Tuesday at Rehearsal
Private location, Hyattsville, MD

Familiar Faces
I attended rehearsal today, arriving at the same time as BJ and Godfather. The area had changed: the actual rehearsal space had moved from the main room into a smaller room. Doc and others joked about what would happen if there was a fire. Donnell was not there yet, but they started anyway. At the time, Mike, PD, Dwayne, Doc, BJ, Godfather, and Jammin' Jeff were there. I talked with Dwayne about Redds, he said he has two daughters who would be in their 20s now, but he hasn't seen them since they were babies. After Donnell arrived, they traded jabs about attending public vs. private high schools (Donnell went to Duke Ellington School of the Arts). Donnell introduced Jacques Vaughan and said he would be playing percussion with them starting tomorrow (in addition to Smoke). They also teased me about wearing shorts in the cold. I talked with Nephew about how many and whose shows he attended to pass out flyers for FF. I also saw a marker board marked "Studio 54" that showed that FF (actually marked as 911) was not the only group that rehearsed there. What? Band and Mad Collision were also listed on different days.