Friday, March 18, 2016

HISTORY OF SYRACUSE MUSIC "OFFICIAL SITE" - CHAPTER 163 - "ROCKIN THE REDHOUSE" 2016 BENEFIT EVENT AS 8 BANDS HITS THE LANDMARK THEATER STAGE , MARCH 11- RESULTS

Friday evening  March 11, 2016,  We spent at the Landmark Theater enjoying this years version of "Rockin The Redhouse IV" (Benefit concert for the Redhouse Arts Center). It's hosts this year were Dinosaur Radio's Nick Caplin & Melissa Midgley. The eight band performance lineup included in-order Petty Cash (BNY Mellon), Six Pack (Anheuser Bush), Old School (Manlius Pebble Hill), Defense Mechanism (Lockheed Martin), Cx Tec Dinosaurs (CxTec), The Actuators (Young & Franklin/ Tactair), The Verdicts (Bouguet Holstein), The Chillerz (Carrier Corporation). The concert started shortly at 7 PM and  Tickets were $14 in advance and $20 at the door.

The judges included Sammy Hall of Famer- Joe Whiting along with the great drummer Kevin Dean and media member Katrina Tulloch.

2016  Best Band Award went to- Defense Mechanism ( Greg Gannett, Matt Gray, Kate Kolb, Dan Morrison, Jim Murphy & Bob Volk (lead vocals).

Second place Runner Up Band- there was a tie between CxTec Dinosaurs and The Chillerz (both former winners). CxTec lineup- Mike Featherstone, Ashley Cox (lead vocals), Shawn Sullivan, Josh Taylor Keith Capano, Lori Mertel and a host of other dancers and shakers. The Chillerz musical lineup included- Amy Herbert (lead vocals), Dave Dufresne, Rich Walikis, Dave Marr & Ralph Vito.

Other Awards that evening were presented to
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Best Guitarist- Gio Pettigrass of Six Pack, Best Audience Participation Award- The Chillerz & The Actuators.  Best Instrumentalist-  Jim Murphy of Defense MechanismBest Showmanship- Ted Curtis of Old School,  Best Vocalist Award- Tim Burns of The Actuators.

Congrats to all the great bands +++The "Big Winner" of the night was "The Redhouse Art Center" and the Syracuse Music Scene

Event sponsors- Beat Street Music, SubCat Studio, Nojaim Bros Supermarkers, lofo,
and Dinosaur Radio.

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