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Ballard Performing Arts News

June 8, 2021

Featured News

Orchestra Concert June 10th

Join your fellow orchestra families and gather ‘round You Tube with a tasty dinner and enjoy the orchestra concert.

Orchestra Director, Elizabeth Fortune, promises an informance rather than a mere performance--Headlining the concert are two finished works that feature all BHS orchestras joined by the Franklin High School, Cleveland High School, and Seattle Pacific University orchestras to form the Wintergrass Youth Orchestra.

The video will go live at 7:00 PM on Thursday the 10th, and then will be accessible on our YouTube Channel after the premier. Look for the link on our main page.

Pre-Summer Curbside Pickup

Ice Cream Bars

Enjoy an "almost-end-of-year" treat: Full Tilt ice cream bars (fundraiser) will be available for purchase, this Thursday, June 10th, at curb-side pickup after school in the North Ballard High parking lot off 67th.

Bars are $3 each. All proceeds go to BPA boosters.

Unity and Community T-Shirts

Also for sale: Unity and Community T-shirts from this year, $10 each cash only

Size availability as of Friday:

Small - 3
Large - 25
XL - 6
Medium - 0

Ballard Market Receipts

Bring your Ballard Market receipts this Thursday to Curbside Pickup; we will have someone to waiting collect them. BPA Boosters gets a percentage of purchases to help fund our program for each Ballard Market receipt we collect.

Senior Salutes

For the last few weeks of the year, we’ll be spotlighting the resilient Class of 2021 Ballard Performing Arts seniors who have participated in band, choir, orchestra or theater.

Thank you seniors who have worked hard to be part of our school’s rich performing arts tradition over the last four years. Your contributions will remain part of our legacy.

Read about their favorite memories, plans after graduation and more.

This week we salute:

Jacob Bragg

JJ Benefiel

Helen Liska

Tallulah Granquist

Gavin Eachus

James Shepard

Broden Crotty

Sarah Powell

Willow Killoran

Eden Ebright

Seniors: Just one more week to be recognized. Please fill out our survey and send in a couple of photos by June 4 so we can recognize you in our year-end efforts. Our last newsletter is June 15th.

Program Updates

Band

Thank you, Mr. Gillespie, for all you’ve done this year!

Rewatch the band concert:

The Tom Douglas Jazz 1 Brunch on Sunday, 6/13 is cancelled due to several students not being able to attend.

Band students should return any borrowed music equipment during the last week of school. Mr. Gillespie will be doing inventory and sending instruments for repair and maintenance.

Choir

Congratulations to Ms. Rowley and her choirs for a beautiful program!

Rewatch the performances from the June 3 concert on our YouTube channel here:

Orchestra

The Spring Orchestra concert is this Thursday, June 10, at 7 pm. See details above in featured news

The Wintergrass Pocketgrass Episode 10 is also live on June 10

The Wintergrass Youth Orchestra (WGYO) continues a Ballard High School tradition of participating in the annual Wintergrass festival, presented this year as series of online mini-concerts called Pocketgrass. The WGYO performance is part of Pocketgrass Episode 10, “Blueberries”, which premieres at the same time as the orchestra concert and will be available on the Wintergrass Youtube Channel:

Theatre

The video of the 2021 musical, “Spring Awakening” is available for purchase now. Parents, students, and everyone who wants to own a viewing copy to watch: Cost is $25. Check out the official trailer and order your copy here.

Help Fund Our Programs

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

Thank you, Shawn O'Donnell's Fremont

The food was tasty, the service friendly, and it was great to see some familiar faces in person. The evening’s take for BPA was $364. Please continue to help support this restaurant and thank you, Shawn O'Donnell's, for supporting Ballard Performing Arts!

Golf to Raise Money for Ballard Performing Arts

Attention all BPA Golfers - BPA registration funds go back to Ballard Performing Arts Booster Club. We have one foursome signed up already (thank you, Russ!) How about another group to join in the fun?

The 21st Annual Ballard High School Foundation Golf Classic is August 30, 2021. Early Bird pricing until July 15, 2021. Presented by the Ballard High School Foundation in partnership with the Ballard High School Athletics & Performing Arts Booster Clubs.

Help Procure Items for the Auction

Please help us build an amazing repetoire of items to include in our Golf Classic Auction this year. We have procured one item so far; a Swanson's gift card for $100. That's a minimum of $100 coming back to BPA. Do you have card you could donate or do you own a business that could donate a gift card?

100% of the funds raised from auction items we procure go to our program.

Email Jill Hansen with your contributions and ideas.

Desserts needed

Ballard Performing Arts Boosters is looking for volunteers willing to bake a dessert for the virtual Dessert Dash/Delivery portion of the online Auction. All proceeds from the Dessert Dash/Delivery will directly benefit the performing arts programs.

No desserts are needed on the day of the auction but rather delivery will be mutually agreed upon by the baker and bidder. The online auction will take place late August 2021.

Please see the Sign Up Genius for more details and to volunteer.

Coffee Sales Pickup Saturday

All Spring Coffee Orders can be picked up Curbside at Ballard High School in the North parking lot off of 67th, on Saturday, June 12th, from 10am until noon.

All orders are curbside pickup.

No orders will be delivered unless prior arrangements were made with the student named on the order. Students picking up for friends and family who ordered online should make sure that they coordinate with them in advance regarding the delivery of their order.

Questions? Contact Lori Day at daynewell@msn.com.

Help Wanted

Parent Volunteer Roles for 2021-2022 school year

We implore parents to consider donating time to help make every child's experience in Ballard Performing Arts the best that it can be. Most volunteers work full time, do not necessarily have experience with their volunteer position, and share only a few hours or less each week to support this program. Here are the BPA Booster opportunities for the upcoming year:

Newsletter Editor

Work with the communication team to compile and send the Ballard Performing Arts weekly newsletter (this very newsletter). Bring your spelling and grammar skills and 2 - 3 hours per week, we have an email application and a lot of knowledgable folks to help. Contact ballardperformingarts@gmail.com for more information.

Fundraising Chair

Take on one major fundraiser event or effort and supervise/be the point person on the leadership team for other fundraising efforts. No fundraising experience required and lots of guidance is available! Contact Jeannette at bpabpresident@gmail.com for more info.

Spaghetti Dinner Leads

Coordinate and organize the most fun event of the year that involves all the performing arts groups. Work with a friend as a team! Join a group of outstanding parents who procures the food, sells tickets, organizes volunteers, etc. Contact Jeannette at bpabpresident@gmail.com if you’re interested.

Grant Writer

Research grants to apply for and write grant proposals for Ballard Performing Arts Boosters Club as assigned by directors. Grant writing experience a plus but not necessary. Email Jeannette at bpabpresident@gmail.com if you’re interested.

Community News

All City Band is a GO!

Registration is now open for the 2021 All-City Band. This is a wonderful all-school summer marching band that will rehearse three evenings a week at Memorial Stadium and in normal times, performs at neighborhood and community parades, especially those related to Seafair. This summer will be a shorter program and they will be doing a field show rather than parades.

Membership will be open to students in the graduating classes of 2020-2025.

BHS BPA offers these Community Activities for informational purposes & does not necessarily support activities or views presented therein.

Give While You Get

Passive fundraising couldn’t be easier—Donate to BPA Every time you make a purchase. Link to Amazon Smile, Fred Meyer, and more, and donate every time you shop. To sign up, follow the links below and select “Ballard High School Performing Arts Booster Club” as the benefactor.