Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Albert J. Castronovo (1937 - 1986) he kaiarahi puoro rongonui, he kaiwaiata, he kaiwhakaako me te kaiwhakahaere. I mōhiotia ia hei pionia i te whakamahinga o te whakareatanga me ngā pānga motuhake mō ngā kapa whakatere. I whakaarohia hoki ia he mana ki te whakamahi rorohiko mo te maatauranga puoro, ko ia tetahi o nga mea tuatahi ki te hoahoa i nga whakaaturanga roopu haereere ma te whakamahi i te rorohiko me te papa. I roto i tana mahi whakaako mo nga tau 25, ko ana roopu, koura, puoro puoro, me nga roopu jazz i whiwhi i nga tohu pai 25 i nga Whakataetae a Indiana State. I toa tana kapa whakatere i Chesterton High School i nga toa a rohe e whitu, e wha nga whakataetae a motu tae atu ki te 1981 Marching Bands of America Grand National Championship, a i tohua hei tetahi o nga roopu 10 ki te haere i te 1981 a te Perehitini Ronald Reagan
Te Whakataetae Whakaputanga. I noho ia ki te poari tohutohu o Bands of America, ā, he kaiako aroha ia ki ana hoa mahi, ki ana ākonga hoki. He kaiako whakaaweawe ia, ko ana whakaaro i whakaahuatia te wairua o te kaupapa a Bands of America ki te hanga me te whakarato i nga wheako pai, huri ora ma te puoro. I whakaingoatia te tohu hei whakahonore i a ia i muri i tana matenga i te tau 1986.