Eric Hirt: Herndon High Band

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Eric Hirt Scholarship Fund

Dear Pride of Herndon Family and Friends,

As you all know, we recently lost a very dear friend of the Pride of Herndon Bands, Eric Hirt. For those of you that had the pleasure of working with Eric, you know that he was a tireless parent volunteer with a heart of gold. Anything that needed doing, especially if it was behind the scenes, he was on it and it was done well. He was also a wonderful leader for our family, taking the helm of the Presidency and Showcase for many years. We will miss him greatly, and send his family are deepest, heartfelt sympathy.

To honor Eric's memory, the HHSBPA Board of Directors has established a scholarship in his name. It will be awarded to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the qualities of dedication, integrity and selflessness that Eric exhibited during the ten years that he was an active member of the BPA. If you would like to contribute to the Eric Hirt Scholarship Fund, please send your donation to the following address:

Herndon High School
Band Parents Association
P.O. Box 1293
Herndon, VA 20172-1293

Checks should be made payable to HHSBPA, and please write "Eric Hirt Scholarship" in the memo line. Thank you for your consideration of supporting this scholarship.

Thank You from Tammy Hirt (November 14, 2008)

Tammy Hirt has written a touching thank you letter for the entire Herndon Band family. A PDF of the letter can be accessed by clicking here.

In Memoriam
Eric Hirt

Husband, father, and dear friend.
Thank you for all you did for us.
We will miss you.

Eric Hirt was well known in the community as President of the Herndon High School Band Parents Association from 2003 to 2006, but he did much more. He volunteered thousands of hours over the 10 years he was associated with the high school and middle school bands. He chaired the Showcase of Bands Program at Herndon High School for many years, ran the Solo and Ensemble Festival at Herndon Middle School in 2006, and was first Webmaster for the award-winning Herndon High School Band website. Hundreds of The Pride of Herndon band students knew him as the uniform truck driver, pit crew member and the Grillmaster. He was a member of the Herndon Middle School Band Parents Association Board where he took the minutes and gave input as the high school liaison. He recorded, duplicated and distributed CDs of band, orchestra and chorus concerts as a fund raiser for the band. Eric received the band's highest honor for a parent, the Nancy Katz Award, for his many hours of volunteer work for the Pride of Herndon in 2007. The Town of Herndon proclaimed June 17, 2005 to be "Eric Hirt Day." Eric will always be the Pride of Herndon!

He is survived by Tammy his beloved wife of 27 years. He was the devoted father of Justin (wife Ashley Lavender) of Jacksonville, FL. Justin graduated from Herndon High in 2002 and played saxophone. He marched in the Marching Virginians at Virginia Tech. Eric is the very proud father of Erica and Melinda, class of 2007. Erica played bassoon in the Herndon High School Wind Ensemble and marched tuba in the Pride of Herndon Band. She is a music major at JMU. She marches saxophone with the Marching Royal Dukes and plays the bassoon in the Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra. Melinda played clarinet in the Herndon High School Wind Ensemble. She is currently a biology major at Virginia Tech.

Updated 12/01/2011