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Because blinding your dancefloor guests with shattered mirrors is a timeless tradition. Long before the 1970s culturally claimed them, 'mirror balls' were highly popular fixtures in deeply elegant jazz-age ballrooms and grand nightclubs of the 1920s. They simply hung from the ceiling, reflecting primitive spotlights to create a heavily hypnotic, starry atmosphere, patiently waiting half a century for synthesizers and polyester suits to arrive.
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