert Choir and Advanced Chorale have a performance trip scheduled for April 12-16 to New York City! They will partake in a festival at Queen's College and a performance at Carnegie Hall. This trip will take place during the second half of Spring Break, so please save the date. Students will also get to enjoy a Broadway show, as well as visits to the Top of the Rock, Central Park, and the Natural History Museum. The district travel liaison is still working to finalize the cost and approval of the trip. A down payment for the trip via check or credit card will need to be placed toward the end of October once details are secured. Scholarship information and application procedures will be forthcoming.   

Orchestra

Orchestra Tuxedos Ready for Pickup

Orchestra tuxes are ready and must be picked up by Friday, October 14th. Tuxes will be in the hallway outside the uniform room. Any tuxes not picked up by the deadline will be locked in the uniform room and students will need to pay a $5 storage fee to get them.

Disneyland Trip Flights

Any orchestra student wishing to have a land-only package (no airfare included) or make a change/deviation from the flight times or days listed must notify Mr. Valdez and Suzy at Lake City Travel (suzy@lakecitytravel.com, 206-290-4392) prior to October 15, 2022.

Ballard Fiddlers

Starting October 10th, the Ballard High Fiddlers will meet weekly on Mondays from 6-7:30 pm in the main band/orchestra rehearsal room with new teacher Kat Bula. All acoustic string instruments welcome! Read more about the Ballard Fiddlers at https://www.ballardperformingarts.org/orchestra.

Theatre

Get Your Tickets for the Fall Play

Performance dates: October 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 7:30 PM

Tickets on sale at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/67358.

In this masterful translation, Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece Antigone. Sophocles' play explores the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those in power who are protecting the security of the state. 

The Burial at Thebes is a 5th Century BC play that is prophetically still alive and relevant in 21st century America. In our time, we see political leaders who cling to power, willing to crush the rights of individuals and groups who stand in their way. Antigone is a powerful female who stands up for her beliefs courageously because the consequences are so great. 

The Ballard High School production will be set in 2016 during the Women’s March in Washington D.C., bringing Sophocles’ classic drama to the forefront of American politics and the continuing battle for human rights.

See the website for more details about the show and the full cast list.

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

Better Together Direct Giving Campaign Kicks Off Oct 20

We are beyond excited for another year to be fully back in person celebrating our talented actors and musicians. This year we are focusing on reconnecting and rebuilding. And, we need your help! We are raising funds this year for scholarships and coaching. Our goal is $35,000

Scholarships: Trips are back! A goal of our booster club is to make performing arts available to every student who wants to participate. Many students in the program—and students who want to participate in the program—don’t have funds to pay for fees or trips. We want these programs to be an equitable, enriching, and safe place for all kids to express themselves and grow. That is why our scholarships are so valuable to our booster program.  

Coaching: Our fantastic directors are stepping up efforts to bring in clinicians and specialists to work closely with the student groups to get everyone back into award-winning form. Specialists and coaching make up more than half of the Ballard Performing Arts Booster Club budget.

Our direct giving campaign will run from October 20th through November 16th. We will celebrate our successes at the wrap party at Bickerson’s Brewery the night of the 16th.  

It’s easy to donate!  

TEXT: Text BETTER2GETHER22 to 44321 

GIVE ONLINE: Visit www.ballardperformingarts.com and click donate.

Save the Date: Better Together Direct Giving Campaign Wrap Party

Nov. 16, 5:30-8:30 pm

Bickerson’s Brewery

There will be student performances, and this is a great chance to get to know other parents in the program in a casual setting.

Admission is free, but we’ll have raffles and opportunities to donate to the program. Students should look for a signup link to reserve a slot for a performance soon.

Interested in helping? We need volunteers to help plan this super fun event. Contact Kris Bulson at bpabfundraising@gmail.com. 

Coffee Sales Start Early November

This is a great way for students to earn money for the upcoming trips. $6 per bag of coffee sold is earmarked for their personal fundraising.

Coffee will be delivered around the Winter Concerts. Look for more information soon.

Graphic Designer Needed

Ballard Performing Arts needs a volunteer to help design occasional logos, posters, and graphics for fundraisers and other events. Please contact Rachel Hart Rios at bpabcommunications@gmail.com.

Event Planner Needed

Want the recipe for our super secret spaghetti sauce? Volunteer to coordinate our Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser in February! It’s a great community celebration featuring all the different music groups and it raises funds to support our high-quality performing arts program.

We have many eager volunteers ready to pitch in at the ground level, but we need a chairperson to help organize and run the event. 

Interested in learning more? Email bpabpresident@gmail.com.

Fundraising Communications Coordinator Needed

Have some killer communications skills and want to help support our fundraisers by writing copy and content for newsletter and website articles and other promotions? Contact Rachel at bpabcommunications@gmail.com.

Check out past performances anytime on our YouTube and Vimeo channels.

Earshot Jazz Tickets!

​​The Earshot Jazz Festival returns this fall, Oct 8 - Nov 6, with an incredible month-long calendar of local & international acts. We are happy to share that we are also offering free tickets for youth 20 & under. 

Tickets are on a first come first served basis and can be requested using this form: https://bit.ly/EJ2022FreeTix. View the full festival schedule online here.