Hayfield Bands
2025-2026 Virginia Program of Honor
Marching Hawks Week of August 31 Schedule
Marching Hawks playing at Hawk Flight, 2026
Here’s the Marching Hawks schedule for the week of August 31, 2026. Wednesday night’s rehearsal time has been modified, due to Back-to-School Night. Plus, let’s get ready to cheer for the Hawks during our first football game at South County!
Schedule
Monday, August 31 – Sectionals
Tuesday, September 1 – MH Rehearsal, 3:15-5:15pm
Wednesday, September 2 – MH Rehearsal, 3:15-5:15pm (Changed for Back to School Night)
Thursday, September 3 – AWAY Football Game vs. South County High School
5:15pm – Students arrive; meet in High School Band Room
5:30pm – Load buses; depart for South County High School
7:00pm – Game Starts
9:30pm – Approx. game ending time, load buses and return to school
10:30pm – Parents pick up students at Hayfield Secondary; everyone enjoys a long weekend!
Marching Hawks Spirit Wear Store Is Open — Orders Due Friday, September 11
The 2026 Hayfield Band spirit wear store is live, and it's a fundraiser for the band program. This year’s parent tees, hoodies, crewnecks, quarter zips, flannels, sweatpants, caps, beanies, a stadium seat cushion, are all available, most with the Marching Hawks logo. You’ll look amazing in one of these shirts cheering for the Marching Hawks at this year’s games and contests!
Orders must be placed by Friday, September 11. This is a group order, so there are no late additions once the store closes.
How to order
Fill out the delivery ticket at the top of the page first. Enter the name on the PayPal or credit card account you'll pay with, your student's name, your phone number, and your email, then hit Submit. This is how your order gets matched to your student.
Then scroll down and shop. After each item you add, PayPal returns you to the store's home page — just re-enter the Spirit Wear store, skip the form, and keep scrolling. You only fill out the delivery ticket once.
Nothing ships to your house. All orders are processed together after the store closes and distributed through the Hayfield Band Boosters to students and families at the school.
Size charts are posted for every item — the fit varies between the unisex and ladies cuts, so it's worth a look before ordering.
Fox 5 DC Featured School
Hayfield Secondary School has been chosen as a featured school for the first day of school, Monday, August 24! Fox 5 DC will be here to showcase our students and performers in the morning before school starts. Participation for all members of the Marching Hawks is required for this event – we want to make sure we are fully represented for our community.
Maching Hawks Itinerary for Monday Morning, August 24
5:30am – Students arrive, report to band room to get equipment. Attire is show shirts.
5:50am – Students in place outside of Door 1; ready to perform.
7:20am – Students finished, return equipment to band room, prep for first day of school.
Though it will be an early morning, our band will be a highly visible group representing the Hayfield community on local on television!
Tag Day Schedule, August 22
Tag Day route boxes ready to go!
For Tag Day, all students should bring a rain jacket/umbrella, a water bottle, lunch money, and instruments/equipment if they are able. Students will receive their 2026 Marching Hawks T-Shirts on Saturday. The community knows we are coming and is typically very supportive. We have drivers signed up, but we would love to have more if you’re able!. Volunteer using the SignUpGenius.
Schedule
8:00am – Students Arrive, eat breakfast (Middle School Lecture Hall by Door 9)
8:40am – Brief safety meeting and dismiss to cars
9:00am – Students depart on first route
Approx. 12:00pm – Students return/go out for lunch, then report back for additional route if available
3:30pm – All students back from routes, clean up, depart
Tag Day Drivers Needed
Students preparing for Tag Day 2025.
The band’s most important fundraiser of the year is starting this weekend! For two Saturdays in a row—August 22nd and August 29th—the band students break into small groups, fan out, and place an orange tag on nearly every door inside Hayfield Secondary’s school boundary, inviting our community to support the band. The donations received during Tag Day fund the basic operations of the band, from specialized instructors to instrument transportation to contest entry fees.
To make Tag Day a success, we need parent or guardian drivers and breakfast donations! Please use our Sign Up Genius to let us know you can drive one of the 22 routes with the students and/or donate breakfast items. We need drivers and donations for both Saturdays. Driving a route is a lovely way to meet the students in the band—you’ll have three or four new marchers to cheer for this season!
Students and drivers meet at the Band Room at 7:45 a.m. both days to get their routes and prepare for the day. Most routes are complete by lunchtime. Drivers traditionally take their groups out to a local restaurant where students purchase their own lunches before returning to the band room.