Buckingham Browne & Nichols

March2009

Circus and BB&N at the MFA Day Headline Upcoming Spring Events

BB&N at the MFA Day allows students the unique opportunity to display their art work on museum walls.

Spring at BB&N features a number of annual events custom made to usher in the joie de vivre of the season. As days stretch longer, shorts begin to replace trousers, and greenery pokes through the landscape, consider the following School events as an antidote to the long winter.

BB&N CIRCUS:
Saturday May 2, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

For 58 years now the BB&N Circus has been offering family fun to students, parents, and alums of all ages. Held on BB&N’s Lower School campus, this day-long festival features rides, bouncy-houses, an obstacle course, a dunk tank, various games, arts and crafts tables, food, music, and entertainment. The event kicks off with a costumed parade down Buckingham Street at 11 a.m. and wraps up in an exhausted fervor at 2 p.m. All proceeds from the Circus benefit the School’s financial aid program, making the day a truly rewarding celebration. 

For more information or for volunteer opportunities, please contact Janine Cozier at coziers@rcn.com.

BB&N AT THE MFA DAY:
Sunday April 19, 11a.m. – 3p.m.

Dating back 16 years, BB&N has enjoyed a unique collaboration with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, one which allows students and parents alike to engage with the world-renowned institution in a remarkable way. The event showcases campus-wide student art work that has been inspired by museum visits and corresponding units of study. The works are displayed in a private room at the Museum and past years have featured interactive art exhibits, student led gallery tours, and art demonstrations. Tune in and sign up early to see what this year’s BB&N at the MFA Day has in store for you!

For more information please contact BB&N/MFA Partnership Coordinator Sharen Bowden:  sharen_bowden@bbns.org or 617-800-2455.

UPPER SCHOOL MUSICAL: "BABES IN ARMS"
March 5, 3:30 p.m., March 6, 7:30 p.m., March 7, 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Who needs Broadway? BB&N students on all three campuses put on over 10 stage performances a year featuring acting and singing talents beyond their years. Perhaps the boldest of these shows is the annual upper school musical. Under Theater Teacher Mark Lindberg’s direction, the show broils with first-rate performances, and features the oft- spectacular final volley of acting chops from graduating seniors. The show’s dramatic lean, powerful music, and acerbic undertones will surprise and amuse the most avid theater aficionado.

To order tickets, please call the BB&N box office at 617-800-2260, or email Mark Lindberg at mark_lindberg@bbns.org.

For a PDF of the Babes in Arms program, click here.

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR FINANCIAL AID:
Friday, June 19, 12:30 p.m. registration, 1:30 p.m. start.

Now its fifth year, the BB&N Golf Tournament has fast become an alumni/ae favorite.   Held at the Atlantic Country Club in beautiful and historic Plymouth, Mass, this event includes a registration gift, access to the driving range, golf and a dinner reception featuring a silent auction, raffle, and more. Like last year, the tournament has been scheduled for early June to allow current students and recent graduates an opportunity to play.

The scramble format and ‘shot-gun’ start pit Knights and friends against each other in competition for best overall foursome, best female foursome, best mixed foursome, closest to the pin, longest drives, par 3 challenges, and hole-in-one contests.

As usual, all of the proceeds will go towards the School’s financial aid program. So, dust off those clubs, limber up, and prepare for 18 holes of fun! For registration information, or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, please contact tournament organizer Terrence Butt at terrence_butt@bbns.org, or 617-800-2173.

Middle School Pilots Successful Changes to Advisory Co-Curriculum

Middle School counselor Krista Haskell writes about a series of exciting changes that the MS introduced this past year in its advisory co-curriculum, including the use of provocative bulletin board material. Read Haskell's Campus Voice

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The annual BB&N Circus always kicks off with a parade down Buckingham Street.

Past Upper School Musicals have featured such Broadway favorites as Hair.

Nothing says Spring like the first golf of the season and the BB&N Golf Tournament for Financial Aid.