And so it begins...The Allen High School Escadrille has been practicing for a few weeks now.  This is the annual Watermelon Bust.  There are a ton of tubas...20-30 or so...lots.

 Grant threatens to quit band on a regular basis.  But as you can see from the pictures, he is surrounded by friends when he's there.  (Grant and Kyle Steele)

 More friends...Tony Baker, Kyle, and Jake Holloway.

 A Color Guard friend...Rachel Fulton. Yep.  Band is a total and complete drag:)

 The Steele Brothers...Austin and Kyle (not pictured, Collin:)

 The annual "band member/parent" photo.

This is a small sampling of the band and color guard. In years past, there have been 800+ members.  There was a fair amount of "fallout" when band directors changed last year, amidst some controversy.  Not sure of the numbers now...maybe 600ish?  Still a lot!