Recapture The Disco Area With A Disco Ball

The Disco ball might not be as popular today that it was 20 years ago, it has been replaced more modern party equipment such as stroboscopes and lasers, but it can not be denied that Disco balls still stand as a symbol for a good time. There are still night clubs that uses them and it is hard not to feel a little sentimental when entering one of these clubs. There are also still a number of merchants that sells Disco balls and if you are looking to get a Disco ball I recommend that you get the real deal. Not s cheap imitation such as the many USB Disco balls and other small junk version that is all plastic or has lights on them. These might be cheaper but will not give you the right feeling. A quality Disco ball is worth the extra cost.

Although there still are manufacturers of Disco balls around today it might be easier and cheaper to locate and purchase a used one from the 70s. Used Disco balls from the 70s are also more genuine as they actually where a part of th e Disco area.

If you are on a tight budget you can build your own Disco ball by building your own. This can be just as cheap or expensive as you want it to be. And you can build it just the right size. Building Disco balls simply boils down to attaching a reflective surface to a sphere. The reflective material can be everything from fragment of mirrors to old broken or unwanted CDs. You can read more about how Disco balls really work further down in this article and understanding how a Disco ball works will make a lot easier for you to build one.

You might associate the Disco ball with the Disco area of the 70s but the fact is that the history started a lot earlier. Disco balls were popular all through the 20s which means that the Disco ball predates the Disco area with over 50 years. They did their debut on the big screen in 1927 when a Disco ball appeared in the German silent film Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grostadt which roughly translates into the symphony of t he large city.

The Disco ball did however not get its final break through until the Disco area and its large night clubs. It is believed that the break through of the Disco ball during the Disco area is associated with the drug culture on the Disco scene at this time. The slowly dancing lights became entrancing for the drugged mind.

The light effect that the people on the Disco dance floors found so enchanting is achieved by reflecting lights from using a myriad of small mirror that have been carefully placed in a sphere like shape, a Disco ball. The mirror reflects light from spotlights that are aimed towards the ball reflecting it in all directions. A small motor is placed on the ball to make it spin and voila! The Disco ball effect!

Click to learn more about Disco balls. Just think about the 70s Disco parties you could hold with a genuine shiny Disco ball from the 70s.

Author:: William Berg
Keywords:: Disco, Lifestyle, Disco ball
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