Cascade Fun Center Transformed To Skate & Screen For HBO’s “United Skates”

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HBO’s “United Skates” Hosts Skate & Screen In Atlanta

On Monday, February 11, Cascade Fun Center glowed “United Skates” as the Atlanta landmark roller rink was decked out in honor of the HBO documentary.

The rink was filled with fans who took to their skates to enjoy a night celebrating the culture, moves, and music. After an hour of free skate led by DJ Princess Cut, Headkrack of “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” took to the mic to invite guests to see an exclusive extended peek of the documentary and then quickly went into the panel to discuss the making of the film.

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Moderated by Headkrack, the panel consisted of directors Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler, legendary skater Joi Lofton, skate queen and choreographer Kamille “Msss Kamille” Boyd-Gimore, and DJ Brian Taylor. The conversation was approximately 20 minutes and questions varied from “How did you come up with the idea for the documentary” to “What makes Cascade special to you?”

After the Q&A, Kamille showed off her top skating crews for a 5 team – 30 person skate presentation. To close out the programming, Headkrack and Kamille started a “unity roll” to honor legendary skaters who are no longer with us.

The skate train completely filled the rink prior to opening the rink back up to free skate with DJ Brian and then DJ KP the Great. Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed complimentary finger foods (wings, pizza, fries) and drinks including One Stop Gin & Tonic, Crazy Legs Rum Punch and G-Slide Electric Lemonade.

Guests had interactive fun in our photo booth with both static images as well as one-stop social sharing.

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