After seeing SWV, also known as Sisters with Voices, at the Howard Theatre Friday night, one thing was clear- they still got it!

Being the huge 90s music lover that I am, I jumped at the opportunity to see SWV when I heard that they were going to be in town. You could tell the theatre was filled with plenty of other 90s music fans from the way everyone was singing along to the DJ’s play list that consisted mainly of 90s R&B and soul. This was the perfect setting for an SWV concert; there was low lighting and the dark purple curtains gave the stage a very sultry aura. The crowd was definitely “grown and sexy”; the only thing I was missing was a date! You could tell that this was date night central because everyone seemed to be paired up, but this was the perfect concert for a night out with someone special so I don’t blame them!

When SWV finally came on stage, everyone was on their feet and chanting their name the same way it is said in many of their songs – “S-Double-U-V!” At first I doubted if I would remember all of the songs, but as soon as they started with their hit song “Right Here,” it all came back and I was singing along to every lyric. They followed up with two other favorites, “I’m So Into You” and got everyone dancing with “Anything (Old Skool Radio).” After warming up the crowd with some of their classic hits, they played a new song called “Show off,” which did not disappoint the crowd at all. After playing two or three of their songs from their latest album “I Missed Us,” they all sat down and announced that they were going to play some of their classic slow jams and if you know anything about SWV, it’s that they have the best slow jams! They performed “Use your heart” and “Rain” so beautifully it gave me goose bumps. They followed with an amazing rendition of Anita Baker’s “If Only You Knew” from their latest album, which by the way, was nominated for a Grammy.

They played a few other songs and then closed with my all time favorite SWV song and probably their most famous song to date, “Weak.” It was only right that they finished with this song. The theatre was so loud and it seemed like just about every body, even people who worked there, were singing along. SWV’s performance is for sure deserving of an “A.” With their power house vocals and upbeat presence on stage, it was surprisingly much livelier than I expected and brought me and I’m sure many others an intense feeling of pleasant nostalgia.

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Dean Rogers

Editor-in-Chief/Entertainment Reporter

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.

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