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

There was a lot of parking spaces available, probably due to the threat of bad weather and the Taylor-Hopkins fight.

June, Sharon, Kevin Lee, Ray, Los, Sanisse, Kiki, Cindy, Archie Paige and Nikki were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
James was on backup vocals.
1) Halima-led Jill Scott's Whatever
Lolo, Danielle, and Kim were there.
2) Mike-led Tony Terry's Freaky Little Game / Percussion solo
6'9, Britney, and Jackie (celebrating her birthday this week) were there.
3) Halima-led Faith Evans' Again
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
5) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - Halima held her mic to a fan
6) Donnell-led "___ Is in the House"
7) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - nice crank especially by Smoke on congas, nice Dwayne solo
8) Alternating Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - the frontline danced to the hits, Donnell said, "Sss...", Donnell sang, "Oh" from Donna Summer's Love to Love You, Baby / Vinnie D's Porno Star? (same music)
9) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself / Alternating Floetry's Say Yes / Lionel Richie's Hello (tease) - Mike yelled at the end, Donnell said, "What was that?", Mike said, "That was at the height of the moment", Donnell mocked it
Tijuana, Shameika, Delano, L-Boogie, and Tracy S. were there.
Donnell said they would be playing at the Tradewinds on the 25th, not the 24th. He also talked about the upcoming New Year's Eve show at the Hilton. He said rooms were $99, "Ladies, treat your man on New Year's Eve."
Donnell said, "A moment of silence... for the Dallas Cowboys... get your ass whipped tomorrow."

I teased Dwayne and Doc about their shirts the past two nights. I said Dwayne should have worn the bright blue shirt he wore that night on Friday, when Doc wore a bright red shirt. Doc said, "Why are you picking on my clothes, he (Donnell) is wearing a bandana with a blazer." Mike said, “He's (Donnell) a professional 'Bama.”

Stomp danced in the kitchen and we laughed.

I told Archie about the guys break dancing on Friday. We were laughing about them. Nephew said he got Tony to break them up when the one guy did a full spin on his back and spilled his own beer.

Second Set
1) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable - Halima held her mic to the crowd
Nita, Tata, Tiffany G., and Pinky (dyed hair) were there.
2) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You
3) Donnell-led Hold the Note - either Stomp, Godfather, or Lorenzo played a new sound
Blak was there.
4) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - it went dark and a lot of fans held up lit cell phones and lighters
5) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - Donnell said, "All the way back to the Eastside, that's where we're going to", Halima used a flashlight as a spotlight on the crowd
Simone was there.
6) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
JoJo was there.
7) Donnell-led Trina Was Great
LA was there.
8) Donnell-led It Is What It Is - Donnell added more new lines, "I change hoes like women change clothes"
9) Donnell-led "25,25,25" / Rare Essence's Work the Walls - a guy said to me, "Whatever you're writing, they crank", Charlie was on backup vocals, Halima played congas, Britney danced on the speaker, Mike said, "Look at Halima y'all"
Mama Chelle was there.
10) Donnell-led Alternating Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Wait a minute" echoes
11) Donnell-led Tupac's Hail Mary
12) Donnell-led D4L's Laffy Taffy - Donnell did a birthday shout out to Jackie, / Donnell Kanye West's I Heard 'Em Say (tease)
Donnell stopped the performance, he said, "I don't know what Tiffany is going to do."
13) Donnell acapella Family - he, Packy and Mama Chelle held their fists up
Donnell said, "Choo Choo, whatever you're wearing, Charlie is scared of this girl, I'll write you a permission slip like first grade, check here."
14) Donnell acapella Sly & the Family Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (tease)
Some guy said to me, "You're here every week!"
Donnell said, "Lolo, keep the boots on, you can take off everything but the boots."
Packy said, "Vincent is waiting for you to say something about him." Vincent stood over by the connection to the mics.
Donnell said, "Who's the real Nikki?" There were at least two last night:

Nikki at the Thanksgiving show at Zanzibar


"original" Nikki (Nikia) also at the Thanksgiving show at Zanzibar
Donnell said, "Yeah, Omar got the number, he's 1-0 at the Tradewinds, undefeated at the Tradewinds."
Donnell said, "Did you see Nicole (one of the bartenders) on Thursday? Bartenders, you don't know who you're working with; she damn near did a cartwheel and the splits on Thursday."
Donnell said, "We need to take up a collection for Vincent, he's got the Arthur Ashe..." Vincent unplugged him and said, "I was waiting on you."

Simone walked out of the club behind me. Her car was parked behind mine. Her sister, Nece, said, "That's the cool white boy who's here every week. You're a n*gger, not a white boy."