ABC Disco Ball, celebrating 30 years of disco

January 22nd, 2003

Michelle attended this show. She also did promotional shoots for it as well.

Dust off the platform shoes, send the leisure suit to the cleaners and get ready to get down and funky, because ABC is throwing an all-star party celebrating that phenomenon called disco!

This once-in-a-lifetime musical event was taped at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles — and the Shrine never looked so cool! The venerable venue was transformed into Club Shrine, the hottest nightspot in the country, featuring a disco built on platforms over one-third of the auditorium's downstairs seats, with three performance areas and balcony seating for an additional 3,500 people. And since The Disco Ball is NOT an awards show, the musical performances absolutely NEVER STOP.

Legendary performers of the disco era, as well as some of today's biggest stars, will jump onto multiple stages and perform the classics that defined the disco era, including:

* Whoopi Goldberg & Martha Wash — "It's Raining Men"
* Gloria Gaynor — "I Will Survive"
* Usher - "Ain't No Stopping Us Now"
* The Village People — "Macho Man" & "YMCA"
* etc.....

Adding spice to this already tangy event is a special disco fashion show, featuring some of the most outrageous models ever seen as they strut down the catwalk to the tune of "Dancing Queen."

In addition, celebrities will be boogying to the beat during the celebration and introduce the performers, including Paula Abdul (American Idol), Brooke Burke (E!'s Rank), Cedric the Entertainer, Whoopi Goldberg, Ali Landry, George Lopez (George Lopez), Sara Rue (Less Than Perfect), Ryan Seacrest (American Idol), Wilmer Valderrama (That '70s Show) and writer/actor Bruce Vilanch.

Ticket receipts benefited AIDS Project Los Angeles, one of the nation's largest service organizations, providing direct services to more than 10,000 men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS in L.A. County.