
Herndon
High School
Bands

P.O.Box 1293
Herndon, VA 20172-1293
Awards (2011 - 2019)
2018-2019 School Year
Marching Season
“Red, White & Bleu”, Drum Majors Diego Acosta Argueta, Zoey Birman, Jordan Meyer
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Virginia Honor Band
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Shenandoah Valley Marching Invitational: 5th place, Group 4
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Parade of Champions, James Madison University: 10th place, Group 5A
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Battle of the Blue Ride: 3rd place overall
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VBODA: Superior Rating
Concert Season
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District Assessment ratings
Symphonic Band – Good
Symphonic Winds - Excellent
Wind Ensemble – Excellent
2017-2018 School Year
Marching Season
“From Dusk til Dawn”, Drum Majors Diego Acosta Argueta, Allison Bliss, Allen Truong
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USBands Maryland State Championships: 1st place all captions group 6A
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Battle of the Blue Ridge: 3rd place overall
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Indoor Guard and Drumline show titled “The Curse”
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VBODA: Superior Rating
Concert Season
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District Assessment ratings
Symphonic Band – Superior
Wind Ensemble – Superior
2016-2017 School Year
Marching Season
"Jungle", Drum Majors Kevin Archambeault, Emma Wilson, Cale Witmer
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Oakton HS: 4th place overall
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Parade of Champions, James Madison University: 11th place overall
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Indoor Drumline show titled “Demons and Angels”
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Indoor Guard show titled “Lost Boys”
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VBODA: Superior Rating
Concert Season
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District Assessment ratings
Symphonic Band – Excellent
Wind Ensemble – Excellent
2015-2016 School Year
Marching Season
Rain or Shine, Drum Majors: Julia Picchiottino, Sarah Otih and Peter Trapp
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19th annual Showcase of Bands hosted at Herndon High School
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Towson University - Prelims - 1st place all captions group 6A
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Towson University - Finals: 3rd against all bands, best percussion against all bands
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Loudoun Valley HS, First place all captions group 5A, best percussion and guard for whole day
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VBODA State Marching Assessment, Patriot High School, Superior Rating
Concert Season
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District Assessment, South Lakes HS
Symphonic Band – Excellent rating
Wind Ensemble – Excellent rating
HHS Winter Indoor Drumline - Scholastic Regional A Division
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Indoor Drumline show titled “Bring the Heat”
Winter Guard – Scholastic Regional A2 Division
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Indoor Guard show titled “Lord of the Dance”
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2014-2015 School Year – Virginia Honor Band (3rd year in a row)
Marching Season
The Final Frontier, Drum Majors: Braden Cuttler, Julia Picchiottino and Peter Trapp
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18th annual Showcase of Bands hosted at Herndon High School
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Loudoun Valley HS, 1st place in 4A
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Parade of Champions, James Madison University, 7th Place
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VBODA State Marching Assessment, Patriot High School, Superior Rating
Concert Season
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District Assessment, Washington & Lee HS
Symphonic Band – Excellent rating
Wind Ensemble – Superior rating
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VBODA Jazz Assessment, Chantilly HS – Excellent Rating
HHS Winter Indoor Drumline - Scholastic Regional A Division
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AIA Preliminaries at Robinson HS, 2nd place
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AIA Finals at Robinson HS, 3rd place
Winter Guard – Scholastic Regional A2 Division
Show Name – Scarecrow
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AIA Regional Competition at Mt Vernon HS, 7th place
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AIA Regional Competition hosted by TJ at South County HS, 3rd place
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AIA Regional Competition at Freedom HS, 2nd place
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AIA Regional Competition at Broad Run HS, 5th place
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AIA Regional Championship, 6th place in Preliminaries; 7th place in Finals
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2013-2014 School Year – Virginia Honor Band
Marching Season
Star-Crossed, Drum Majors: Dasha Bradfield, Holly Novak, Blake Morgan
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17th annual Showcase of Bands hosted at Herndon High School
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Caroline Invitational, Caroline, Virginia, 2nd place in 5A
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Arundel High School, Arundel, Maryland, 1st place 6 Open Band in all Captions
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Chesapeake Challenge, Towson, Maryland, 1st place 6 Open Band in all captions, grand champion music
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VBODA State Marching Assessment, Millbrook High School, Superior Ratings from all judges
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2013 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade, Honolulu, Hawaii
Grand Champion
Concert Season
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District Assessment, Wakefield HS
Symphonic Band – Excellent rating
Wind Ensemble – Superior rating
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Chantilly Jazz Festival – Excellent rating
Winter Drumline – Percussion Scholastic Regional A
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West Potomac HS – 2nd in all captions
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Mills Godwin HS, Richmond, VA – 2nd in all captions
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Woodbridge HS- 2nd in General Effect and Visual 5th overall
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FINALS at Freedom HS – 3rd in music and 4th overall
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2012-2013 School Year – Virginia Honor Band
Marching Season
Songs of the Northern Seas, Drum Majors: Dasha Bradfield, Jessie Horting, Blake Morgan
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Millbrooke High School, 3rd place
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16th annual Showcase of Bands hosted at Herndon High School
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Parade of Champions, James Madison University, 5th place
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VBODA State Marching Assessment, Battlefield High School, Superior ratings from all judges
Concert Season
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District Assessment, South Lakes High School
Symphonic Band – Excellent rating
Wind Ensemble – Superior rating
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OrlandoFest, Universal Studios
Symphonic Band – 2nd place, Superior rating
Wind Ensemble – 1st place, Superior rating
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Jazz Band – 1st place, Excellent Rating
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Percussion Ensemble – 1st place, Superior rating
Winter Drumline – Percussion Scholastic Regional A
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West Potomac high School – 1st place
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Mills E. Godwin High School – 1st place
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Freedom High School in Loudoun County – 2nd place
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Hayfield High School in Fairfax, – 1st place
2011-2012 School Year
Marching Season
Lost and found, Drum Majors: Adam Trapp and Leann Poirier
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Midlothian High School Showcase of Bands, 1st place in all captions Class AAA, Superior Rating
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15th annual Showcase of Bands hosted at Herndon High
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USSBA Southeastern Virginia Regional, Sportsplex Stadium, Virginia Beach, score of 81.063
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VBODA State Assessment, Superior Rating (inside due to snow)
Concert Season
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District Assessment, Madison High School
Symphonic Band – Excellent rating
Wind Ensemble – Good rating
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VBODA Jazz Assessment, Colonial Forge High School – Superior Rating
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Spring trip to Chicago, IL