Thursday at Zanzibar
Zanzibar on the Waterfront, 700 Water Street SW Washington, DC 20024

Dey (new hairdo), Songbird, and missshaunte were there. Dey said, "Everything tonight is off the record." They need to lighten up; I don't write everything I hear.

Bobbie, and RE Angie were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
James sang backup.
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Mr. Magic
2) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy
3) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's As - Mike sang on the dance floor
Danielle (Wellfhed) was there.
Mike said, "Damn, when Stevie did that sh*t, he knew what he was singing."
4) Halima-led Jill Scott's Golden - Donnell and DP played their horns on the dance floor
5) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - Mike sang on the dance floor, at one point, he sang directly to one woman and said, "I really do", after singing, "I love you"
6) Halima-led Sade's Pearls - Donnell said, "She got the flower in her shoe y'all. It's my baby Halima's birthday.", Halima took her mic stand on the floor, she ended up on one knee
Delano was there.

A guy asked me if I was working. I said, "No, why do you ask?" He said I'm a white guy at the GoGo. I told him I go to most of their shows and told him about my thesis. He was happy that someone was working on a thesis on GoGo.

Kimberly and Darrell were there.

Dey introduced me to Nataki (~butterflies~).

Second Set
1) Alternating Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You - Donnell stopped it, you could smell burning, Donnell told Vincent to shut down the big speakers / Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - they performed this on the monitors while waiting, Omar and Googie checked out the big speakers with flashlights, then when they were satisfied, they went back to I Want You
Pinky and Sanisse were there.
Donnell did a shout out to all the TMOTTers present, he said, "All except the big boss man Kato, haven't seen him in a minute".
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
Keisha, Halima's stylist, was there.
Donnell did a shout out to "Miles, the funniest man alive."
Yannie from L!ssen Band was there.
3) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable
4) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me
5) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up
JoJo and Simone were there.
6) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind - Donnell said, "All the fellas can go get the ladies a drink. We need the ladies to slow wind."
Donnell said, "Special dedication to all the TMOTT members, that's our family"

Cookie was there.

Doc joked about Paul ordering, "A Remy and Coke, hold the Remy!"

I introduced myself to Vaughn, another FF equipment guy.

Packy was "beating off Vincent": he played Jacques' percussion instruments and was beating the drumsticks against Vincent's back.

Some guy said to me, "What's up pimp?"

Third Set
Donnell said, "We're staying late tonight, so if you have to work tomorrow, you might want to slide out."
1) They started to perform the music to Fantasia's Free Yourself - Donnell asked Nephew if he was giving him a Christmas gift since Donnell gave him one last year. Donnell said, "I give to receive.", Donnell said, "Sean and TJ from After Hours are here; this is where the stars be partyin'" / Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself
Peg Leg and Nikiya were there.
2) Alternating Halima-led Floetry's Say Yes - Sean sat in on vocals / Lionel Richie's Hello (tease)
Donnell said, "I wish I can sing. I can sing."
Kelvin Robertson of Y2K was there.
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - Donnell added the line, "Do it for Halima"
5) Alternating Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - different beats, Halima sang, "Baby baby" / Donnell-led "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant
6) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Tell Your Heart I Love You
Cookie asked me why I bob my head to the music. Nikiya said, "Tell her you are keeping the beat."
7) Yannie-led Erykah Badu's Danger - she improved
8) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh"
9) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Donnell said, "If you have to work in the morning, you might want to slide out. We're going to party all night", James sang backup / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Wait a minute" echoes
10) Donnell-led "Hey Halima, it's your birthday!"
11) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
12) Donnell-led It Is What It Is - I danced with a girl who pointed to Lorenzo while we danced and he smiled, she said to me, "I see you at every show!"
Most of the audience left.
13) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You - TJ sat in on backup vocals
Donnell said, "I got everybody but you TJ." She said, "It's okay."
14) Stomp played the sample of "She's Your Queen" from Coming to America - Donnell said, "Stomp is my best singer", Stomp sang along, someone said, "Sexual chocolate!"

Jimmie Parker talked with me about helping on my thesis. He said it needed to cover all aspects.

As usual, guys were handing out GoGo flyers to everyone who walked out. Nece asked me why I had flyers since I was at every show. I told her they were for different bands. I save the flyers for my thesis. JoJo asked me, "Are you taking notes right now?" I said, "No." I originally didn't take notes; everything from the blog was from the top of my head. Over time, I would bring paper to jot down things I had forgotten to write online. Then I needed to take notes when I decided to keep specific setlists - I could probably remember most of it off the top of my head, but not the proper order.

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