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Summer 2004 and Beyond: Going to the GoGo
Sunday, 30 April 2006
Familiar Faces at Tradewinds
Tradewinds Night Club, 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748

Shante (Stacey's Cousin), Mary, Sanisse, Peanut, Michelle, Lachelle, Slim Goodie, Britney & Shelly, Nicole (whom I met at The Classics), Matthew, Blue of Y2K, Jessica, BY, Fat Cat, Sean, Tracy, Delano, and Ray were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Halima-led Sade's No Ordinary Love - Halima said, "Dwayne Lee, you got something special for me?", Halima said, "Smoke", the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!" and Halima responded, "What you say?"
Jimmy Parker and Mama Chelle were there.
2) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable / Percussion solo - the crowd shouted, "Wind me up, Smoke!"
Keisha and Jan were there.
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "___ Is in the House"
Rickea, Ria, Tiffany F., and Janetta were there.
5) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's Can't Hide from Luv / Percussion solo
Pinky, Kintrea, Javon, and Kay were there.
6) Donnell-led "___ on the Floor" / NORE's I'm a G - it cranked, Sean rapped, James was on backup vocals
7) Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love (tease)
8) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Body Moves
Shawn was there.
9) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Lock It - it cranked
Shaun & Nora, Britney, and L-Boogie were there.
10) Donnell-led Rare Essence's What N*gga What?
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's All Da Time
12) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda (tease)
Donnell said, "She's a diva, I second that emotion"
13) Donnell acapella The Temptations' I Second That Emotion (tease)
14) Sean-led Peabo Bryson's Feel the Fire
TT was there. She introduced me to a friend of hers, Brenda. Los was there.
15) Sean-led Raheem DeVaughn's You
Felecia, 6'9, Rachelle, Kim, and Natalie were there.

My friend Sean and I were by the bar for the entire second set
Second Set
1) Sean-led Trey Songz' Gotta Go - they stopped it because Donnell made an emergency announcement to a woman in the audience, then it resumed / Percussion solo - the lights went off for a while
2) Halima-led Floetry's Supastar - it cranked / Donnell-led Rare Essence's "Going to Hollywood"
3) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Sean sang, it was interrupted by a fight, the house lights came on / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Wait a minute" echoes / "This is for my man Chucky"
4) Donnell-led "Party, Party, Everybody" / Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick
5) Donnell-led Trina Was Great - Donnell chanted, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho!"
6) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - Sean sang
7) Sean-led Brian McKnight's Anytime
8) Instrumental
Late in the set, Nicole and one of the other female bartenders danced behind the bar.
I talked with Stomp and Dwayne for a little while. I walked to my car with Sean and we talked until the police made us leave.

Posted by funkmasterj at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, 21 July 2006 7:45 PM EDT

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