Largest Marching Band in America Marches to Pep Rally through Allen High School

To kick off school pepper rallies, the tradition at Allen High School (Allen, Texas) is for the Allen Eagle Escadrille to march through the main hallway of the high school from the band hall to the gym. Students can watch from the second floor or from or from adjoining halls on the first floor. After the band has passed, you'll see thousands of students come behind them to follow them into the gym. Allen is a suburban community located 23 miles north of Dallas. Student enrollment has more than doubled since 1989, bringing the current (2015) number of students to more than 20,780 in grades K-12. Students attend one of 17 elementary schools, three middle schools, one freshman center (enrollment 1,644) and one high school (enrollment 4,763.)