Packy's & Genard's Birthday at Takoma Station
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012


Godfather, Lorenzo, Renee, unidentified fan, Dwayne, Halima (look how tall she is!)
Picture taken by and copyright Jordan Rich


Michon and Candy

Genard's Birthday - I don't know who Genard is. I walked in and the seats directly to the left of the aisle were taken. So I sat down a few seats to the left, but the guy next to me smoked, so I moved to the table to the right of the stage. I heard my name called and Stomp and Halima sat at the table behind me. Halima wanted to talk to me, but wanted to be able to hear me better or more privacy. One of the bartenders came by, she said to Halima that she had danced onstage with FF at Fur (I hadn't recognized her at the Fur). Halima talked with her about it. She has a beautiful face and large breasts and wore a shirt that had "Squeeze ____" printed on it.

Tim (LJ), Tamara, Renee, James, and Sharmba Mitchell were there. Jay said he thought L!ssen sounded like crap on Sunday. I asked him why he hasn't been out in a while; he said he embarrassed himself when he tried to dance with younger woman here at Takoma Station.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Miles Davis' Tutu
Halima asked on the mic, "Who is Sharmba Mitchell?" He is a welterweight boxer. He is scheduled to fight Zab Judah for his titles in September.
2) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Didn't Cha Know - Halima said, "My mic stand has a personality of its own".
3) Halima-led Erykah Badu's On & On
The crank started with
4) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Golden Lady
5) Halima-led Jill Scott's Golden
6) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself
Donnell said that "Shelle Haynesworth from the video shoot says that you must dress properly for the video shoot".
7) Mike-led Lap Dance - Donnell chanted "Swing your body" and Mike chanted "Swing" (I assumed it was Halima because it it so high pitched, but based on subsequent performances, it was Mike) with a percussion solo
Donnell said, "If we run out of hotel rooms, we will have bunk beds and sleeping bags." Mike repeated his joke from Bike Week, "I am in room 666, come if you dare..."

Candy, Michon, Angie, Mara, DeeDee, RE Angie, Mike Smith, Tracy, Darrell, Slim Goodie and Ray were there.

I went outside and talked with Doc, Pooh, and Dwayne. I asked Dwayne when Heaven Sent was next performing. He said they perform the first Sunday of every month at the Ikon in Waldorf, but there was some event coming up.

Sugar Bear, Donny Ray and YC were also out there.

Second Set
1) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin' "Sharmba Mitchell is here, Steve Francis is here, this is where the stars be partyin'..."
2) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You
3) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva
4) Percussion solo - the crowd shouted "Wind me up, Smoke!"
5) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
6) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U
7) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
8) Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl - first time performed with the music
9) Mike-led Rare Essence's Take Me Out to the Go-Go
10) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Roll Call
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version)
12) Mike-led Rare Essence's Lock It
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine
14) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease)
15) Donnell-led Tupac's Hail Mary
16) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You
17) Donnell-led Hold the Note
18) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda (tease)
Donnell told Steve Francis not to do that to Antwan Jamison the next time he comes to Washington, just lay it in.

Derek (spelling) conga player for EU, Ron Moten, and Rah were there. I didn't actually see Steve Francis until the end. He had an entourage with him.

Shaun was there.