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

Peg Leg, Ebony, Natalie, and Danica were there. Ebony introduced me to Tamika (celebrating her birthday), and two sisters, Javon and Kintrea (I am not positive on the names; I usually need to hear someone's name multiple times due to the loudness of the music playing). They were all having a lot of fun.

Nicole, the bartender, was wearing a tiara. I asked her why she didn't wear it last night.

Chanel, LA, Tracy S., and Pinky were there.

A dude from the TMOTT crew that frequents Bud's asked me about FF. I danced with a female friend of his.

Renee, Cindy, and Delano were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
James sang backup the whole night.
1) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You - Donnell said, "Lots of beautiful women, come and get them fast, before he gets them all", Mike said, "That's the bunny man", I danced with Kintrea, Donnell said, "Charlie is just getting here, he must think he's all that", I danced with Ebony
Archie Paige, Rory "DC" Felton (formerly of Rare Essence), Tracy, and Arielle were there.
Mike did a shout out to Miss Brown.
2) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable
Stacey and Nicole, the cover taker at Safari, were there.
3) Donnell-led "___ Is in the House"
I may have missed something since I was paying more attention to my dancing with women than the music.
4) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down - I don't know if they did the Georgy Porgy intro
5) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
6) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - the crowd responded
7) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized
6'9 was there.
8) Mike-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version) - Renee held Halima's arm and they both danced, Donnell said, "Get the cowbell, DC" and DC did sit in on cowbell, the crowd sang along, James held his mic to the crowd
9) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - Natalie, who was dancing with James, sang on his mic
10) Donnell-led Hold the Note - end of DC sitting in, a guy said, "Wind me up, Smoke" and so did Natalie on James' mic, Donnell said, "Say what?", Donnell said, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho"
RE Angie was there.
11) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself
Los, Slim Goodie, Dey, JoJo, Shameika, and Simone were there.

Charlie said, "Where is DC? He owes me $30. He pounded the hell out of my cowbell, turned it into a soup can."

Jackie was there. She had a good birthday (it was Tuesday) and she went to Takoma Station on Wednesday.

Second Set
Donnell said, "A quick moment of silence for Richard Pryor." He had died earlier in the day. Donnell said, "Some of you are too young to know Richard Pryor. We try to play the oldest stuff to keep the young ones away. I don't want to jinx it, but I think we have the grownest & sexiest party ever here."
1) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind - Donnell said, "I don't think the fellas understand this one, ladies." Donnell said to the ladies, "All you need is one more drink."
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - Mike said, "We got Sweet Keisha from the Solid Gold dancers", Donnell said, "He couldn't hold you with a rope"
Tijuana was there,
Donnell said, "Don't stop the ladies."
3) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Donnell sang, "Oh", from Donna Summer's Love to Love You, Baby, Donnell said, "What you talking about, Packy?"
4) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - Donnell said to the bartenders, "I'm only going to say this once, I'm not stopping the show so you can collect y'all money", there was a nice crank
Choo Choo was there.
5) Donnell-led Trina Was Great
6) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That - Donnell said, "Eya eya", Donnell said, "It is what it is, ladies."
7) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke", Donnell had Anya (spelling?) dance on the stage floor, Donnell said, "But is it like that, is it really like that?", Donnell and Halima said, "The world is mine" repeatedly, Donnell added a whole paragraph's worth of lines
"Original" Nikki was there.
Donnell said, "On the bus trip, I remember Charlie was so scared, he asked for a double bed. He didn't ask for nothing, he did you a favor and gave you a whole night's sleep." Donnell then turned to James, and said he's been working on his girl for ten years.
Stomp said of Charlie, "He's scared." Donnell said, "Scared to death, when he gets close to something, he has to pull out the Primatene Mist. He has to go to the 7-11, never in my life..."
Donnell said, "I love when they fall in love at the GoGo" of JoJo and Mike.

D is a new sound equipment guy whom I first saw on Thursday.