Grace Diviny, Staff Writer
On Thursday, October 29th, SUNY Oneonta’s college radio club WONY 90.9 came together to host their annual HalloWONY concert event. This event was for students to come out and jam to some fun rock music. The event was held at the Great Room Lee Hall, and many came out to join in the celebration at around 6:00pm.
The stage was set up for the bands that were set to perform, and before the event started, Halloween-themed music played in the speakers, whilst clips from horror films played in the background to set the mood of the event. There was also a variety of food for people to enjoy alongside Halloween activities to pass the time before the main event started. While the event usually only hosted three bands in previous years, this year saw at least five different acts perform on stage!
Around 6:30, WONY’s event director, Tessa DeLiso, introduced the first band, Hello Sheep, to go on stage. Hello Sheep is a newly formed band by members Juliet Marold, Galiana Llaque, Darren Bidwell, Neil Soedler, James Baker, and Sawyer Chapman. DeLiso told the crowd that if they liked the Beatles, then this band was for them. The band played a mix of covers alongside some original songs, with an indie rock vibe that the crowd enjoyed.
Afterwards, the second band to perform was Long Island’s, The Cavaliers, in which they had a heavier, grungier rock sound in contrast to Hello Sheep that had people headbanging.
The third band to take on the stage was Surfsik, a ‘dub rock’ band from Upstate New York that is mainly reggae rock, but with clear punk rock influences that felt reminiscent to that of 311 and Sublime.
After Surfsik’s performance, WONY presented a Halloween costume contest for people to enter, where many showed off their amazing costumes for the audience. There was only room for three winners, and the first-place winners were Elyssa VanEvery and Lawrence Daley, who did an exciting duo costume as Jessica and Roger Rabbit. The second-place winner was one of HalloWONY’s performers in the band Cagesick, Julian Concepcion, who dressed as a cat maid that the audience loved. The third-place winner was Sidney Rabeck, who dressed as the lovable TikTok kid Anderdingus.
Afterwards, the final two acts were Thröt, a sludge rock/metal band, and Cagesick, an emo rock group, that both had everyone in the crowd fully immersed in their heavy sound.
If you’re bummed about missing out on this event, do not fret! During the springtime, WONY hosts WONY Island, which is another concert event like HalloWONY but more summer-based! Make sure to keep up on WONY’s official Instagram account @wonyfm to stay tuned with more updates for future events and meetings if you are further interested in joining! And of course, check out each band’s Instagram pages below if you want to see more performances from them
Hello Sheep: @hellosheepband
The Cavaliers: @thecavaliersny
Surfsik: @surfsikband
Thröt: @throat_band
Cage Sick: @cage.sick
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