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

Familiar Faces played in an earlier show at Elements of Entertainment that I did not attend.

My friend Sean said he was coming out to Tradewinds and did.

James, June, Shadonna, Archie Paige, Charlie, Los, "original" Nikki, Ebony, Britney and 6'9 were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
Donnell said, "I wanted to start of by saying I love everybody, but DJ Mixx (spelling) that's my DJ!"
Donnell said, "Have you noticed that is the funniest thing, the Cowboys fans aren't wearing any Cowboys gear. We practically beat them three times: after we beat Philly, they didn't want to play. Their coach wanted to quit as if he didn't have anything to do with it. Isn't that some sh*t?"
1) Sean (Kal'el)-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved - Britney sat on the right speaker as usual / Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself (tease) - lyrics only
Donnell said of Sean, "Treat him right, they're already lining up for him. If they don't treat him right, get 'em out of here!"
2) Sean-led Gerald Levert's Funny
3) Percussion solo - some people said, "Wind me up, Smoke!", but Donnell said, "It's too early for wind me up, Smoke"
4) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable - there was some mic distortion, I danced with Kintrea
5) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable - this time, Donnell and DP started it off playing their horns
6) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
7) Donnell-led "If you walk in the door and you're ready to GoGo" - the crowd responded
8) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - the ladies responded
9) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel / Rick James' Mary Jane (tease)
10) Donnell & Halima-led Lisa Stanfield's All Around the World (tease) - the crowd sang along
11) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) / Rare Essence's Spotlight (tease) / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon (tease)
12) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Overnight Scenario (tease)
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Body Snatchers - he said he was performing it for Dana
Netty was there.
14) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine (tease)
15) Alternating Donnell-led Brown & White - Slick Rick went onstage / Donnell sang, "Who's that girl?" / Ride Out - the frontline did the Ride Out dance, Donnell said, "Wind me up, Mixx", Donnell said, "Hey Los" and Los danced on the stage floor / Donnell chanted "Lincoln Heights, Lincoln Heights" / Donnell & James-led "Sexy Lady" / Donnell-led Northeast Groovers' The Water
Faith, JoJo, Simone, Choo Choo, and Peg Leg were there.
16) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Be Without You
Donnell said, "What you say, Stomp?"
BY (Big Youngin), Renee, and Arielle were there.

Shonda, LA, and Tracy S. were there.

Second Set
1) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind
2) Sean-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - Donnell chanted "Eya eya" and the crowd responded "Ho"
Nikki was there
3) Alternating Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up / Donnell chanted, "Brandywine, friends of mine" / Donnell-led "If you look and you see, you'll recognize me..."
Monique was there.
4) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh"
5) Donnell-led Trina Was Great / Donnell chanted, "This party is for the grown and sexy, if you're grown and sexy, raise your hands, Familiar Faces is your band"
6) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
7) Alternating Donnell-led Rare Essence's Work the Walls - they paused and Donnell said, "You're not ready", but they went back to it / Donnell chanted, "Don't put in no mo', __ crack"
Pinky (dyed hair) was there.
8) Donnell-led DIP
9) Donnell-led D4L's Laffy Taffy - the backup vocals were different, Donnell said, "Don't make me play it (not sure what), we have to get out of here"
TT, Mama Chelle, Tiffany, and March were there.
10) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What it Is
11) Stomp played the sample from Coming to America, "She's your queen" - Stomp sang along / "Sexual chocolate" sample from Coming to America
I danced with Monique during the set.
Donnell said to Faith, "Show it to me." Donnell sang, "If you need someone to talk to, call me. Mr. Telephone Man." Donnell asked Faith if she had a "glow in the dark phone or glow in the dark condoms". Donnell said, "I'll call you."

My evening took a bad turn when I got a flat tire on the beltway on the way home. It took me about an hour in the dark to change it.