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Last two years, it was just upperclassmen. This year, there are some alternates, but I've only met three. Our system has been, if you've been placed as a shadow for a number of reasons (Missing class) You have to challenge another person to march half time. Three years ago, they marched everyone. (I'm not knowledgeable on this time i was in 8th grade), My 9th grade year, we didn't do the uil half time but we did 2/3 Halftimes. My sophomore year, under Pennington we got 11th in the Plano east marching competition. While only the sophomores graders had little uil experience, and the freshmen didn't participate in this show. Now, Nearly 99% of the people are in the show. In the beginning of the year, they said a hundred to two hundred shadows, however it looks closer to thirty, The articles may have been from 2010? I think there are a few newer ones, ill try looking for one that isn't about our new stadium. If you haven't been to an allen game, Its a great place to see the band and a bit of school pride! No problem, there are all kinds of rumors about the band. Someone even said you don't need an instrument to join, you believe that? xD

About 850-900 total 80 Trombones 130 Trumpets 130 Clarinets 40 Baritones 110 flutes I win? (its too hard guessing the official numbers for the other sections xD) #AllenEagleBand

Lucky. We wish we could do suicides! Its not an option with 76 trombones though.

Its a different environment for sure! If you asked anyone in the band, we really enjoy being together and its a very positive atmosphere. We're not as much as a competitive band, but we certainly do have our share of amazing players and marchers, sure we could be like our football team, but we take pride in involving everyone. The fact that we don't have any alternates is false, for contest we have around a hundred alternates that march a secondary position during halftime. Its hard to become an alternate unless you skip class almost every day, or are failing your classes. Even if your an Alternate, your still encouraged to do your best and we have Student tutors to help with classes, and a private lesson staff to help with our playing. Unfortunately, Charles Pennington is now at the middle school, he had some health issues. This year, we are running on entirely new staff, and have around 600 new marchers. This year, a number of changes were issued by Blane Hinton. As a band, we love being in the stands. As a group we cheer for our team, and talk and chatter. I can remember a magical moment from my freshmen year. Its really hard to describe the feeling, but it was caught on tape. What would i say? I Love the band, and i wouldn't give it up for anything in the world.