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Fairfax High School:
A Virginia Honor Band: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012!
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Fairfax Earns VA Honor Band Status for Fourth Year
Congratulations to everyone in the FHS Band program on three great performances at our District Performance March 8-10, 2012.
The Concert Band played their best performance of the year and ended with a Superior" rating from all but one judge! The Symphonic Band played a
great concert and ended up with a rating of "Excellent" from the same VERY tough judging panel. I was (and still am) very proud of that performance,
and I know that the challenge of going Grade V with them was the right call even if we came up just a little short of our goal. I am certain that we
were all stretched as musicians and will be better for it.
The Wind Ensemble turned in a very emotion-filled performance and they earned straight "Superior" ratings. The music selections for them were polar
opposites and both took the band to places they had not yet been. In 14 years of doing this and over 20 bands, I'm not sure I've ever had a band
really go for it the way that Wind Ensemble did yesterday. I've had "cleaner" performances to be sure, but I don't think I've ever been that proud
of a group coming through when it counted. We were DEFINTELY a "2" last Wednesday, and DEFINITELY a "1" on Saturday.
By virtue of that Superior Rating, and the Marching Band's Superior Rating last October, I am pleased to say that Fairfax HS will be a VA Honor Band
for the 4th consecutive year!
I hope that the students and parents understand what a great accomplishment this is, and how truly happy I am to be the band director here
at Fairfax.
- Alan Johnson
Above, the Marching Rebels perform at JMU (photo by Kevin Dykstra).
Access photo albums of the 2011 Marching Rebels
Instructions for downloading pictures from PhotoBucket
SPECIAL THANKS
The FHS Bands program greatly appreciates the generosity of the residents of our district—you made our 2011 tag day a tremendous fundraising success!
Thank you for supporting our valuable music program!
Special thanks to Chick-Fil-A and
Woody's Ice Cream! Please visit these generous Fairfax businesses.
2011-2012 Band Boosters Officers
President: Chuck McClimans
Vice President of Operations: Philip Geris
Vice President of Volunteers: Donna Voeller
Vice President of Fund Raising: Judy McClimans
Treasurer: Denise Todd
Secretary: Jon Burks
Communications Chairperson: Cathy Crawford
Hospitality Chairperson: Cynthia Cute
Uniform Chairperson: Cathy Frank
Wear your Fairfax Colors!
Band spirit wear—including "Band Parent" items—is now available to order online with PayPal.
Download pdf showing spirit wear options
Order online
SUPPORT THE BAND – Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
The band program is a registered participant in the Combined Federal Campaign. Our CFC charity ID number is
37192. Please share this information with your friends and family members!
Register your Harris Teeter VIC Card to benefit the bands:
Our number is 8404
SAVE MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS!
Thanks to all of our supporters for their hard work—elementary band and strings are safe for the 2010-2011 school year.
However, our fight is still not over—there is still much work to do! Please visit the FACE website above for many ways in which you can help
save music education for all of our students in Fairfax County!
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FHS Bands CFC charity ID number: 37192
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