Ballard Performing Arts News | |
Syttende Mai is Coming - Wednesday, May 17 | Come out and cheer on some of our Ballard Performing Arts groups at this annual parade and community celebration that celebrates Norwegian Constitution Day and Ballard’s Nordic heritage. The Chamber Choir will perform at Bergen Place Park at 4:30 pm and the Marching Band will march in the parade, which begins at 6 pm. Hip, hip, hurrah! | Get Your Tickets! Student Directed One Act Plays are May 18-20 | The Ballard High School Playmakers are pleased to bring back the tradition of the One Act Play Festival, showing May 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 pm at the Ballard High School Earl Kelly Center for the Performing Arts. See five one act plays in one performance, each directed by one of our talented student directors! The series takes a look at reality, but with a twist. Each of the plays are about what happens when reality is called into question. |  | |
Senior Elliot Jakupcak directs Sure Thing by David Ives, a comedy that follows two strangers in a coffee shop who navigate a conversation with something no one else gets: the chance to start over when you say the wrong thing.
Senior Ella Papineau directs The Yellow Wallpaper by Cameron Colwell and Georgia Drinan. Based on the chilling short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, this play follows a new mother confined to her bed as she tries to make sense of the figure she keeps seeing in the pattern on her bedroom walls.
Senior Autumn Bailey directs The Support Group from Hell by Jeffrey Harr, a dark comedy that follows a teen who joins a support group with members that are far more strange (and possibly supernatural) than she was expecting.
Junior Izzy Rampersad and senior Milo Palmer co-direct The Hallmarks of Horror by Peter Bloedel. In this “whirlwind tour of horror tropes,” as the playwright describes, scientists attempt to explain what makes scary movies as scary as possible. The resulting demonstration is much more ridiculous than intended.
For the finale, we’re treated to a new play, Up, All the Way Up?, written and directed by our own Rose Champion, a Ballard High School junior. This play follows a woman in the late 19th century as she writes the obituary for the peculiar and mysterious death of a millionaire on a mountain.
Get Your Tickets here!
$20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens, and $10 for students and BHS staff
Total performance time of the One Act Play Festival is 2 ½ hours, including a 15 minute intermission.
If you're able please, sign up to help with ticket sales and a bake sale in the lobby. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F4DADAD29A3FD0-oneact
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Last Call for Spring Coffee Sales! Order by tomorrow, May 10 | |
Make a dent in your payments for upcoming camps, future trips like Disney or program fees!
We will be partnering with Caffe Appassionato in Magnolia once again to sell delicious 12 oz. bags of coffee to family, friends and neighbors. This is an important fundraiser for your student if they are currently a freshman, sophomore, or junior. For every $14 bag purchased under their name, students will earn $6.
Be sure to enter your student’s name in the order, and encourage friends and family ordering to do so. That $6/bag earns credit to their account and those funds can then be used to pay for July payments for camps that happen the first weeks of school, or program fees in the fall, and they can even be transferred to a younger sibling when a student graduates. Sales without a student name or marked general will go to the music ASB account to help with music program support.
There are four delicious blends to choose from (in both drip ground and whole bean):
Arietta Blend - A Medium Roast with a mellow and smooth flavor. Notes of cardamom, tart, caramel and undertones of milk chocolate, strawberry and jasmine.
Tempest Blend - As a bold and strong French Roast, it accentuates a dark and full body with a smoky finish. Notes of caramel, toffee, orange and undertones of raspberry, hazelnut, and cinnamon.
Espresso Blend - A bright and smooth Italian roast. Perfect for silky smooth espresso or robust drip.
Decaffeinated - A French Roast that is smooth with a caramel finish. Notes of blackberry, almond, and toffee, and undertones of vanilla, cinnamon, and tangerine.
Orders can be placed on SchoolPay here: https://shorturl.at/BKMW6. Don’t forget the student’s name!
Coffee orders will be given to students at their music performance in June (June 1 for Choir; June 6 for Orchestra; June 8 for Band). Students should then deliver the coffee to their customers. Thank you for supporting the performing arts!
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Senior Spotlights are Here! | |
Seniors - it’s your time to shine. You emerged from the pandemic with grace, you continued to play, sing, act, and dance through it all —and you’re almost ready for your next steps. Let us celebrate YOU!
This week’s featured seniors:
Dillon Carney
Aidan Horowitz
August Purkey
Q Adamson
Sadie Clark
Griffin Chen
Patrick Canfield-Budde
Maraike Van Schepen
Read all about them on the Senior Spotlight doc.
SENIORS! Please fill out this quick form and submit a photo so we can honor you in the newsletter and on our social channels via our Senior Spotlight series. Look for the QR Codes in the music and theater classrooms!
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Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are still needed for upcoming band events. Please consider assisting with one of these events.
May 11 - Marching band practice (4-5:15 pm) 2 MORE volunteers needed
May 17 - Uniform room (3:30-4 pm) 3 volunteers needed
May 17 - Syttende Mai parade (3:45-8 pm) 4 MORE volunteers needed
May 23 - Northwest Band Fest (8-3:45 pm) 6 MORE volunteers needed
Head over to the Sign up Genius to pick your slot.
Upcoming Band Performances
May 11 – Marching Band Practice after school.
May 17 – Marching Band at Syttende Mai Parade (call time 3:30 pm).
May 23 – North High School band festival at Lincoln (all three bands and percussionists).
May 26 – Brass Band Plays at Reubens 5:30-6:30 pm.
June 2-4 – Brass Band at Honkfest. Time TBD (Friday or Saturday or both).
June 4 – Joint concert with Wind Ensemble North Seattle College at 3 pm.
June 7 – Symphonic Band performance with Whitman.
June 8 – Final Spring Band Concert.
June 9 – Ballard FC game: Vocal Jazz National Anthem; Drumline Halftime Show; Brass Band after the game.
June 13 – Final Jazz concert at the Royal Room, 5:30 pm load in, 6:30 pm downbeat.
CWU Jazz Festival recap
Saturday, May 6, Ballard Big Band and Ballard Lab Band had the opportunity to perform at the Central Washington University Jazz Festival. Performances by Ballard students were spectacular; you can view them here. Students had the opportunity to attend a discussion led by bassist John Clayton at midday and were blown away by his performance with CWU Big Band 1. The musicianship on display was absolutely top notch.
Save the Dates for Band Camp!
Band camp this year is Sept 8-10. This will be a full weekend away for all band students to bond and learn how to march! More details soon.
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Carnegie Photos Available!
Photos can now be ordered online at the following link: https://www.groupphotos.com/t/category/performances/carnegie-hall/2023/april
Gallery Name (date of performance): 041423
Gallery Password (6 digit date): 041423
Please click on your Gallery Name (which is the date) and enter the password.
Click on a photo to enlarge it and see the photo size options, then you can click from large photo to large photo.
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Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, May 17th
Chamber Choir performs at Bergen Place Park at 4:30 pm for Syttende Mai.
Tuesday, May 30
OSPI Superintendent’s 50th Anniversary Art Show
During school day
Benaroya Hall
Vocal Jazz performance
Thursday, June 1
Spring Choir Concert @ BHS, 7:30 pm
All choirs
Monday, June 5
Vocal Jazz Solo Night, 7:00 pm
In the black box
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Symphonic Orchestra at Elliot Bay Music Festival
On May 15, Symphonic Orchestra will be attending the Elliot Bay Music Educators Association Festival at Garfield High School. There will be an adjudicated performance/clinic and students will get to watch and support other SPS orchestras.
We will leave BHS at 9:30 am and return by about 1:30 pm. Attire will be concert unforms. Plan to bring a lunch.
Ballard Fiddlers to Perform at Royal Room
The Ballard Fiddlers will be performing at the Royal Room on June 13th. More details to follow soon!
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The district only pays for teachers’ salaries; everything else we have to raise or donate. | |
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Sip and Support on Sunset was a SUCCESS!!
Ballard High School Foundation raises more than $30,000 for Performing Arts Center enhancements!
Huge thank you to Dick Lee, Foundation co-founder & Executive Director, and Cyndy Clegg, Beaver alum/Foundation Board Member for organizing this elegant event and Cyndy Clegg & Jerry Masters for hosting in their lovely and inviting waterfront home. Thanks also to Courtney Rowley for her efforts in organizing the wonderful entertainment performed by students (and directors, Jay Gillespie and Dan Valdez) in our select orchestra, band, and choir groups. Special shout out to Tom & Dorothy (another loyal Beaver) Sheehan for their wonderful $10,000 donation and to Jerry Masters for his amazing $17,000 match. A significant portion of the money raised will purchase an updated wireless mic system for the Earl Kelly Performing Arts Center.
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The results are in! We raised $3,840 so far, with several employer matching donations still to come. Seventeen generous donors got us close enough to our $2,000 match goal that we received the full match! This helped us raise more than half of our $6,000 goal. The funds raised will help us repair or replace some well-loved instruments, uniforms, and other pieces of equipment. Thanks to everyone who donated and/or spread the word on the behalf of BPA Boosters! | |
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BPAB Board Invites You to Join Our Team!
Many hands make light work! We have many ways to get involved. Please check out the list below to see how you can help out. Some roles are short-term, some can be done completely over email (no meetings involved), some are year-long jobs with monthly meeting commitments, ensuring you will make new friends and feel part of an amazing team of other parents (without embarrassing your teenager)! No experience necessary!
Open Positions:
- Co-President, Fundraising Chair
- VP Communications
- Social Media Lead
- Student Directory Coordinator
- Dine Out Coordinator
- Co-Chair Fall Direct Drive/Brewery Event
- Spring Mattress Sale Coordinator
- Co-Editor Newsletter
- Graphic Designer (event posters/graphics)
- Uniforms Lead Coordinator
- Visual Media Lead
Want more information? Read about these volunteer opportunities on our website!
Interested? Email bpabvolunteers@gmail.com and/or come to our meeting tonight, May 9, at 6 pm in the BHS Library to learn more about these open positions.
Volunteer at Spring Concerts
Spring concerts are coming up! Please sign up to support the bake sale and/or to help collect uniforms from our seniors and other musicians not performing at graduation after each concert.
6/1 - Choir Concert: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084fa9a92caaf85-bake6#/
6/6 - Orchestra Concert: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084fa9a92caaf85-bake4#/
6/8 - Band Concert: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084fa9a92caaf85-bake5#/
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Seniors: Fill out Your Senior Spotlight Form!
Seniors–it’s your time in the spotlight to be recognized for all the work you’ve done over the last four years. Fill out this brief questionnaire and submit a favorite photo from your time in band, choir, orchestra, or theatre.
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Check out the videos from the Festival for Top Choirs. | |
Check out past performances any time on our YouTube and Vimeo channels. | |
Thank You to Our Sponsors | |
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