“If someone asks Marcia to go out and dance, she will go in the audience and dance with them,” Howie Newman said. If the band members are not singing, they are dancing. Marcia Wise plans the set list each week. You know how with some bands, you know exactly what the next song will be? Not with us.” “The only reason you would is if it was requested. “You will never hear the same thing twice,” Howie Newman said.
The band has about 200 songs in its set list. “When listening, people always say, ‘I’ve heard this before.’ “ “It is because we do mostly oldies,” Howie Newman said. “Marcia makes dinner for all of us,” Howie Newman said. “So I thought it would be a good idea,” Howie Newman said.īecause the group already had a working relationship, the formation of the new band was easy, Howie Newman said.Įven rehearsals, which are once a week, feel more like a family dinner. They already knew a guitarist and opened auditions to find a bass and keyboard player.Īs it turns out, the two who walked in for the audition already had worked together. The Newmans and the Wises came up with the idea to start a new band. Julie Newman was a singer in a doo-wop band but wanted to expand the type of music she did. “For us, it’s not about touring or having a new CD.
“Some of us have played for 35 years,” Wise said. The Wise family has played at venues around the country. Most of the band members have been in the music industry for years. The band consists of eight members: Julie Newman, Howie’s wife and a lead singer Wise Marcia Wise, Dennis’ wife and a lead singer Frank Sgroi, a saxophone player John Scott, the lead guitar John Grieco, the keyboard player Vernon Quarles, the bass player and Hal Hayes, the drummer. “They are great dancers and fun to watch.”Įven though the band caters to all people, playing anything from disco to Amy Winehouse, the majority of those in attendance are 40 or older. “As much as they think we are entertaining them, they entertain us,” Wise said. until it finishes, people are dancing, Newman said. Newman said people start lining up to get in about 3:30 p.m.įrom the time the band starts at 6 p.m. “Then we get walk-ins from people in the hotel.” “I would say about 80 percent of the audience (are regulars),” Newman said. The band’s manager, Howie Newman, said Deja Vu has quite a following and sees about 300 people at each performance. Wednesdays at the South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. You’re nothing without your fans.”ĭeja Vu plays at 6 p.m. “But without your fans, you’re just a great singer. “You could be the greatest singer in the world,” said Dennis Wise, the band’s lead male singer. For the members of Deja Vu, the weekly show and dance band that plays Wednesday nights at the South Point, nothing is more important than their fans, who they consider to be part of the family.
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