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

I talked for a little bit with John, the cover taker.

Jacques was there, not playing. He did play in their earlier Saturday gig. I talked with Lorenzo about it. It was a private office party in Baltimore. All of those who played in it talked about how good the food was.

Los and Nikki were there.

James was not here tonight.

Familiar Faces
First Set
Donnell said, "We going to have a public burning. Anyone wearing Cowboys gear, we'll trip them naked and burn their clothes."
East Coast, the DJ and a Cowboys fan, said, "If they win, I'll wear a Redskins jersey."
1) Mike-led Dave Hollister's One Woman Man / Percussion solo - Mike sang something so high I couldn't make out what it was / 6 Minutes percussion solo - Donnell did a shout out to Groovy? James, Donnell said, "We're going to do whatever Audrey wants us to play"
Ray was there.
2) Donnell-led "Welcome to the show ___"
3) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - Halima changed the line to "With my makeup"
Shameika, Tijuana, Kiki and Cindy were there.
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
5) Donnell-led "Walk in the door and you're going to GoGo, Say what?" - the crowd responded, "Hello"
6) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - they played different riffs, Mike said, "Eh" repeatedly, Mike was doing bug eyes
7) Percussion solo - Donnell said, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho"
8) Alternating Donnell-led Brown & White / Ride Out / Northeast Groovers' The Water / Mike-led Parliament's Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) (tease) - I danced with a woman
Shawn was there.
9) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda (tease)
10) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love - Donnell did the keyboard effects vocally / Rare Essence's Spotlight
11) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel
12) Donnell & Mike-led Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Body Snatchers
14) Donnell-led "25,25,25" / Rare Essence’s Work the Walls
15) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh"
RE Angie and Tamiko were there.
16) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - T, a male vocalist, sat in
Tracy S., Blak, Slick Rick, Nita, March, and Yolanda were there.

Packy went on about how exaggerated T's singing was and that he stuck his tongue out while singing.

Donnell was teasing Stomp about his contributions to Northeast Groovers. He said that all the big hits were when Jammin' Jeff was the drummer. When Stomp would mention songs, Donnell would say, "Has anyone heard of this song?" For one of the songs, Vaughn, a equipment guy, said he did and Donnell said, "You don't count, you're only twelve years old."

Nephew and I teased Dwayne about his bright purple shirt.

RE Angie played congas during the break.

Monica was there, the first time I have seen her since February 18th.

Robin (celebrating her birthday and that of her girlfriend) was there.

Second Set
1) Mike-led Bernard Wright's Who Do You Love
2) Alternating Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - the ladies sang it / Prince's Sexy M.F. - interrupted by a fight
Shadonna was there.
3) Donnell-led Hold the Note - I am not certain because I was paying attention to other things
4) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke", Mike was on backup vocals (unusual for this song), it cranked, Destiny was getting down, Mike said, "I see you, shake that moneymaker"
5) Donnell-led Trina Was Great
There might have been another song in between; again I was paying attention to other things.
6) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
7) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is - Mike sang lines / Percussion solo
8) Donnell-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable