Dallas Holiday Parade Committee

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Director of Bands

Chuck Moon began teaching in 1993. He graduated from Hanna High School in Brownsville, Texas where he was a TMEA All-State percussionist. Mr. Moon taught in South Texas for 12 years at both the middle school and high school levels. He then moved to the DFW Metroplex. He was Director of Bands at Ranchview High School (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD) and Sachse High School (Garland ISD). He was the associate director of bands at Duncanville High School for 5
years. He finished his public teaching career at Red Oak High School. He retired in 2023 after 31 years of public-school teaching.

Mr. Moon’s ensembles and students have received consistent 1st division, Superior ratings, at UIL Marching, Solo and Ensemble, and Concert and Sight-Reading Contests. His bands have attended the UIL Area and State Marching Contest
on numerous occasions. His bands traveled widely throughout Texas and the United States and earned best in class/grand champion awards at many marching and concert band festivals . His bands have earned the distinction of being selected to the Area and State levels of the TMEA Honor Band Competition. In 2010, the
Ranchview Band was awarded 1st runner up at the final state level hearing for TMEA Honor Band.

Mr. Moon received his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Texas at San Antonio (summa cum laude). In 2004, he received a Master’s of Music – conducting (summa cum laude) from Texas State University. Mr. Moon has
studied with Dr. Tom Shine (retired Director of Bands, Duncanville ISD), Mr. Eddie Green (retired Director of Bands,
University of Houston), Mr. John Stansberry (Texas State University – former Director of Bands), and David Mairs (Music Director – Mid-Texas Symphony Orchestra).

Mr. Moon is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), Texas Music Adjudicators Association (TMAA), Texas Bandmasters Association (TBA), and the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT). He served as the TMEA Region 20 Band Chair and the TMEA Area D Chair. He served the Texas Music Adjudicators Association as a committee member of the State Nominating Committee and the Committee for
Standards and Adjudication Practices (CSAAP). He is an active band adjudicator for both marching and concert bands.

Mr. Moon is currently employed as a Band Instrument Repair Technician in the Central Repair Department at Brook Mays Music Corporate Headquarters located in Dallas, Texas. 

Director of Clowns

Even though I was born in New Jersey, I consider myself a Texan after living here for over 40 years now.  I graduated high school in 1986 from Plano Senior High and later received a Bachelors Degree in Fashion Merchandising from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1991.  

I was in the fashion industry for 15 years until 2006 when I started my own business as a Professional Organizer. 

One of my absolute favorite days of the year has always been the first Saturday in December… Dallas Holiday Parade Day!!! 

I first volunteered in 1997 as a Bleacher Host, then stumbled upon the parade clowning world and honestly never looked back.  First a Banner Clown, then a Street Clown, until I worked up the nerve to be a Pooper Scooper Clown.  20 years later I am still part of the Pooper Scooper Squad and some may even call me the # 2, Number 2.  

Director of Main Street Gardens

Jessica Simpson is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, minor in Anthropology, and certificate in Jewish and Israel Studies. She currently works as an Intellectual Property Paralegal at Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP, and is excited to return as the Director of Main Street Gardens for the second year. As Jeffrey Giles’s niece, she has had a front row seat in the parade planning and preparation for nearly 2 decades, and is thrilled to finally get to play a part!