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

When I walked up, Godfather, Googie and Vincent were talking. I said hello to Godfather, then walked in. John, the cover guy, joked with me that What? Band was performing instead.

James was there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
Donnell wore a dark blazer, a dark shirt and jeans.
Mike said, "I will sing this one out to all the beautiful ladies in the house."
1) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself
2) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You - Halima sang to herself, there was a nice percussion solo
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - Halima posed the "do it for the ladies" part
5) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
6) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized
7) Alternating Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl - Halima held her mic to the crowd / Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hook Me Upa - very heavy beats
8) Donnell-led Brown & White
9) Donnell-led Ride Out - Donnell invited Slick Rick onstage, he did the Ride Out dance
10) Donnell-led Northeast Groovers' The Water
11) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself - Halima was onstage barefoot, she bounced, excellent performance / Halima & Mike-led Floetry's Say Yes - also excellent, Halima said, "It's been some kind of week. I have to say what I have to say. Right ladies? That doesn't mean I feel that way. Somebody knows what I mean out there.", Women behind me in the crowd said, "Yes" to Mike, Mike said, "Ready to say yes, treat her right."
I grinded with two women separately during the set

Archie Paige, 6'9, Angie, and Chocoltchp were there.

Ebony came over and talked with me. I didn't recognize her at first - in her words, "I have hair."

I asked Donnell how often he plans to use the Bike Week configuration which he used last night. He said, "As much as possible." I asked him about wearing the blazer tonight; he said, "This is the new me." The other band members laughed.

Doc introduced me to his cousin Wes. I asked Wes if he was a musician; he said he was a rapper. I talked with Doc about Ras Lidj's review of Fatal Attraction. He had read it. I told him that Kato manages them and that he had recently brought their female singer Ms. Chevy to a FF show at Safari a few weeks ago. I had noticed her mainly because she is very attractive. He said he didn't remember Kato being with a young attractive woman recently. I told Doc about Duane Face's tenure with the band, the guitar player he introduced me to at the Northeast Groovers reunion. I also told him about the drummer Smoky Joe who now plays for What? Band.

An attractive woman named Tiffany F. hung out int the kitchen. She later walked over and gave me her number. I then asked her name. She said, "50/50" (joking about being married). She put her arm around me and said, "This is my new boo".

Los was there.

Second Set
1) Donnell acapella Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (tease)
Donnell said to Stomp: "Go where they are beating their feet."
Donnell said to women in the audience, "What do you mean where are the men at? We're the men, you don't need anyone but us."
2) Halima-led Faith Evans' Again
Donnell said to a woman in the audience, "You're making me jealous."
3) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - there was a different beat to this performance, there was a purposeful pause
4) Donnell-led Hold the Note - Mike danced with a female fan
5) Donnell-led "Tired yet, ready to quit?"
6) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - the frontline, Doc and Dwayne danced / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Wait a minute" echoes - Los danced
7) Donnell-led Tupac's Hail Mary
8) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Spotlight / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon? / Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease)
9) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel (tease)
10) Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane (tease)
11) Mike-led Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease) - Halima pretended to play the congas
12) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine
13) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
14) Donnell-led "25, 25, 25" / Rare Essence's Work the Walls - Mike again danced with a fan
15) Donnell-led Kanye West's Gold Digger - Los and Halima were dancing in sync
16) Donnell & Halima-led Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (tease) - Doc was on backup
17) Mike-led Lap Dance - Donnell chanted "Swing your body" and Mike chanted "swing" - Stomp threw a drumstick at Halima
18) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin'
A guy in the crowd shouted, "Lincoln Heights" repeatedly.
19) Donnell acapella Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (tease)
Donnell said, "We need to take a collection, since Vincent got his test results back; he's got the Arthur Ashe..." Vincent just laughed.

Yvette, Felecia, JoJo, and Tracy were there.

A woman asked me my name, she said saw me all the time there at about the same spot.