Special Television Taping of
Get Down Tonight – The Best of 70s Disco and Dance Music
At Convention Hall in Asbury Park

STATEWIDE – Disco is back with a live television taping on August 17 at 7 pm at historic Convention Hall in Asbury Park , New Jersey . My Music: Get Down Tonight – the Best of 70s Disco and Dance Music, a special production by TJ L Productions and NJN, will air on NJN Public Television this fall.

This week, NJN viewers will be offered a special opportunity to reserve tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime television taping in Asbury Park by tuning into encore performances of My Music: Superstars of Seventies Soul Live taped at Atlantic City’s Borgata this past winter. Superstars will be broadcast on Friday, July 30 at 8 pm ; Saturday, July 31 at 9:30 am , 2 pm , 9 pm and 12 am ; and Sunday, August 1 at 3 pm and 10 pm .

Disco brings back memories of Donna Summer, The Village People, Gloria Gaynor, the Bee Gees, Halston dresses and shiny shirts, platform shoes, parties and sequins, and of course the Disco Ball. If you loved the music and eclectic lifestyle of the Disco era and would love an opportunity to reminisce, you will want to be part of a live audience at the taping of this program, whether you want to sit and listen to the music or get up and disco. Scheduled performers (confirmed at this time – subject to change) are as follows:

• Frankie Valli – Oh What A Night, Swearin’ to God
• A Taste Of Honey – Boogie Oogie Oogie, Sukiyaki
• Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
• Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, When I Need You
• The Original Trammps - Disco Inferno, Hold Back the Night
• Carol Douglas – Doctors Orders
• Peaches and Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing, Reunited
• Norma Jean Wright & Lucy Martin - Le Freak, Good Times
• Martha Walsh of The Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men
• Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
• Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You
• The Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat

Additional celebrity guest stars for Get Down Tonight will be announced only on NJN beginning July 30 at 8 pm with the broadcast of My Music: Superstars of Seventies Soul Live. On Superstars, Patti LaBelle headlines an outstanding musical program that includes many of the legendary groups of classic soul such as The Commodores, Heatwave, Yvonne Elliman, The Stylistics, The Manhattans, Eugene Record reuniting with the Chi-Lites, McFadden and Whitehead, and Debbie and Joni Sledge of Sister Sledge among others.

Watch NJN for more information on the Disco show or visit the NJN website at www.njn.net.

The My Music series is the creation of executive producer and New Jersey native TJ Lubinsky, who partnered with NJN Public Television and Radio to co-produce these national television events. Lubinsky has brought together many first-rate superstars in outstanding performances that preserve a segment of American music and offer viewers an opportunity to witness music history.