Mic and Rock to Cure Raise Money for Tyler DeMarco Foundation

By Olivia Conroy--Oneonta, NY

Mic and Rock to Cure Show Flyer

Tuesday, February 16th, The Music Industry Club here at SUNY Oneonta held their annual event the Mic and Rock to Cure Show in the Hunt Union Ballroom.  Each year the “MIC” chooses to donate their proceeds to a foundation of their choice.  Last year, the show was in honor of Dr. Orlando Legname who was the Department chair of the Music Industry department.  This year the event was held in honor of Tyler DeMarco, who passed away in 2010 from cancer.  Tyler’s brother, Ryan, was an active member of the Music Industry department at SUCO and all of the proceeds from this event went to the DeMarco family.

The show was a widely anticipated event, especially by friends of Ryan and members of the Muisc Industry Club.  Executive Board member, Peter Glemch said, “I’m really excited for this show because the foundation is for my friend’s brother and there’s a lot of good bands playing.” 

Before the bands take the stage.

Four acts performed for this show including WATERMEDOWN, Chase Hugin, Pitch Slapped and Nobody’s Babe.  

Pitch Slapped member Caitlin Weiner, felt especially excited for this show. "We love doing events like this because they're for a great cause especially Music Industry Club and Rock to Cure they put on great shows that you always have fun at but they also go to a great cause. A lot of are close still with Ryan DeMarco who's family all of the proceeds go to and we hope that its going to be a great show and we look forward to it."

Pitch Slapped rocks the stage.

The event was also attended by many students outside the music department, including Mackenzie Biggers, who was there to support her friend performing, "I'm here supporting my friend in pitch slapped, I'm really excited! I feel like it's going to be a great show!"

This event was extremely fun and unique and I am already looking forward to next years.  If you could not make it to the 2016 Mic and Rock to Cure Show, make sure to look out for details for the 2017 show.  The best part of this event is that it raised money for such a great cause.