Members of the Joliet West High School Marching Tigers pause to perform music as they march to raise money for the coming school year as seen Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Members of the Joliet West High School Marching Tigers march to raise money for the coming school year Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Sophomore Manuel Ramirez, 15, (left) and junior Rok Churnovic, 16, (right), play marching tubas as the Joliet West High School Marching Tigers march to raise money for the coming school year as seen Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Members of the Joliet West High School Marching Tigers pause to perform music as they march to raise money for the coming school year as seen Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Rich Larson, class of '68, and Rich Carlson, class of '60, warm up before the Centenial Concert by the JTHS Alumni Symphonic Band. |John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media

Retired JT Central conductor Ted Lega and the A.R. McAllister Band salute the crowd during the Alumni Associations concert celebrating the JTHS Centenial. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media

The Joliet Township High School Band stands in front of the Rialto Square Theatre in 1928, the year the band won its third national championship in a row. SUBMITTED PHOTO.

The band and choir from Joliet Township High School are pictured here in 1942, in the later part of the legendary A.R. McAllister era at the school. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Joliet Township High School Band stands in front of the historic limestone school building on East Jefferson Street in 1931 -- a national championship year. The band won state titles from 1924-26 and national titles from 1926-28, as well as in 1931. SUBMITTED PHOTO