Tag Day: Herndon High Band

HHS Band Parents Thank the Community

The Herndon High School Marching Band and the Herndon High School Band Parents Association wish to thank the community for their support for our annual Tag Day on Saturday September 10, 2011. It is through your generous donations that we are able to run our program.

There are over 150 members in our marching band and visual ensemble. These students start practicing their routines throughout the month of August, putting in over 160 hours of work getting the show ready for the season. This fall, they will participate in several competitions including at the Naval Academy. Additionally they will march in the Herndon Homecoming Parade and perform at the home football games. The Annual Tag Day concert will take place in November in the high school auditorium.

Thanks to community support, we are able to participate in these exciting events. We hope you will join us at a football game or one of our concerts during the year.

Kathy Powers
Tag Day Coordinator
AreaChair@HerndonBand.org

Tag Day is the biggest fundraising event for the Pride of Herndon Band. Donations collected on Tag Day are split 50-50 between the student accounts and the band. These proceeds can be used for future expenses such as concert fees and the Spring Trip. To bring in those donations, all HHS band and guard students, dressed in their band or guard uniforms, walk door-to-door in their neighborhoods asking for contributions. If the guard uniforms are not in by then, the guard wears their show shirts. The students travel in groups of two or three and hand out flyers with information about the band and tags with the concert schedule for the band (hence the name - Tag Day) while asking for contributions. If no one is home, the students will leave a mail-in envelope. Students can also send contribution requests to relatives and friends.

Our Herndon High community is divided into twelve areas. Students are given a specific route to complete within their area. Students meet at their area's host house in the morning, carrying their uniforms with them. They are given breakfast (provided by area parents), put together their paperwork, go over instructions, divide into groups and are assigned their routes. The students then change into their uniforms, and begin their routes. Parent volunteers in each area are available to drive students to and from their routes. They report back to the Area host house at lunch, and go back out after lunch if their route is not completed. There is also an option to set up at a local grocery store to continue gathering contributions later in the afternoon. Each student will hear from their area chair before the big event to go over final details and to answer questions. See below for the area chair information.

Who: All HHS Band and Guard Students
Date: Saturday, September 10
Time: Between 8:00am and 4:00pm
Where: Meet at your area host's house at 7:45am SHARP
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch are provided (at the hosts' houses)
Things to bring:

Water bottle, if weather is warm
Pen
Comfortable walking shoes (you do not have to wear your marching shoes)
Your uniform in the garment bag
Enthusiasm and smiles for the people you will meet!

Tag Day Area Coverage

Below is information about each of the areas covered during Tag Day. Click on any of the smaller maps to open a larger map for printing. An "*" indicates the host house for each area on Tag Day. Click here for the list of host houses. Area Maps are shown below. Click on any individual map to open it, or click here to get the complete map.

	Area A Approximate Location: North of the Access Road (Rt. 267) and either side of Elden St. Cindy Mathers (Kyle - sophomore)* Shelly Koenig (Jadon –sophomore)
	Area B Approximate Location: SouthEast corner of Herndon Parkway Dessa Boynton (Adam – freshman)*
	Area C Approximate Location: NorthEast corner of Herndon Parkway Doreen Albertson (Josh - senior)* Amy Barrett (Amina - freshman) Joan Indyke (Curtis – junior)
	Area D Approximate Location: West of Dranesville Rd. Rachel Williams (Caitlin - senior)* Melvin and Kim Jones (Kyle – freshman) Robin Handy (Lizzie Pater - freshmen)
	Area E Approximate Location: East of Dranesville Rd., North of Herndon Parkway, West of Fairfax County Parkway Mimi Kramer-Roberts (Molly – junior)* Mary Weick-Brady (Olivia – junior) Lori O'Day (Ronan - freshmen)
	Area F Approximate Location: West of Dranesville Rd., north and south of Herndon Parkway Nancy Mirr (Lauren - junior) Barbara Kochanowski & Ken Poirier (LeAnn – senior)*
	Area G Approimate Location: NorthEast corner of Herndon Parkway Wendy Culbertson (Ryan - senior)* Mary Brough (Katie – junior)
	Area H Approximate Location: SouthEast corner of Herndon Parkway Jennifer Hackett Pinkey (Victoria – sophmore)*
	Area I Approximate Location: North of Elden St./Baron Cameron Dr., East and West of Fairfax County Parkway Rose Trapp (Adam – senior, John - junior)* Nan Johnson (Andre – freshman)
	Area J Approximate Location: NorthEast corner of Weihle Ave. Karen Hollender (Meryl - sophomore)* Amy Millar (Sara - sophomore)

Questions?

Contact the Area Coordinator at AreaChair@HerndonBand.org.

Click here for the area chair list and host house list.