Larry Thornton, beloved director of William S. Hart High School’s marching band for two decades, was born June 22, 1932, in Bakersfield, California. Larry Thornton attended Bakersfield High School, where he played trumpet as a member of their “Driller Band,” and attended Bakersfield College before he was drafted into the Army, where he played in the U.S. Army Band at ...

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