This year marks 35 spectacular years that A Capitol Fourth aired on PBS stations across the nation.
Broadcasting live TONIGHT on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, A Capitol Fourth will kick off America’s 239th birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza that puts viewers front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation.
This year’s performers include legendary musician/songwriter Barry Manilow, country supergroup Alabama, disco legends KC and the Sunshine Band, Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan, The Voice’s Meghan Linsey and much more. The West Wing’s Bradley Whitford is hosting tonight’s festivities.
Here are some pictures from the dress rehearsal
The legendary Barry ManilowCountry Artist Hunter HayesCountry Group AlabamaAmerica will get down tonight to the sounds of KC and the Sunshine BandBradley Whitford hosts the 35th A Capitol FourthAlabama’s lead singer Randy OwenThe Voice’s Meghan Linsey singing her rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love”Irish Tenor Dr. Ronan TynanActor Robert Davi will pay tribute to the one & only Frank Sinatra
The concert is happening on the West Lawn on the U.S. Capitol and its FREE to the public. If you can’t be in DC, be sure to check out “A Capitol Fourth” Tonight at 8:00pm on your local PBS station!
I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!
My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.
Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.
As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.
All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.
