Towne Square Singers Welcome New Director

The Town of Herndon Parks and Recreation Department has appointed Harlon Reece as the Herndon Towne Square Singers choral director. Reece brings to the role a wealth of music and leadership skills, with more than 50 years of choral experience and four terms on the Town Council. His conducting experience includes music director of a military chorus in the Marine Corps, director of several church choirs and as assistant director of the Town Square Singers since 1995. Reece has a masters degree in management and an undergraduate degree in music education.

The Herndon Towne Square Singers perform from memory and incorporate choreography in several numbers. To learn more about the Towne Square Singers and their winter concerts Friday and Saturday nights, Dec. 4-5, and Sunday matinee, Dec. 6, visit www.herndon-va.gov or call 703-787-7300.



Town Offices Closed for Thanksgiving

Town of Herndon government offices and services will be impacted by the Thanksgiving holiday as follows:

Town Offices - Closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27.

No refuse collected Thursday, Nov. 26. Refuse normally collected on Thursday will be collected Friday, Nov. 27.

Herndon Community Center -Closed Thursday, Nov. 26, Open Friday, Nov. 27, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Herndon Centennial Golf Course - Open Thursday, Nov. 26, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 27, 7 a.m. – dark.

For more information, visit the town’s Web site at www.herndon-va.gov.



Guident Receives Oracle Recognition

Guident, a leading integrator of business intelligence, management consulting, and systems engineering services to the government and commercial marketplaces, received an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Oracle North America Titan Awards program. The program, open to Oracle PartnerNetwork companies, recognizes innovative and successful uses of Oracle technologies.

“Guident is a longstanding partner of Oracle, leveraging its products in numerous government and commercial implementations,” said Dan Ackerman, executive vice president and partner at Guident. “As such, our staff has extensive expertise in utilizing Oracle’s solutions to increase efficiencies and provide measurable return on investment for our customers.”

Guident, headquartered in Herndon, is being recognized for its use of Oracle technologies in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Multimodal HazMat Intelligence Portal (HIP).