Wednesday at Takoma Station
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

Kevin Lee, James, and Arielle were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Blueprint - instrumental, Donnell said, "Our theme song from the beginning... good music everyday, everyway... add a GoGo beat... since elementary school", Donnell played on the floor / Parliament's P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) - instrumental / Halima and Sean (Kal'el) improved - I filmed most of it

Smoke, Jacques, Donnell, Doc, Stomp, DP
Donnell said, "They just freestyling; they acted like they rehearsed. They didn't even come to practice (he was just kidding on this part)."
Stacey was there.
2) The Roots' You Got Me - instrumental, nice Lorenzo solo
Sharika was there.
3) Halima-led The Brand New Heavies' Never Stop
Dave was there.
4) Halima-led Whitney Houston's You Give Good Love - there was a nice crank
Tracy S. was there.
5) Sean-led John Legend's Ordinary People - Donnell told Sean to get in the middle, "We only have one light (a red spotlight)."

Doc, Sean (Kal'el), Stomp, Godfather, Donnell, Lorenzo, Dwayne, Vaughn (seated)


Jacques, Sean, Doc, Donnell, Stomp, James, Godfather
6) Sean-led Dave Hollister's One Woman Man
7) Donnell & Halima-led (Sade's) Cherish the Day
8) Sean-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved - Sean sang on the dance floor
9) Halima-led Jill Scott's Golden
Ron Moten and Vonshawn were there.

6'9 and Nikiya were there.

Second Set
1) Donnell acapella Tyrese's Sweet Lady (tease) - warming up
Donnell said, "A moment of silence for the Dallas Cowboys."
Donnell talked about their Sunday show being a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday and Godfathers birthday: "Thirty-five years in the business."
2) Alternating Percussion solo - Donnell said, "6'9 is head bobbing. Special dedication to Bojack, his brother Bobby is here." / Sean-led Gerald Levert's Funny
3) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable
4) Donnell-led "___ Is in the house"
5) Halima-led Beyonce's Check on It (debut)
6) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
7) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - the crowd responded
8) Sean-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - intro / Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
Angie was there.
9) Donnell-led NORE's I'm a G (debut) - Stinky Dink sat in

Donnell, Stinky Dink, Tony
All pictures taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
10) Donnell & Halima-led Prince's Take Me With You - ladies sang it
11) Donnell-led Hold the Note
The following old school was performed in honor of Godfather:
12) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) / Rare Essence's Spotlight
13) Donnell & Halima-led Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease)
14) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Roll Call - the frontline danced the Roll Call dance
15) Donnell, Halima & James-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version)
16) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Lock It
17) James-led Rare Essence's Take Me Out to the Go-Go (tease)
18) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
19) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh"
20) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is - it cranked, especially Smoke and Jacques
21) Halima-led Minnie Riperton's Memory Lane
22) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind - Dave, Stacey, and Tamika were the only ones still dancing on the dance floor, it cranked, Donnell said of Tamika's dancing, "Tamika, I never saw that side of you. Who sold her the joy juice? The Jim Jones?"
23) Dwayne played a guitar solo
24) Stomp played a drum solo, then Dwayne joined in - Donnell said, "Stomp must not have go to work tonight. He must have the night off."
25) Donnell acapella "Just in case, I get home tonight"
Donnell joked, "Looking for a keyboard player. They have to have a car that works. Don't need much, have a keyboard and a job. Sweet Cherie, she can play and sing. Please on of you be late. No respect for the fans, they show up when they want to, they can show up when they have to... Solutions to problems and problems to solutions... Little Benny's looking for people for a new band."
Donnell said, "Packy said Godfather says he's only thirty-five. A discrepancy for how many years he's been in the business." Godfather said, "I'm only thirty-five."