THE 70s WILL FEEL LIKE A MINI HEAT WAVE. THANK YOU. >>> IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I PUT ON A PAIR OF ROLLER SKATES. BUT D.C.’S RICH ROLLER SKATING HISTORY COME TO LIGHT FOR THE ANNUAL LEGENDS GATHERING. HUNDREDS OF ROLLER SKATERS ARE
EXPECTED TO LACE UP FOR FOUR GLORIOUS DAYS. >> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND ROLLER SKATERS FROM ALL GENERATIONS AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, PARTS OF THE WORLD, ARE COMING TO AS HE DID FOR THE LEGENDS, HEELS, HATS WEEKEND. YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER. WHAT’S THE ORIGIN OF IT AND THE
HISTORY OF SKATING IN D.C.? >> FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, WE DIDN’T START WITH THE DISCO BALLS AND THE AF RCMP OS. WE STARTED WITH BEING TOLD, NO, YOU CAN’T SKATE HERE. THE LEDGE EGDS THAT I LOOK UP TO, THEY WALKED INTO THESE SPACES AND THEY WERE IN AWE.
THEY KNOW NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SKATE IN THESE SPACES. SO PART OF THIS ENTIRE EVENT IS TELLING WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT THE KENNEDY CENTER SITS ON THE GROUND AND IT YOU’D TO BE A ROLLER RINK. THERE IS A RICH ROLLER SKATING
HISTORY. >> Reporter: SOW SATURDAY MORNING, LET’S SKATE D.C. LETS PEOPLE COMING IN. IT’S A SKATING RINK ON SATURDAY MORNING. >> ABSOLUTELY. A PART OF HAVING THIS WHOLE WEEKEND, YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY. ROLLER SKATING IS A MULTIGENERATIONAL ACTIVITY. ONE OF THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN PAST TIMES.
FROM THE AGE OF 2 TO 88, THAT’S THE RANGE OF A ROLLER SKATER. >> SPEAKING AND LEGENDS, TONY, TONY, TONY, YOU CAN SEE SOME WORLD CLASS SKATING IF YOU ARE A NONWHEELED ATTENDANT. >> ABSOLUTELY. THE BIGGEST THING I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS WEEKEND.
THERE HAVE BEEN SHOWS FOR YEARS WHERE YOU SIT IN THE EACH IS AND WATCH PERFORMANCES ON ICE OR FIGURES. THIS IS THAT WITH AN INCREDIBLE CONCERT WITH R & B ROYALTY. I’M SO EXCITED THAT TONY TONY TONY IS PERFORMING. >> YOU HAVE A FREE SKATE GOING
ON, A FASHION SHOW. AND WHO DID YOU BRING? YOU BROUGHT SOME PROS OUT. >> WE HAVE TWO GUESTS THAT COULDN’T WAIT TO GET TO D.C. THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST. PEOPLE THINK WE GO ALL AROUND IN A CIRCLE ALL NIGHT. NO, IT’S DANCING. JUST LIKE IN A CLUB BUT ON WHEL.
>> SATURDAY,
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