Mr. Larry Covellone, a Montebello High School graduate of 1968, is now the Mighty Oiler Band (MOB) director, and leads the 4th greatest music program in Southern California. An avid player of the trombone, he had won the coveted John Philip Sousa Music Award in 1968, given to the student in the music program showing extreme talent and music knowledge. He currently has no plans to retire from doing what he loves best, teaching music.