The Herbert Young Scholarship Fund is seeking donations for the 2026 music scholarship which is awarded annually to a senior member of the Hancock High School band.
Each year, an eligible senior band member is selected by Band Director Caleb Wescott to receive the award.
The recipient will be announced at this year’s Spring Concert on Monday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m.
The scholarship is designed to honor Herbert Young’s outstanding 52-year career as a band director.
Young began teaching Hancock’s Junior and Senior High bands in 1965 and, before retiring in 1990, he was teaching music from fourth through twelfth grades.
photo courtesy David Young.
It was not uncommon for Young to teach children and grandchildren of students who graduated years before.
The scholarship is intended to encourage music education for many future generations.
Donations to the scholarship fund can be mailed to David Young, 7320 Millstone Road, Hancock, Md, 21750.
Checks should be made to payable to David Young.
