The Hampton University Marching Force will raise $1.5 million over the next 12 months to ensure that it remains THE Standard of Excellence. The new Barney E. Smart Marching Band Endowed Scholarship Fund, is open to instrumentalists and auxiliary band members. This includes dancers, flags, and majorettes. Click here to make your pledge.
Rep Your Section Band Challenge!
MAKE YOUR PLEDGEThe goal is to secure a minimum of 500 Band alumni to pledge gifts of $1000 or more to this Campaign, by June 30, 2021!
For those donors, who contribute $1000 or more, below are a few of the ways we wish to say “thank you”:
- Special participation access during designated Alumni Weekend 2021 activities
- Special section access to the Alumni Weekend 2021 Hospitality Tent
- Early confirmation of participation with the Alumni Band for the 2021 Hampton Homecoming game
- Recognition on Engraved Donor Plaque to be placed in the Band Practice Room at the Convocation Center
For a gift of $1500, the above are available through 2022!
Join the Challenge – Rep Your Section!!
Sections Giving Tote Board
| Band Sections | # of Donors |
|---|---|
| Black Diamond Band Managers | |
| Black Magic Clarinets | |
| Brass-D Trumpets | |
| Ebony Fire Dancers | |
| EU Baritones | |
| Low-Down Tubas | |
| Phone-Phi Mellophones | |
| Sax-o-Matic Alto Saxophones | |
| Shimmering Sapphire Elegance Majorettes | |
| Silky Flags | |
| Silver Streak Piccolos | |
| Slide-Force Trombones | |
| Sticky Situation Percussion | |
| T-Nasty Tenor Saxophones | |
| Tweet-Tweet Drum Majors |
*Results as of March 5, 2020
For more information on the Barney E. Smart Marching Band Endowed Scholarship Fund and the “Rep Your Section” Campaign, contact Felicia Blow at 757-727-5350, or felicia.blow@hamptonu.edu.