Tiffany Elle and her angelic voice perfectly set the tone for Tweet to kick off the concert portion of the anniversary tour. Quite honestly, I didn’t know what to expect when my beloved Southern Hummingbird stepped to the mic. Mainly because she came on stage looking like she was wearing some clothes that Miss Lauryn Hill accidently left in the Pageant dressing room during her most recent (and completely crazy) visit to St. Louis. She had on a random baseball cap, a blue denim (?) acid washed frumpy blouse and some sequined black and gold pants. She was serving me bingo/casino granny at the top and ________ (insert HBCU of your choice) Tigerette dance squad captain at the bottom. Help. But by the time she said thank you and goodnight…I got my life twice…and once more for the road!! She sounded great, was extremely personable and genuinely grateful for the audience support. And when Nichol asked her to sing “Beautiful,” she invited half the audience up to sing a sip of the bridge. I got every vocal register known to man some I didn’t know existed, some Scooby Doo scats, a praise dance by LeMoore that made Tyler Perry laying hands on TD Jakes at Megafest look staged and inauthentic and a big girl hip swivel that had me more confused than enthused. My favorite was the first girl (sorry, I don’t remember your name). Thurman came in second. Speaking of scats, the high tenor of Rahsaan Patterson followed Tweet’s “I get caught up,” and choir solos followed soon after. He is clearly a graduate of the Rachelle Farrell charm school. He was paying folks in dust and averted looks just before he graced the stage. Luckily he sounded FANTASTIC! I really catch life from his singing and Ann’s birthday bubbles clearly put him in a better mood. And just when I thought the evening couldn’t have closed on a higher note – thanks to Rahsaan’s non-stop falsetto whispers – the ladies of Café Soul announced that they would be bringing Raheem DeVaughn to the Pageant on October 13. I.CANT.WAIT.