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

Netty, Vonshawn, and Sharika were there.

Familiar Faces
Sound Check
1) Donnell played Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg's Over the Rainbow (tease) - instrumental
2) Donnell sang along with Trey Songz' Gotta Go played by the DJ
3) Donnell acapella Rare Essence's I'm Getting Ready (tease)
4) Mike acapella Marvin Gaye's Distant Lover (tease)

First Set
1) Don't Stop - instrumental, nice solos played by Smoke on the congas and Jacques on the timbales
2) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy
3) Halima-led The Brand New Heavies' Never Stop - Halima said, "Get started up" repeatedly, Halima sang on the dance floor
Donny Ray of EU was there.
Mike said, "That was hot." Halima replied, "Not as hot as you."
4) Sean-led Gerald Levert's Funny - Sean sang on the dance floor
5) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Donnell said, "This is my song y'all", Mike sang on the dance floor
Stacey was there.
6) Halima-led Mary Blige's Be Without You - Halima sang on the dance floor / (Jamie Foxx's) Mother's Finest's Love Changes
7) Mike-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved - Mike sang on the dance floor
Tim (LJ), Pretty Nikki of After Hours and TJ (formerly of After Hours) were there.
8) Sean-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind (debut of Sean singing it)
Tracy, whom I met at Zanzibar, was there (with her same friend as at Zanzibar).
9) Alternating Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva / Percussion solo - Donnell did a shout out to Pretty Nikki (although he just called her Nikki), Halima said, "Lincoln Heights!" / Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Superstition
Donnell announced they would be playing on Fridays starting the Friday two days from now at Icon from now on.

Second Set
Donnell announced they would soon have live DVD by initiation and that "Mike will strip naked (I hope not!)."
1) Alternating Halima-led Beyonce's Check on It / Percussion solo / Donnell-led Slick Rick's La Di Da Di (tease)
Darlene, a regular, was there. 2) Donnell-led "___ Is up in here" - spoken, not chanted
3) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable - there was a nice crank
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
5) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!"
6) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's Tell Your Heart I Love You - Donnell said, "Say what? Do What?"
Nikiya was there.
7) Alternating Halima-led Floetry's Supastar - Jacques played a nice timbale solo / Donnell-led Rare Essence's "Going to Hollywood"
8) Donnell-led "___ Is on the Floor"
9) Alternating Donnell-led NORE's I'm a G - Stinky Dink rapped, Donnell rapped / Percussion solo - it cranked / Halima-led Mariah Carey's It' Like That - Godfather or Lorenzo played something different
10) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Donnell rapped, the house lights came on, Sean sang, "We'll take a train together... Come into my bedroom"
11) Sean-led Trey Songz' Gotta Go - Packy played a tambourine / 6 Minutes percussion solo
12) Stomp played a sample
13) Donnell & Halima-led It Is What It Is - Donnell said, "This is my theme song. I don't know what's going on, I thought we was done."
14) Stomp played more samples
15) Dwayne briefly played riffs from a familiar Funk song
In talking about the bus trip, Donnell told ladies, "If you need a roommate, we'll pick names out of a hat."
Donnell said to Packy, "No vacation (they were originally not going to play on Friday), tell that trick you aren't going to Vegas. Fill up the bath tub, that's as close as your getting to a Jacuzzi." Packy laughed.