Richmond, VA was the place to be on 11/08/00




I never thought I would get to see THE MAN again,
after losing seats
103 and 104 due to an error with online tickets.
Tickets sold out on the
previous Saturday at 10:22 a.m. I finally got 2 but in
different areas.




Will Call Window: The line is WAY too long but when we
finally got
there only one person could go in to get the
tickets(bummer). Immediately
after receiving our tickets it is back outside for a
longer wait. While
outside waiting a limo pulls up and people lose it
thinking that is was
Prince (psyche). Back to the long wait (Mom are we
there yet?)




Doors Open: Everyone is ready to get to their seats
(not yet). Another
long wait and it is getting really HOT in here. A lot
of idle chit chat
until... YES PRINCE just stuck his head out the door
everyone yells and
I almost faint... It gets even HOTTER now! Darn, I
only got to see his
gorgeous hair and a little of that flawless face but
that is enough to
hold me (for now). It's been a while now and we hear
music inside the
venue(Was that a voice warm up by Prince?) One person
in attendance is
truly in the Prince mood, she is decked out in all
black and the shirt
is the gold symbol one it is cute and she has her hair
very similar to
the MTV awards hair style (plaits and ribbons).
Finally we start heading
in to our seats after extensive bag and jacket checks
for cameras or
recorders.




The Show:(not just yet) Still setting up the
instruments, something is
wrong with on of the amps it seems(hmm...8:45). They
seem to be a
little late if you go by the start time publicized
(8:00 p.m.). It now
9:05...no show yet.




The Show:(Finally) (9:15) The lights dim, the show is
finally starting
(YES!) People are going wild, I haven't lost it yet so
I'm doing good.
Spotlight is on the side seats on the right
(darn...I'm too short to
see who is coming out of that door) Sax?! NAJEE!!!!!
and he has lungs for
days and days. BLOW MAN BLOW!!!! SEXaphone is the
instrument of
peace/love/sensuality, he is blowing all my stress
away! (ahhhhh) Rhonda Smith
(hey Girl! we have the same last name) and she is
playing that bass...I
can't see the rest of the band enter but I hear them
jammin'. Then out
steps the MAN of the hour once he gets that guitar in
his hand all is
GREAT! He looks good enough to frame in all that black
(we seem to have
gone to the same fountain of color this eve). Geneva
is very flexible!
That girl must not have a bone in her body!




We are all UPTOWN and it has started a major
CONTROVERSY. Prince
performing this well can cause a MUTINY. He seems a
little distracted for a
sec but It is the sound he is not too happy but he
does like the master
performer he is and continues and doesn't miss a note
(Bravo). Najee is
back and I am getting a little more weak (smile)He
plays like wind on
angels wings and I am feeling it. I WANNA BE YOUR
LOVER as Prince
returns and BABY HE IS A STAR! sing in my direction
more and TAKE ME WITH YOU
We can dance in the PURPLE RAIN because NOTHING
COMPARES TO YOU. COME
ON b-cuz I WOULD DIE 4 U, u SEXYDANCER. u know U GOT
THE LOOK of
DIAMONDS and PEARLS... I could really GETT OFF with
your INSATIABLE
HOUSEQUAKE, it is truly SCANDALOUS... THE BEAUTIFUL
ONE love GOD. And sing of THE
BALLAD OF DOROTHY PARKER and how SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY
HAIR. One KISS
could do no harm. You said that my RASPBERRY BERET
makes you CREAM and want
to DO ME BABY. Let's take a ride in my LITTLE RED
CORVETTE and listen
to your FATHER'S SONG. You've told me before, "I COULD
NEVER TAKE THE
PLACE OF YOUR MAN" but maybe during the
SUMMERTIME,when I will be your
VOODOO CHILD. I have one question for all WHEN WILL WE
BE PAID FOR THE
WORK WE'VE DONE?




Prince and Company ROCKED and I seem to lose myself in
the rest of the
night. The last thing I heard was COME BACK NIKKI COME
BACK. and I will
whenever he is in VA.