Around the Park: Band's dress code change helps town

Severn students performing in their upcoming Middle School Winter Band Concert will trade wearing their traditional performance wear of black pants and white shirts for their daily school uniform of khaki pants and a polo for their Dec. 14 performance.

This switch in dress code will allow their parents to donate the money normally spent on the special dress clothing to be donated to replenish the destroyed band equipment at Hancock County Middle School in Kiln, Miss.

Severn has adopted the school after learning through Laurie Buhrer, a Severn parent, that all of their instruments, music and supplies were destroyed by Hurricane...