Ebony's birthday at Tradewinds
Tradewinds Night Club, 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748

It wasn't as packed in the parking lot as it was last week, but it did get just as packed inside later.

Ebony (celebrating her birthday), Mona, "original" Nikki, Cookie (her first time at Tradewinds), Tiffany F., Ebo, Natalie, Denatta, Cindy, Tracy, Peg Leg, Shante (Stacey's cousin) and Val "Tina Turner" were there.

Googie was back working the sound.

Familiar Faces
First set
1) Alternating Sean-led Gerald Levert's Funny - Sean rapped / Percussion solo - nice crank
Delano was there.
2) Donnell chanted, "If that's how you feel, you got to do what you feel"
3) Halima-led Beyonce's Check on It - the crowd was really into it
4) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - intro / Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
5) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
6) Donnell-led "___ Is in the House"
7) Donnell chanted, "Familiar Faces is for the grown & sexy. If you're grown & sexy, raise your hand. If you're grown & sexy, Familiar Faces is your band."
8) Halima-led Floetry's Supastar - James was dancing in the back by his uncle, not on the frontline, Donnell said to Halima, "Sing it to Peg Leg"
9) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable
10) Percussion solo - it cranked, Mike said, "There it is", Halima said, "I like it"
11) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - Sean held his mic to fans, girls sang it - Kay Kay danced onstage / Prince's Sexy M.F. (tease)
12) Alternating Donnell-led Hold the Note - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!", Donnell said, "Do what? Say what?" / Donnell & Halima-led Sade's No Ordinary Love (tease) - altered lyrics
RE Angie was there.
13) Donnell-led NORE's I'm a G - James was on backup vocals / Kay Kay rapped
Donnell said of Kay Kay, "Her father's Chuck Brown. We're going on a bus trip with him to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Ladies, if you don't have a roommate, that's an extra twenty five dollars, we'll take care of that. Fellas, if you don't have a roommate, Halima said..."
14) Halima-led Mary Blige's Be Without You
Sanisse, Nita, Tamiko, and Simone were there.

Tijuana came in during the break and said to Sean, "I like you." Lorenzo told me to write it down. When I did, Sean laughed.

JoJo and Shameika were there.

Second set
1) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind
2) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized
3) Alternating Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho" / Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club - "Go Ebony, it's your birthday!"
L-Boogie was there.
4) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Donnell added a rap / Kay Kay rapped
5) Alternating Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That / Donnell said, "Slick Rick got a birthday" --> / 50 Cent's In Da Club - verses for Slick Rick, Ebony, Sugar, and Makeeba
6) Donnell-led Trina Was Great - Donnell chanted, "This is for my n*gger Chuck E., this is for my man Chuck E."
7) Roe-led Rare Essence's Lock It - a lot of crowd response (not clearing out like last time he sat in at Tradewinds), Roe shouted, "Throw your hands up in the front.", Slick Rick was onstage, the house lights came on
8) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is / Donnell-led Slick Rick's La Di Da Di (tease) / Donnell chanted, "They don't want to see me"
9) Donnell chanted the announcements
10) Mike-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved / Sean-led Teddy Pendergrass' Love TKO (tease)