Dwayne's Birthday at Tradewinds
Tradewinds Night Club, 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748

Sharon celebrated her birthday.

I was able to park on the paved parking lot for just the second time.

Julia danced, Packy smiled. She came over and danced in front of Packy and Smoke. She also caught my attention with the way she danced during the line dancing to the DJ pre-recorded music.

Donnell wore his black riding cap and blue blazer.

A guy asked if I was still working on my paper, I said yes.

I asked Dwayne about how his birthday was so far. That was his girl. He thought he had introduced her to me; he did to Halima and others.

Familiar Faces
First Set
Janetta and Tiffany F. waved to me, I wasn't sure they were waving to me at first because it was hard to see them in the dark.
Donnell said, "Look here y'all, we're going to start this off slow for all the ladies. Mike said, "This one goes out to the Libras. Only the female Libras; put your hands down. We're going to have Halima do it for you later."
Halima laughed.
Mike said, "I got one request for the ladies."
1) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Mike said, "That's Mr. Lee y'all"
The crank started and the dance floor filled for
2) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy (tease) - intro for -> Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down - Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell did birthday shout outs
Donnell said, "We got so many beautiful women here. (Guys) Put your hands up if you are standing next to a beautiful woman and you want to take her home."
Donnell said, "Watch yourself, Michael Muse. Watch yourself, Mike"
Donnell said, "We're trying to get this warmed up."
3) Halima-led Jill Scott's Whatever - Halima started with "Yes", Halima's singing was excellent, she moved around and used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, there was a nice crank
4) Percussion solo - Donnell said, "Say what y'all, do what y'all", the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!" Halima went onstage
5) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
6) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - Halima & Mike posed at the appropriate times, Halima smiled, Halima went on the floor
7) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - Halima started with "Baby, baby", Donnell said, "I know I see Tina Turner back there", Donnell said, "Come on with it, Halima", Halima moved around and used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Halima said, "Come on Dwayne, it's your birthday baby", Halima and Donnell bounced, the horn hits were pronounced, Halima said, "Come on Dwayne, it's your birthday, it's your birthday, it's your birthday"
8) Alternating Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl - Stomp played the drum machine, Donnell bounced, Donnell said, "I hear you ladies, Let's go Halima", Halima moved around, Donnell said, "What you say, Ladies?" / Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hook Me Upa - Halima did heavy breathing, Donnell said, "Hey 6'9, yo", Donnell bounced, Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about 58, Trinidad"
9) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - Mike and Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell called names, Halima smiled when he said, "Sweet Halima", Donnell said, "By yourself ladies, by yourself", Donnell said, "One more time ladies, by yourself", Donnell held his mic to the crowd, the frontline danced, Donnell said, "Do your dance Halima", Halima danced and smiled, Tata came on the performance floor from the stage
10) Donnell-led Hold the Note - Donnell said, "Hold the note y'all" and held his right fist up, Halima imitated it, Halima danced, Halima and Donnell danced, a guy in the crowd in front of me shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!"
11) Donnell-led Sade's No Ordinary Love - "I got you baby, Didn't I tell you, Familiar Faces..."
12) Donnell-led Brown & White - Packy held his arm up, Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell bounced, Donnell said, "Hey Lorenzo", the frontline, Doc & Dwayne danced, Donnell "Wait a minute" twice, the guy in the crowd still shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!", Mike said, "What's he doing, Lisa?", Donnell chanted "Wait a minute" twice / Donnell-led Ride Out - Donnell said, "Hey Stomp, Hey Smoke", the frontline, Doc, and Dwayne danced, the band and fans did the Ride Out dance, Donnell went onstage to talk to Stomp, Mike said, "What y'all say?", Mike chanted, "Wait a minute" twice / Mike-led Northeast Groovers' The Water, Donnell went back on the floor, Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about baby"
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda (tease) Donnell said, "Tomorrow we're at the Fur with Mr. Cheeks and Halima"
14) Instrumental prelude / Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself - it didn't start from the beginning of the song as usual, Halima's singing was excellent, Halima said, "Help me sing", Halima bounced, Halima said, "Don't take time" twice, Halima and Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Halima moved around, Halima said, "Now Dwayne, I want you to give me something special because we know it's your birthday", Dwayne soloed ->
15) Alternating Halima-led Floetry's Say Yes - there was an echo effect to Halima's singing, Halima said, "How y'all doing?" The crowd responded, Halima said, "I like that. This is how it is, sometimes you have to say what you have to say," Halima sang "Doh, doh", Halima and Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Halima sang, "Hey baby, you came home because you're the one I've been waiting for"/ Lionel Richie's Hello (tease) - Halima started it by making a kissing noise on the mic

I talked to Sharon, her birthday is tomorrow. She said she's having another birthday celebration on the 22nd. She said we should celebrate all month.

Mr. Cheeks walked into the kitchen with David (Jauhar's business partner) ahead of me.

Telando called Donnell, "Mr. Floyd". Donnell said to the band, "Did you hear the respect he gave me?"

Junior was there.

A guy named Galloway walked in, he had a Redskins cap on.

Val "Tina Turner" came in the kitchen, she had another new hairdo.

They discussed people in GoGo going to the same people - "Ninety people go to them because they're hot, not necessarily because they're good". Doc said rappers don’t do that.

They asked where Jacques was since Whop-N-Em wasn't playing at Takoma Station, they had a fight after party. Packy said they played at Cranberries.

Jennifer and Delano were there.

The band members talked about how one woman was dancing. I think she was the woman Donnell pulled off the dance floor.

Second Set
Julia said to me as I went on the dance floor, "Go back, you're scared". I said, "I'm not scared, I just like their performances, not the DJ music". She gave me a hug and a kiss.
Donnell said, "One day I had a dream... Tomorrow at the Fur, we'll be with EU, Chuck and Mr. Cheeks. We got tickets, $20 a lot more at the door"
Donnell said, "Where you at, Mark? That must be a hell of a habit"
Donnell said, "Where you at, Ladies?"
1) They started perfoming the music to Alicia Keys' Unbreakable (or you could say Eddie Kendricks' Intimate Friends) - Donnell said, "Familia Faces (this is not a misspelling, he said it in a Latin accent), one million dollars. Look here y'all we're going to do this real quick for the ladies. Tiffany can keep doing what she's doing if she going to do that, we'll do this here. We got RE Angie up here", Halima went onstage / Alternating Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable - Halima moved around, used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, and bounced, her mic went out briefly / Donnell-led "Tired yet, ready to quit?"
2) Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - Donnell held up his lit cell phone, Donnell called out names, Donnell said, "We're going to get this warmed up", Halima rapped - first time I've heard her rap, Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and bounced
3) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Halima sang, "Ooh", Donnell said, "Rest in peace, my man Chuckie", Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell chanted "Wait a minute", RE Angie danced on the floor by Mike Muse, the frontline, Doc and Dwayne danced the bowing dance, Donnell went onstage, Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, I danced up close with Julia so I wasn't paying as much attention to the band's visual movements / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease)
Donnell said, "My man is in the house". Mr. Cheeks went onstage - he wore a camouflage shirt and a Yankees cap, he had his manager with him
4) Mr. Cheeks-led The Lost Boyz' Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz and Benz - Halima went on the speaker, there may have been more since I'm not familiar with Mr. Cheeks' songs
5) Donnell, Mr. Cheeks & Mike-led Lap Dance (video remix) - Donnell chanted, "Swing your body, girl", Donnell said, "That's what I was talking about, Mr. Cheeks," Donnell said, "Can I get a Lap Dance?", Donnell said, "We got the ladies up front at this thing," Donnell called out, "Michael Muse" and Mike sang, Halima went onstage, Donnell said, "Look at my man, Mr. Cheeks, you ready 6'9? That's what I'm talking about"
6) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That - Halima's singing was energetic, Donnell said, "Halima!", Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Halima bounced, Donnell said, "You better get your little sister, Mike", he was talking about a woman I later discovered is named Danielle, Halima sang, "What, what" repeatedly, Tata danced next to Godfather, he smiled at my head bobbing
James was there.
7) Donnell-led chanted announcements "Each and every Saturday night..." / "Eya eya"
8) Donnell & Halima-led Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp, Donnell said, "Wheeler Road"
9) Donnell-led Kanye West's Gold Digger - Doc was on backup vocals, Donnell & Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, JoJo danced behind Doc
10) Donnell-led Dem Franchise Boyz' I Think They Like Me - "I think she like me"
11) Donnell-led Slim Thug's I Ain't Heard Of That (Remix) - Donnell sang, "Dusting off my shoulders" and did so nonverbally, Godfather danced
Slim Goodie was there
12) Donnell-led Trina Was Great - full lyrics, Halima sang, "Oh" repeatedly, they played different keyboard or drum machine sounds, Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about baby, Wheeler Road"
13) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love - Donnell did the keyboard effects vocally / Rare Essence's Spotlight / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon?
14) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel (tease)
15) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Overnight Scenario - Halima made faces to the lyrics
16) Donnell-led Vinnie D's Porno Star
Donnell said, "Sing it Michael Muse"
17) Mike-led Lisa Stanfield's All Around the World (tease)
Donnell said, "Old School"
18) Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane (tease) - Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures
19) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine (tease) - Donnell did the effects vocally initially
21) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about, Old school, Where you at, Trina, Trina Boo?"
21) Donnell-led "25, 25, 25" / Rare Essence's Work the Walls - Trina Boo went onstage, Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures
Donnell said, "Can we do one more old school?"
22) Donnell-led Rare Essence's What N*gga What?
23) Donnell-led Rare Essence's All Da Time
24) Donnell-led "If you look and you see... These faces are Familiar..." - Halima danced
Donnell told a true story of how Trina Boo inspired All Da Time at the Black Hole.
Donnell said, "Look y'all, we got to get on up out of here. Familial faces (again, not a misspelling), 100 million dollars"
Sharon said good bye to me.
Dey and L-Boogie were there.
Donnell said of some woman, "Three years arrived, married and divorced. He's crazy for letting you go; I need to speak to that attorney"

The girl who had danced and Donnell called out is named Danielle. She's an orthodontia student from St. Louis at a local university. She and her friend talked with Godfather, they couldn't believe he was forty-four. I told them to have him take his cap off and they'd see. He did so, but complained to me for suggesting it.