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Baby Loves Disco was a global monthly afternoon dance party, the purpose of which was to connect children and their parents with other children and parents in a nightclub environment. The dance parties featuring music spun and mixed by real disk jockeys blending classic disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

tunes.

History

Baby Loves Disco was created in Philadelphia by professional dancer and mother Heather Murphy Monteith. All events are held in a nightclub during the afternoon hours and include a dj, emcee, classic disco and 80's tunes, a full spread of healthy snacks, a chill-out zone with books and toys, and a vast menu of other "extras" such as face painting, balloons, bubbles, mommy massages, and more. The community aspect of the event is a focus, and local businesses in each location are involved as sponsors, contributing to the atmosphere of the party by providing samples and activities. “The idea was to create an alternative to the pre-packaged world of entertainment for young kids.” Ropeadope Records

Ropeadope Records

Ropeadope Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, hip hop, electronic and downtempo music. The label was founded by Andy Hurwitz in New York City and later moved to Philadelphia, where it is now located....

founder and father of three, Andy Hurwitz, soon took notice and joined forces with Heather to help spread the Baby Loves Disco event across the United States.

The events spread to roughly three dozen major United States

United States

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cities, including Atlanta, metro New York City

New York City

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, Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, greaterLos Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, and Houston

Houston, Texas

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. International events were held in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Japan

Japan

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, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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and Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

.

The event gained press coverage, including a segment on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

's Nightline.

Changes

As of December 2009, Baby Loves Disco has announced a change in the structure of the events, in the form of a National Tour in 2010. This tour will hit 45 cities across the United States, setting up mobile dance parties in nightclubs, hospitals, preschools and open spaces. The tour will benefit the national children's charity, Project Sunshine.

Baby Loves Disco is currently partnering with retailer H&M

H&M

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....

to present their "Super Heroes Tour," featuring kids in costume. Twelve of the 2011 family dance parties took place at Loews Hotels

Loews Hotels

-About Loews HotelsHotels:Loews Hotels currently owns and/or operates 18 hotels and resorts in the United States and Canada:-United States locations:*Loews Annapolis Hotel - Annapolis, Maryland*Loews Atlanta Hotel - Atlanta, Georgia...

locations around th e United States.

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