Thursday at Zanzibar
Zanzibar on the Waterfront, 700 Water Street SW Washington, DC 20024

Nita, Tasty, Lolo, and Kim were there. I introduced myself to Gene, a friend of Vincent's. Sharika, Darrell F., Slim Googie, and Lachelle (celebrating her birthday) were there.

Simone, Nece, Ro'chelle (toosweet), Danielle (pinkprincess), and Mitch were there.

I introduced myself to Jalila (spelling?) the "dancing machine".

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Miles Davis' Tutu
2) Halima-led Jill Scott's Whatever
Tony was there.
3) Sean-led Dave Hollister's One Woman Man
Gary and 6'9 were there.
4) Donnell & Halima-led (Sade's) Cherish the Day - nice Dwayne solo
Michelle (DeeDee's cousin) was there.
5) Halima-led Mary Blige's Be Without You / (Jamie Foxx's) Mother's Finest's Love Changes
Cookie was there.
6) Alternating Sean-led Eric Benet's I Wanna Be Loved / Teddy Pendergrass' Love TKO (tease)
Britney and Shelly, Tyrell, Yolanda, and Nikki were there.

Second Set
1) Alternating Sean-led Trey Songz' Gotta Go - the first time they started a set with this / Percussion solo
2) Alternating Halima-led Beyonce's Check on It / Donnell-led "___ Is in the House" / Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
Tamiko was there.
3) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up
Tiffany F., and Cyangela (spelling?) were there.
4) Donnell & Halima-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version) - more lyrics, especially "Freak a deak", the crowd responded loudly
5) Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease) - Godfather played a riff from Rare Essence's Lock It? / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon (tease)
6) Donnell & Halima-led Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease)
7) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Overnight Scenario (tease)
8) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel -->
9) Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane
10) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Lock It - the crowd sang along, it cranked / "Familiar Faces is for the grown & sexy, if you're grown & sexy put your hands in the air"
Slick Rick was there.
11) Donnell-led Brown & White / Ride Out / Northeast Groovers' The Water
Robin and Ayisha, whom I had met Sunday at the Classics, were there.

Missshaunte, Tasha (T-bird), Mousie, and Shannon were there.

Some guy who was talking with Shannon and her friend called me over. They thought I was a cop. The guy introduced me to Shannon's friend Tia. He said she and Shannon, whom he referred to as "Peaches" were strippers. I asked where they perform at; they said he arranges private parties (I'm sure they were joking.)

Third Set
1) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable
2) Alternating Halima-led Floetry's Supastar / Donnell-led Rare Essence's "Going to Hollywood"
Jimmy Parker was there.
3) Alternating Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick / Percussion solo - it cranked, Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho", they played riffs like from Rare Essence's Body Snatchers
4) Donnell-led "___ on the Floor" / NORE's I'm a G - interrupted by a fight, Donnell said, "I don't care if you're my brother; I'm not going to let you miss this up. I can play slow songs forever. We'll have you show your social security and your birth certificate, better be over twenty-five", it cranked
Peg Leg was there.
5) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
Imani was there.
6) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Sean sang
7) Alternating Sean-led Gerald Levert's Funny / 6 Minutes percussion solo / DIP - Donnell said, "Don't act like that sh*t ain't funky", Donnell called out women's names
Quita was there with her sister. Quita asked me if I had become addicted to GoGo.
8) 911 (tease) - instrumental
Donnell said, "I thought Halima could sing, it's all Googie."
9) Donnell acapella "You don't have to say a word"