Darrell & Muffin's birthday
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

Kimberly and Darrell were there.

Big Darrell (celebrating his birthday), Vonshawn, Tim (LJ), Dave, Monica and her sister Aloma "Pumpkin", Ebony (with a new long hairdo), Michon, Candy, Omar, and Pinky were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
James sang backup.
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Lock It In The Pocket - Donnell went on the floor, Donnell called out hits, then called up Darrell do so and wished him a happy birthday

Jacques (only top of head visible), Darrell, Doc, Stomp, Donnell, Godfather, DP, Lorenzo, Dwayne, Omar


Smoke, Doc, Stomp, Donnell, DP, Lorenzo, Omar, Dwayne


Smoke, Doc, Stomp, Donnell, Godfather, Darrell, Lorenzo, Omar, Dwayne
Tamara was there.
Donnell said that Mike was going to be taking a break soon, so he was going to work him to death tonight. He talked about how they go back a long way, "A hundred pounds ago." Mike said, "Twenty pounds ago."
2) Mike-led The Stylistics' People Make the World (Go Round)
Shawn, Shaun, and Tracy S. (with Darrell's cake) were there.

Jacques, Doc, Mike, Donnell, DP, Lorenzo, Omar, Dwayne, Patrick (security)
3) Mike-led O'Bryan's Lady I Love You - Mike talked about how all you needed to do with is hold a woman gently by the back of the neck and say, "I love you", Darrell joked that he still didn't know what to do, some of Darrell's guests followed Mike's advice, Mike went on the floor

Jacques, Donnell, Doc, Stomp, Mike, James, Lorenzo, Dwayne
4) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - the dance floor filled
Cookie, June, Tijuana, and Shameika were there.
5) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U
6) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You
Donnell did a shout out to Muffin for her birthday.
7) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva
Nikiya was there.
8) Halima-led Sade's Pearls
Donnell talked about how they are playing at the Hilton in Alexandria for the PBMC's New Years Eve party, "You wouldn't know it from the commercial on the radio. We love you anyway Cookie."
Robin was there.
Darrell introduced me to Neita. He said, "Watch out he writes down all the bad things you do." I said, "Only if you do bad things." Neita said, "I love Darrell."

Sanisse and Yolanda were there.

Second Set

Nephew in front, Smoke and Jacques
1) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind - Neita danced with me, Kimberly said, "The bass player (Doc), the drummer (Stomp) and Godfather are locked in a groove."
"Original" Nikki and Ebony were there.
2) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable
Donnell said, "We got my favorite runaway slave up in here, Donny Ray"
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
4) Donnell & Mike-led "___ Is in the house"
6'9 was there.
5) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Tell Your Heart I Love You
6) Donnell rapped about Little Trey from UCB
7) Trey-led "Sexy lady, Give me your number, I'm going to pick you up on Saturday" - Donny Ray sat in on backup vocals, Donnell also sang it at the end - to prove he can sing

foreground: Doc, Stomp, Patrick (security), Donny Ray, Mike, Michon
background: Godfather, DP, James (only top of head visible), Donnell, Trey, Lorenzo, Dwayne, Nita, Tony (security), Candy (part of head and grey hat visible)
End of Trey and Donny Ray sitting in
8) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - Donnell chanted, "Eya, eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho"
9) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up
10) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) / Rare Essence's Spotlight (tease)
11) Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane (tease)
12) Donnell-led $55 Motel (tease)
13) Mike-led Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease)
14) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - I danced with Ebony P.
15) Donnell-led Hold the Note / Sade's No Ordinary Love (tease) - with altered lyrics
16) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
17) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh"
18) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is
Mara and Shawn from After Hours were there.
19) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - Funky Stuff guitar riffs
20) Donnell-led D4L's Laffy Taffy
Donnell said, "You know what we forgot to play?" -->< BR> 21) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - verses for Muffin and Darrell
Donnell said, "I didn't know Stinky Dink was in here, that changes things."
Donnell said, "6'9, I see that Seek Abundance got all kinds of new shirts and sweatshirts. I ain't got nothing but one that's two years old. I don't even need to wash it for it to stay black."
Donnell said, "Stinky Dink, this is where the stars be partyin'. We go back a long time, since the sand box."
22) Donnell acapella Family
23) Donnell acapella "Sexy lady, Give me your number, I'm going to pick you up on Saturday"
Sharika was there.
Patrick said, "Next time, take pictures on his (Tony's) side."

Darrell's birthday cake
I told Darrell not to forget his cake, that if he didn?t take it, I would. It was the same type of cake as my birthday cake and that was delicious.

Muffin's birthday cake
All pictures taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich (Unfortunately, I accidentally put the camera into small function, so the pictures (except for Muffin's cake) are all compressed).

It was raining after the show ended. I walked past June and two women I didn't recognize standing under an awning. One of them said, "Hi Jordan." I would have talked to her, but I wanted to get out of the rain.