SPATS to HATS - Campaign for Uniforms
If you have seen the Pride of Dixie Marching Band perform lately, you may have noticed something different about members of the percussion section: they are not wearing uniforms. Dressed in all black, these players are just one sign of the band’s growth in recent years.
A growing band membership, an outdated UNA logo, and nearly eight years of wear and tear have signaled the need for new uniforms. While the band now has 180 suits in stock, they hope to have 250 suits of the newly redesigned uniform.
The $90,000 cost of these new uniforms is easily met when alumni and friends like YOU make a tax-deductible gift to underwrite just one uniform, from SPATS to HAT!
There are a few different ways for you to participate, including the following:
- A $350 donation that purchases one uniform
- Pledge $87.50 per month for four months that purchases one uniform
- A $500 donation with $350 toward one uniform, $75 goes towards the Band Travel Fund, and $75 goes in the Band Scholarship fund.
For questions, contact Melody Stewart (’06), Director of Annual Giving, at 256-765-5080 or mastewart@una.edu.
