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What’s Happening in Roller Skating?

April 12, 2018 Mary Kelly Sports, Games, and Exercise 6 comments

Roller Skating!! Olney and Bush 1979 Evidently roller skating is all the “new” rage according to our authors. Since I was a teen throughout the 1970s, I can say I went to the rink a few times. However, by the

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Disco Lives!

November 11, 2016 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts, Talkin 'Bout My Generation 6 comments

Disco Dance Steps Villari 1978 Submitter: […My] coworkers know I love disco music.  Sadly, I can’t dance, even with the help of the hundreds of disco tutorials on YouTube. But I love this book. However, most of our dance items

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Disco Dancing with Donny and Marie

October 5, 2016 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 6 comments

Disco with Donny and Marie Heaton and Zimmerman 1979 I had a reference question a while back where I had to explain Donny and Marie to a teenager. God, I felt old. If you are more than 40 years or

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Do the Hustle

August 22, 2016 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 6 comments

Disco Hustle Lovisone 1979 Submitter: I found this in the 790s…and it was not the only disco book I found. The guy on the cover looks a bit like Freddy Mercury, don’t you think? The song is still running through

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Disco Never Dies

August 7, 2013 Holly But it's Historical!, Fine and Not So Fine Arts 7 comments

Disco Dancing Nentl 1980 Submitter: I was excited to find this book on our elementary library shelves, thinking it was some cool vintage book about the disco era.  It was not.  Whereas the fashion & music of the 70’s lives

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Jive Talkin’

June 13, 2012 Mary Kelly Celebrity Gossip and Advice 12 comments

The Authorized Biography: The Bee Gees Gibb 1979 Where do I start? It’s gotta be the shiny pants! Or is it what is inside the pants? Can someone say “rolled up socks”? I love the Bee Gees and I can

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Gettin’ Jiggy

November 9, 2011 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 18 comments

Complete Guide to Disco Dancing Lustgarten “The Disco Lady” 1978 Submitter: A young woman came to the reference desk and asked for books about dancing.  I showed her to the appropriate section, then stood there discussing with her what exactly she

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Will Disco Ever Die?

August 23, 2011 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 16 comments

Disco Dancing Cherry and Tomlan 1979 Submitter: Will Disco Ever Die?  Found this in the children’s books and it’s kept me laughing for several days so maybe we should keep it – recataloged under Humor.  Tap disco????  Who would be

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