Who’s the Father of Roller Disco?
That’s Bill Butler. He’s the Daddy. People have referred to me as the Godfather of Roller Disco, but I’ve never claimed to be that. Why do you think people might think of you that way? Well, first of all, I’ve taught over 15,000 people how to skate. Number two, I’m one of the leading proponents of roller disco in New York. And I’ve done a great deal for skating in New York. I was the Founder and Chairman of the Central Park Dance Skater’s Association which founded in 1995 as an answer to Mr. Giuliani’s quality of life issues. How so? Skating as a quality of life issue? They said that because of the crowd we drew it drew drug dealers and beer peddlers into the area. They had this little easel with a map of Central Park. The guy stood there with a pointer and he insisted that our area was the biggest crime area. That people were getting their pockets picked and bags stolen and drug dealers… it was all a lot of crap. How do you know that? We were there. We didn’t see anyone getting their
