Shannon KeoughBattle of the Bands returned to Cabrini College with four performers Tuesday, Oct. 13 with “Pigs in Flight” coming out victorious.
Matt Santry, the host of the evening, introduced the three competing bands: “5point,” “Odacious Green” and “Pigs in Flight,” to the crowd of about 50 people. From the crowd, three random students and a musician, judged and picked the winner, based on entertainment, originality, stage presence and more.
“I think it’s great seeing underground music,” Joe Cahill, junior communication major, said. “And when it’s people I know or people from around the area it makes it much cooler.”
“I think it’s cool that people from other schools came to play,” Erica Falve, sophomore elementary education major, said.
“Pigs in Flight” was the only Cabrini band to play that night. “5point” is originally from Villanova and “Odacious Green” had only one Cabrini student, Joe Acri. The band “5point” heard about the Battle of the Bands from Campus Activities and Programming Board, after emailing them about wanting to perform at an open mic night, and “Odacious Green’s” Acri saw the ads around school and signed the band up.
“‘Pigs in Flight’ are the best,” Nick Swartz, senior accounting and finance major, said. “Thank god they won.”
“Pigs in Flight” was the last to perform, playing all original music and a “Ramones” cover. During their set, they had surprise guest Nick Bonanni played a harmonica during one of their songs and Josh Prown playing guitar for a couple of the songs.
“It was a successful night, everything ran pretty smoothly,” Ali Thompson, the CAP Board director, said. “I’m happy with the results. I just wish more people came to watch.”
People came and went to the event in the Grace Hall Atrium throughout the evening. However, the people that did stick around for the whole event did enjoy the hosting talents of Matt Santry enjoyed.
Santry performed in the beginning, end and between the bands.
“Matt is a really good singer and host,” Dana Sciamarelli, CAP Board director, said. “He was easy to work with and very nice.”
When Santry was playing, the three judges, Mackenzie Stewart, Kathrina Kamroop and Dianne Walmsley, thought about how each band was collected.
“It was delightful to be able to judge,” Kamroop said. “I tried to be fair even though I know people in the bands.”
Stewart and Walmsley enjoyed the night, calling it “spectacular” and “fun.”
CAP Board will have more performances in the coming months with an open mic on Nov. 8 and Robbie Printz, a musician, coming Dec. 2.
“It was a good show,” George Eppinger, guitarist of “Pigs in Flight,” said. “Thanks to everyone for coming out.”
