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EVENT HISTORY
A little bit of history and information about the World's Largest Disco,
set in a chronological timeline for your viewing pleasure.
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2006
Danny ”Partridge Family” Bonaduce fills in for last minute cancellation by Erik Estrada and is a huge hit. Couple gets engaged on main stage and fiancé gets lecture from Danny on the virtues (and reality) of marriage in front of capacity crowd of 7000. The event sells out 2 months in advance. Conesus Fest officially crosses the $1,000,000 in donations. Thanks for your support!!
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2005
Chris Knight(Peter Brady) and his lovely fiancée Adrian Curry(America’s Next Top Model) join the Hanson Brothers(Slapshot) as our 70’s celebrity icons. 7000 tix to the main event are gobbled up by the disco nation in a little over a week (new record). 1000 tickets to the VIP party sell out after being on sale to the public for only 2 days! The outfits continue to amaze (think those platforms with goldfish in the heels are something special??? Over 40 guests showed up with them in 05) and the event is featured on National Public Radio, Entertainment Magazine, and the Washington Post. Total donations to Camp Good Days now exceed $850,000. Thanks for your support !!
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2004
Leif Garrett(musician/teen idol), Anson Williams(Potsie from Happy Days) & Charlene Tilton(Lucy Ewing from Dallas) visit "The Disco" for it's most successful year ever. General Admission tix sold out 2 weeks before the event & the now famous VIP party sold out 4 days after tickets went on sale to the public! To date, the party has raised & donated over $650,000 to cancer related charities. Disco may be dead, but it's alive and well every Thanksgiving weekend in Buffalo !!
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2003
Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady) joined her Brady Bunch brothers to help make this event one to remember. VIP Tickets sold out 3 weeks before the event & general admission ticket sales were halted 3 days before this years' party. With this years contribution Conesus Fest for Charity passed the $500,000 in donations since it's inception in 1994. And they said Disco was dead ??? Thanks again !!
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2002
All the Brady Boys: Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Chris Knight) & Bobby (Mike Lookinland) made a very rare appearance together at this year's event. Grey Goose officially became a sponsor & the event raised a record amount for Camp Good Days. To date almost $350,000 has been donated to charity in the name of Fun & Philanthrophy. Thanks for coming back year after year !!
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2001
The French Connection (Gil Perrault, Rick Martin and Rene Robert) joined forces with Chris Knight (Peter Brady) and Deney Terrio (Dance Fever) for our most successful event to date. The party also continued it's sellout attendance record. Since the World's Largest Disco's inception in 1994, over $250,000 has been donated to charity. Thank You!!
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2000
Chris Knight (Peter Brady)lead this years group of celebs, Deney Terrio returned & danced with guests in the VIP room for over 90 minutes!! A couple from Florida got engaged in front of the Hanson Brothers & five lucky people won two round trip airline tickets on Southwest Airlines. Despite a state of emergency snowstorm three days before the party, the event was again a sellout. 2000's event was our most successful event to date.
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1999
Live music returns for the first time since 1979, featuring performances by The Trammps, Otis Day and The Knights & Barry Williams (Greg Brady). The Hanson Brothers (Slapshot), Erin Murphy (Tabitha) and Ernie D (Buffalo Braves) appeared as celebrity guests. One lucky guest in our sold out crowd of 7000+ won a two year lease on a 2000 Retro Beetle.
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1998
More bathrooms and bars are added resulting in no lines to drink or pee! VH-1 films and Erin Murphy (Tabitha) joins our roster of celebrities. Attendance is limited to 7,000. Event receives great reviews from the media and guests. As a result of its fundraising efforts, Conesus Fest for Charity donates over $45,000 to charity in 1998! Thank you!
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1997
VH-1 films the event while Deney Terrio (Dance Fever), Barry Williams (Greg Brady), and the Hanson Brothers ('70s movie Slap Shot) entertain the guests. The event sells out with a crowd of 8,000. More than 3,000 people without tickets show up in an effort to gain entry. Buffalo Police are forced to close down streets surrounding the Convention Center to disperse the crowd. All goes well inside!!! The event raises $30,000 for Camp Good Days and Special Times.
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1996
Ted Lange (Isaac from The Love Boat) joined in the fun along with Barry Williams. The entire Convention Center is used (only half was used in previous years) and the event draws a record 6,000 people.
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1995
Building on the success of the event in 1994, Conesus Fest for Charity solicits corporate sponsors for the event and adds Barry Williams (Greg Brady). The event receives national media exposure; all three local Buffalo news stations broadcast live from the event. Attendance tops the 4,000 mark and people are turned away at the door.
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1994
Conesus Fest for Charity stages the 15th anniversary of the World's Largest Disco with the blessing of the original promoter. The group was overwhelmed when the anticipated crowd of 600 turned out to be 1,800.
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1979
The World's Largest Disco is held at the Buffalo Convention Center. Performances by Gloria Gaynor and The Trammps highlight the evening. The Guiness Book of World Records confirms that the crowd of 13,000 makes it the largest disco event of all time.
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