Concert for the Cure Had New Venue and New Lineup This Year

Aaron Einhouse performs
at Concert for the Cure. Photo courtesy of Phillip Lopez

By Elizabeth McEnrue

A massive charter bus full of students dressed to the nines left Trinity’s dormitory to go to Gamma Chi Delta’s 12th annual Concert for the Cure on Saturday night. Students’ chatters mixed with the hum of the air conditioning to form the soundtrack for the ride.  

Around 400 Trinity students attended the benefit, held at a new venue, The Well, a dance hall with a restaurant and bar about a 20-minute drive northwest of Trinity. The event left its usual venue, Cowboys Dance Hall, because the property was facing foreclosure, said Hilary Hoffman, senior communication major and this year’s concert chair for Gamma Chi Delta.

Organized by the Trinity sorority, Concert for the Cure is the culmination of a variety of fundraising events held to benefit Camp Discovery, a summer camp dedicated to providing the normal summer camp experience to kids affected by cancer.

“After joining [Gamma Chi Delta], that first summer I went to Camp Discovery,” said Hoffman. “We spent the day out there, and it was the most amazing experience to just talk to the kids and see where the money we give really goes,” Hoffman said.

The final count of money raised this year is not yet finished, but Hoffman estimates the figure to be about $5,000.

Trinity students (left to right) Abby Tisdale,
Pierce Pontikes, Troy Nelson,
Janie Thompson at the concert. Photo courtesy of Abby Tisdale

This year’s concert also had a new opening act, Trinity student Melvin Du, a junior engineering major. Aaron Einhouse, a Trinity alumnus who has opened the concert in previous years, became the headliner this year.

Phillip Lopez, a senior political science major, has been a fan of Einhouse ever since he started performing at the concert. “I knew his music and everything, so that was kinda cool. I got to meet him and hang out backstage a little bit,” Lopez said.

Valerie Diaz, a first year psychology major, said she wasn’t very interested in the event when first heard about it. “I was like, ‘Oh okay, a country concert? I’ll pass.’” After coming to the event with her diving team, she liked it. “I thought it was really fun. Everyone who didn’t go - they missed out,” she said.  

Co-sponsors of this year’s event included the Kappa Kappa Delta fraternity and the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. The tickets were $12 pre-sale and $20 at the door. All the concert’s profits will be donated to Camp Discovery.