Saturday at Tradewinds
Tradewinds Night Club, 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748

Britney, 6'9, and RE Angie were there. Charlie came in through the front door; he said he was already in. I asked Doc if he had gotten any sleep, he said, "No."

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin'
2) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You
3) Percussion solo - Donnell said, "Y'all feel that?"
4) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - Donnell had Halima dance
5) Donnell sang the announcements
6) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
7) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
8) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U
9) Donnell-led Ludacris' Number One Spot - Donnell added the line "Bounce, bounce"
10) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself - excellent as usual
James was there, but didn't perform in this set. Sanisse and JoJo were there.

Halima asked why I never ate the food. I told her the same thing I said before - it's like taking away their pay. DP asked if I went to the beach, I told him I was at the Os game, and there was completely different weather from Thursday's weather. Godfather talked about how he used to try on Ms. Mack's wigs and play. Ras walked in. I talked with him about Ray Davis, and the girl being a fan of Reggae, intrigued by the Deep Band. I asked him where they are performing; he talked about places including Xcalibur.

Second Set
Donnell said, "This is the real Grown & Sexy, not just on the flyers. This is not the beat your feet or beat your meat."
1) Halima-led Faith Evans' Again
2) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - with a percussion solo
3) Donnell-led Hold the Note - the crowd shouted, "Wind Me Up, Smoke!"
4) Donnell-led "___ is in the house"
5) Donnell-led "Tired yet, ready to quit?"
6) Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl
7) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease)
8) Donnell-led Tupac's Hail Mary
I noticed Halima first holding two drum sticks together, than beating one against the other. I also noticed Britney on stage playing a snare-less tambourine.
Donnell said, "This is old school, Eastside"
9) Mike-led Rare Essence's Lock It
10) Donnell-led Brown & White / Ride Out / Northeast Groovers' The Water
Slick Rick (Hot Cold Sweat/Crossover Band) was there
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda (tease) - Donnell said, "They think you'll fight if we play this. We'll do it if you promise not to fight. Otherwise, we'll never do it again"
12) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda
14) Mike-led Lap Dance - Donnell chanted, "Swing your Body" and Mike chanted, "Swing", Donnell said, "Stomp f*cked up," so he had them repeat the last solo
15) Donnell acapella Vinnie D's Porno Star?
16) Donnell acapella Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease)

Stacey, March, and Robin were there. There was also a tall guy with cane who had a belt bucket with a Ben Franklin or a stack of them (don't know if real) rubber banded together. Ras said to me, "You're in the thick of things (I was only a few feet from the stage during the second set)". 6'9 talked with me about John Gilchrist and Larry Hughes. Doc told Ras and I that I should work for the Post, since I write all the time. 6'9 said he was going to fly to Miami first class. I gave 6'9 the URL to my website. He said he would put it in his Blackberry.

I saw Dwayne and in a separate car, Robin (in the passenger seat) at the Exxon by Tradewinds, gas went up $.13 over the last week!