The brown, the yellow, and the red leaves are falling off the tree branches. The warm days are giving way to cold nights. The once cool breeze has changed to a bone chilling wind. The ladies have shelved their shorts and mini skirts for pants and jackets. Winter is coming.

But we will not go quietly into that good night.
"Ban'm T-Vice, mwen."

That's just what the doctor ordered, that Miami medikaman called T-Vice. The Martino brothers, Roberto and Reynaldo, not to forget James and Eric, blew into town and brought the right medicine to take away the winter blues. After a successful tour for Vicellinnium, the boys were in town to promote their latest CD, Min Médikaman-an.

T-Vice is not just a concert, it's a happening. The town buzzes. People smile and laugh openly, and that's just the week before the concert. But, when the time comes, tout Ayisyin in the Washington community could have been found in one place on Saturday, October 21st, Audotorio Borinquen, Silver Spring, MD.

One of the few Haitian bands that has the ability to bring out all kinds of Haitians and Haitian-Americans, T-Vice unifies everyone in the name of konpa. For five hours, the band played practically nonstop to the delight of a young crowd, who could not get enough.

With everyone from students, to accountants, to young lawyers, and even supermarket clerks, out to have a good time, the band rocked them with everything from their growing list of hits and hit albums. However, the highlight of the night was T-Vice's rendition of Wyclef Jean's Thug Angel. The crowd cheered wildly when the band extended the version with a mind blowing rara.

For some reason, whenever a band drops a rara, the crowd goes crazy, which makes one wonder why Haitian artists don't record more of that sound. T-Vice delights its audience with a variety of music and rhythm.

Even though they make you jump, vole an lê,they still can drop a slow groove to make you danse cole. Unlike others in the Caribbean, Haitians still love to hold each other when getting their groove on.

Unlike traditional Haitian bands who break after every song, T-Vice's specialty seems to be to drive the crowd into ecstasy from the beginning to the end. With an incredible following, they seem to be the Haitian band of the future. Their fans follow them from state to state.

Fanm Ayisyenn yo line up the stage and many even make it on the stage. Many young ladies stay after the show to get their pictures taken with the young superstars.

T-Vice in turn always make themselves available for these pictures and meeting some of their fans. Security guards and promoters normally have to break up the after party in order to close the concert hall in time.

It is not unusual to see a wide range of fans at a T-Vice concert. People come out from all over the area, and also out of state, Boston, , New York, Connecticut, even Delaware and Miami.

It is unusual that a musical band can bring such joy to the everyone of different generations. The ladies come "dress to impress," and the guys appreciate it. It may have been cold outside, but with the capacity crowd chalê monte.

In the end, the brown, the yellow, the black Haitians and Haitian-Americans got together and had one hell of a good time. The uneasy smiles at the beginning gave way to warm hugs and soft kisses by three o'clock in the morning.