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LOS ANGELES - Andy Gibb and Peaches & Herb have been set to appear at a roller disco-themed fund-raising event for the Olympic athletes June 20 at Venice beach here, dubbed the birthplace of the roller disco phenomenon.
Those two music acts will be joined by "Dance Fever" host Deney Terio and actors Dick and Jimmy Van Patten at the event, which is being promoted by KIIS-FM here. Don Janklow, producer of the event, is looking into television special opportunities.
L.A. mayor Tom Bradley has designated June 20 "Rollerskating Day In Los Angeles." At the event will be celebrity and professional roller disco shows and a radical ramp demonstration.
The program is free to the public, but organizers hope to raise $50,000 to $100,000 for the Olympic athletes by selling T-shirts for $5 and refreshments. The shirts are being supplied by Hawaiian Tropics, the suntan lotion manufacturer; the food and drinks by Pepsi-Cola.
Janklow hopes for upwards of 50,000 persons to crowd the beach for the spectator event. The monies raised will go to keep American athletes, prevented by President Carter from attending the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, in training for the 1984 contests, which are scheduled to be held here in L.A.
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