Described as ‘the ultimate revival of the 70’s and 80’s’ the Superfunk RollerDisco came to 53 Degrees, Preston yesterday, only for the party-goers to be graced with the ringing of alarm bells at 9pm.
The skaters were ushered quickly out of the fire exits into the car park behind the venue whilst security staff attempted to find the cause of the alarm being triggered.
Fifteen minutes later everyone was allowed back in 53 where the night continued and so did the alarm bell, the night ground to a halt once again.
A security guard at the event said: ‘firstly we did not know what the problem was, but then we saw a helium balloon on the ceiling and realised that it was covering the smoke and heat sensors causing the alarm to go off. We did not, however, see this until we allowed everyone back into the venue. The reason the alarm kept sounding after this was because it had tripped itself out causing it to continue ringing.’
Although given an added half an hour to compensate for the problem that occurred, the waiting around for the night to continue caused some people to leave the event early.
Despite the drama in the middle of the night the Superfunk RollerDisco seemed to be a hit with the majority of the party-goers. People rolled on down in their 70’s and 80’s gear, and skated the night away to all the cheesy tracks of the era.
Helen Langford, a student at the university said: ‘In regards to the fire alarm, the DJ managed to keep everyone’s spirits up when the alarm repeatedly went off, the downfall was the 53 Degrees team not realising a lot earlier what caused the problem. Apart from this mishap, I thought the RollerDisco was a big success. It was organised well and was a lot of fun.’
Hopefully Superfunk RollerDisco will be rolling back again soon for some more fun and popping tunes and lets hope the fire alarm keeps silent!
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