Danielle's birthday at Zanzibar
Zanzibar on the Waterfront, 700 Water Street SW Washington, DC 20024

This was the first performance with Mike and Sean singing together.

Kimberly and Darrell were there.

Nataki (~butterflies~) came over; I didn't recognize her at first because of her different hairdo.

Felecia, Yvette, and asmoothpoet were there.

I walked over to the front bar area and saw Danielle (Wellfhed) walking in. When I went over to her, I noticed there were a whole lot of TMOTTers there: Missshaunte, Danielle (pinkprincess) (celebrating her birthday), Shorty Q, Sherray (Always Showtime!!), Mama Chelle, D Ball, Jay113, Junior, Danielle's Cousin (I forget her name), and Renatta (I forget her board name).

Junie of EU was there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Mr. Magic
2) Halima-led Jill Scott's Golden
Ras Lidj was there.
3) Mike-led Dave Hollister's One Woman Man
4) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - altered lyrics "With my makeup", Halima sang it differently
Donnell announced, "A young woman named Ebony was just diagnosed with cancer. Keeping it real"
5) Halima-led Sade's Pearls - she sang it to Ebony sitting in a chair, it's very sad, I went down to make sure it wasn't one of the Ebonys I know
6) Mike-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved
7) Sean-led Burt Bacharach & Hal David's A House Is Not a Home
Delano, Big Don Pimp, and Cookie were there.

Second Set
Donnell did a birthday shout out to Danielle.
1) Halima-led Beyonce's Check on It / 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
Sugar Bear was there.
2) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!"
5) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Tell Your Heart I Love You - there was a nice crank / Happy Birthday
6) Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) - Donnell did the keyboard effects vocally / Rare Essence's Spotlight (tease) / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon (tease)
7) Mike-led Lisa Stanfield's All Around the World (tease)
8) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel (tease)
9) Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane (tease)
10) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Overnight Scenario (tease)
11) Mike-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version) - the place was shaking
12) Mike-led Rare Essence's Take Me Out to the Go-Go - the crowd responded and sang along
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Roll Call - added more lines
6'9 was there.
Donnell said, "We did that old school for Jaoquim (celebrating his birthday), he's old as dirt."

RE Angie was there.

Yvette and Stacy (a regular I've seen many times, but I just introduced myself to her tonight), both talked about seeing people tonight that they hadn't seen in years.

Nicole, the bartender at Tradewinds, was there. She jokingly introduced me as her boyfriend.

I danced with Regi. I didn't recognize her at first because she had a different hairdo.

Tamiko, Miss T (Theresa) & Miss V (Vernice), and Tiffany were there.

Third Set
I may have missed a song while I was walking around.
1) Halima-led Floetry's Supastar
Jackie was there.
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho"
3) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up
4) Donnell-led NORE's I'm a G - Donnell rapped
5) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - James sang backup / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease)
6) Alternating GoGo Mickey conga solo - Donnell sang, "Hey GoGo Mickey", Donnell said, "Say what?" / Rare Essence's Body Snatchers (tease) - instrumental, Donnell said, "Look here, we got my man GoGo Mickey up in here, just a little bit. Right there Mick.", Donnell chanted, "Uh oh oh", Donnell chanted, "Mick-ay", Donnell chanted, "Party, party, everybody"
7) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Jackie said to me, "I came here about an hour, an hour and half, that's all I need"
Donnell said, "This is for you, Danielle"
8) Halima-led Mary Blige's Be Without You / (Jamie Foxx's) Mother's Finest's Love Changes
Choo Choo and Gary were there.
Donnell said, "GoGo Mickey's still got it. He's got his shirt off like 1989."
This was the most packed I've ever seen it at Zanzibar.