Bull Pen Pep Band

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The Bull Pen Pep Band is a 45-member musical group that performs at all home games for the

The Pep Band first performed in April 2002 at the Texans Draft Day Event.[1]

The instrumentation in the Pep Band consists of a Brass Line, Drum Line and Combo Group. Among the instruments used in the band include:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbals
• Mellophone
• Snare Drum
• Tenor Drum
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Tuba

Traditions

The Bull Pen Pep Band has many traditions and scheduled performances during gameday. They include:

• Marching in the parking lots with the tailgaters 3–4 hours prior to kickoff.
• Assembling in Budweiser Plaza for a 15-minute performance 1 hour prior to kickoff.
• Marching with the
  Bull Pen
  into the stadium and Taking their seats in the Bull Pen 45 minutes before kickoff.
• Playing between the first and second and third and fourth quarter breaks along with various time outs.
• Performing the "5th Quarter" at the end of the game, which consists of the band marching through the Main Concourse playing songs with a large group of fans that march and dance along with them.
• Occasionally performing during the pregame or halftime entertainment of the game.

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