Disco Dervish burst onto the scene in the 1970s with a mirror ball rattle as her scepter. As a tough young tykestress, she dominated the tricycle hoodlings of Raindrop Street, who ruthlessly crushed their competitors in the Kool-Aid stand trade.
As the 70s morphed into the 80s and 'Saturday Night Fever' gave way to 'Dirty Dancing,' Dervish wasn't swayed from her roots – SHE wanted to put Baby in the corner.
Happily for the derby scene, though, she heard Dire Straits' 'Rollergirl' blasting from a Bondo-covered Camaro in the Seven-Eleven parking lot during a Slurpee-and-Pixie-Stick foray, and the song stuck. She strapped on a pair of skates and headed with Lil' Sis Dervish to the local rink (gratified to find that they still – as so many do to this very day – played the Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, and Gloria Gaynor). In addition to honing her skating technique, she also learned the benefits of an artful shove when the Anthony Michael Hall types begged the DJ to play Blondie's 'The Tide is High' AGAIN.
The 90s arrived, bringing both Extreme Sports and the Internet to the world. While searching online for barfighting videos, Dervish stumbled upon a fan site for the legendary Ann Calvello, and the pictures of speeding beauties slamming each other into the Masonite were as stunning as when alt-rockers Cake covered 'I Will Survive.' She knew she had found her soul sisters in skates. She must do this. But how? Roller Derby had barely survived into the age of color television... It was gone. Or was it?
The next Millennium brought the answer. Sisters are now truly doing it for themselves, with leagues forming across the country and even the ultimate statement of arrival in these, the last days of conventional media – a reality television show.
Now a member of the OC Roller Girls a roller derby league with a healthy fan base (including Mom Dervish), Disco says, "Roller Derby provides an outlet for my inner dervish to wreak havoc without the expense and inconvenience of dealing with the criminal justice system. Oh yeah... I like the fishnets and glitter, too."
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