flagship performing group at Hoover. All instrumentalists are welcome. Trumpets, trombones, and saxophones participate as well as flutes, clarinets, violins, cellos and, at one point, a bassoon and a harp. Jazz students play a variety of music styles, including swing, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, reggae, jazz-rock fusion, pop and jump-swing. The Studio Jazz Orchestra has received more major awards than any other comprehensive high school jazz group in the country. Hoover Tornado Marching Band The Hoover Tornado Marching Band (HTMB) was taken over by Martin Rhees in 2009. The band has performed at numerous events of football games to formal and paid events at hotels. HTMB is a competitive band that is currently in the California State Band Championships (CSBC) wire. Since 2012 the band was categorized as a 3A division band until 2017 where the band moved up to the 4A division due to size changes in the circuit. The band continues to compete every year during the Fall season representing themselves, their city, and school. To join the band, students do not need a musical background to be a part of an award-winning band. Currently, HTMB are CSBC State Champions in the 3A division in 2015 and 2016 and 4A division champions in 2017. They have also won the bronze medal in the CSBC Grand Championships in 2015 and 2017 and have placed 4th in 2016 at Grand Championships. The HTMB percussion section continues to defend their title as the best percussion section in any division they are in since 2013 and they have won the title as the best percussion section in the entire circuit at Grand Championships in 2017. Notable former students Steven Banks, actor, The Steven Banks Show (Class of 1972) Forrest Beaty, national high school record holder 220-yd dash (1961), co-holder 100-yd dash record (1962) Richard Boone, actor, star of films and Have Gun Will Travel television series John Cho, actor, best known as Harold Lee in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Class of 1990) Bob Clampett, pioneering Hollywood cartoonist and animator Bill Craig, gold medalist, swimming, 1964 Olympics Jack Davis, 2-time silver medalist, 110M high hurdles, 1952 & 1956 Olympics Glenn Dumke, Chancellor, California State University System, 1962–82 Pamelyn Ferdin, child actress (voice of Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts) (Class of 1977) Bob Gagliano, quarterback for 7 NFL teams, 1981–1993 Joseph Hahn, DJ for the band Linkin Park and music video director,