30 Years Of CPDSA: Still Rolling, Still Dancing, Still Family — By Rob Scott, CPDSA President. This year, the Central Park Dance Skaters Association (CPDSA) turns 30 — and for me, it’s more than just a milestone. It’s personal. I’ve been a part of this community for over 25 years. I’ve skated here through sunny […]
ANNOUNCEMENT — 2024 CPDSA Board of Directors Elections OCTOBER 13, 2024 — By Bob Nichols, CPDSA President 2012-2022. Next year the CPDSA will celebrate our 30th season in the Park. The election planned for October 13, 2024 is proof of our commitment to present a safe and democratic skating event by skaters for skaters — […]
Welcome to Our 29th Season! By Rob Scott, CPDSA President. As we kick off our 29th season in Central Park, we are thrilled to welcome everyone back to what we love to do most: skate in the park! The Central Park Dance Skaters Association (CPDSA) has been a cornerstone of the park’s vibrant community, offering […]
A Message from the Board By Ida Dupont, Vice President After our first election in 15 years, a new leadership has taken the helm. Much has happened already. First and foremost, after many years of lobbying, pushing, and pleading by Bob Nichols and then Rob Scott, we were gifted by a generous anonymous donor with […]
Announcing the CPDSA Board of Directors Elections By Bob Nichols, President, CPDSA. […] At the end of the 2022 skate season, after 28 years of dedicated service to the CPDSA—15 of which I served as President—I will be stepping down. We never held elections for the Board of Directors (BOD) before. We simply asked the […]
Springtime for Roller Skating in Central Park — This has been a very unusual spring for skating in New York City. After many years, two famous ice skating rinks — the Wollman and Rockefeller Center — have opened for roller skating in the warmer months. Suddenly, there are a number of alternatives to the Skate […]
A banner year for Roller Skating in New York — This is a banner year for Roller Skating in New York, with two high-visibility, well-publicized outdoor rinks opening. “Flipper’s At The Rink” at Rockefeller Center is already open and has featured some of our favorite New York Skate DJs. “The DiscOasis Central Park—A Roller-Disco Paradise” […]
Look Ahead — […] Many people have helped us over the years, starting with the people from the Parks Department and the Conservancy who took a chance on us in the beginning: Doug Blonsky and Neil Calvanese. There were many other Conservancy people who worked with us over the years in a friendly problem solving […]
Where we are coming from — There has been Roller Skating in the area around the Bandshell and Mall for many years. We have a poster from a Parks-Department-sponsored Halloween roller-skating event from 1936 and photos of young kids skating in the area in the 1940s. People have been skating on Dead Road from the […]
Happy Birthday CPDSA! — […] The CPDSA is a large blended family. Many of our original skaters have scattered to the winds; some — too many — are perhaps a part of the wind, now. Our roots go deep into the heart of Central Park. The Skate Circle began with a symbolic action, painting two […]