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  2. Roller disco - Wikipedia

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    A roller disco is a combined discothèque and skating rink, where attendees are encouraged to participate in roller skating while dancing, or to observe skilled dancers from the sidelines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Quad skates and (more recently) inline skates may be available for rent, and there is often a snack bar with a seating area.

  3. Roll-A-Palace - Wikipedia

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    The rink impacted the lives of several local DJs, who would go on to popularize house and electro music. [18] [19] House DJ Frankie Bones has recalled the rink's influence on his life and career, stating he learned how to skate at the Roll-A-Palace as a child. [18] In 2003, he wrote that he experienced the peak disco era (1979) through roller ...

  4. Roller skating - Wikipedia

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    After a decline in popularity, roller skating became widespread again in the 1930s to the 1950s. This era is known as the Golden Age of Roller Skating. Many skating rinks offering electric organ music were built throughout the United States in this period. [2]: 89–91 In the 1970s, roller disco became widespread.

  5. Empire Roller Disco - Wikipedia

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    The Empire Roller Rink in 2006. The Empire Roller Disco was a 30,000-square-foot roller rink located at 200 Empire Blvd., in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. [1] The birthplace of roller disco, [2] it was the first venue to showcase jammin', a skate style invented by its attendee and employee Bill "Mr. Charisma" Butler. [3] [1]

  6. This is why you’re seeing videos of Usher roller-skating ...

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    LIBERTY ROSS: Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace was a legendary roller rink that my parents opened in Hollywood in 1979. A lot of people compare it to Studio 54 on wheels. A lot of people compare it ...

  7. The Rink (musical) - Wikipedia

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    The Rink is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, the tenth Kander and Ebb collaboration. The musical focuses on Anna, the owner of a dilapidated roller skating rink on the boardwalk of a decaying seaside resort, who has decided to sell it to developers. Complicating her plans are her prodigal ...

  8. Petersburg roller rink, bring your own skates facility: Owner ...

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    Petersburg roller rink: Chai Chai Boogie ready to roll Chester resident Chai Chai Boogie, a corporate safety director and professional poker player, loves to roller skate.

  9. Roller Boogie - Wikipedia

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    Bobby is skating on the boardwalk with a female friend when he encounters Terry, but she remains aloof and spurns his advance. They later meet at a local roller rink called Jammer's. During a near catastrophic skating incident where Bobby saves the day, she gives in. Terry wants to pay him to teach her how to skate for the Roller Disco contest ...