…………….The opening night of Studio 54…it was a SENSATION! and BEDLAM…….EVERYONE WANTED TO GET IN!!!!……….The hordes of people outside pushing and shoving to get near the VELVET CORD ENTRANCE was astounding!…..but only the “SPECIAL PEOPLE” made it past the bouncers at the entrance led by one man who had strict instructions by Schrager and Rubel who were permitted to enter…He was a handsome MAJOR DUOMO!…You had to be BEAUTIFUL, FAMOUS, RICH, A WELL KNOW DESIGNER, a famous ACTRESS and ACTOR, NY SOCIETY, POP STARS, the most FAMOUS singers of the time….EVERY beautiful Model, women and men…..and FAMOUS people from all over the world were there…and the more extreme eccentric types in outlandish outfits were let in just to add to the carnival atmosphere…..If you had a great body, beautiful and were wearing next to nothing you got in…..Practically nude women and men who were beautiful were welcome and were expected to go wild on the dance floor, and a show they put on!!!….the most ELITE of the elite….everyone who was hot and at the top of “THE A LIST”, high society doyens and columnists got immediate entrance….Famous authors and artists were in abundance……other wise you would clamor at the entrance for hours….NEVER making it inside……..It was a who’s who of the most famous people of the world……Even First Ladies of the presidents, and high powered politicians were in attendance!……Every night was the same……..You would arrive….and be escorted through the masses to the velvet rope where they unlocked the cord and immediately let us in…YES, THAT’S ME with the bow tie, and Donna Karan and her husband Steve…Inside it was mayhem……music blasting….everyone on the dance floor or hanging out on the banquets or in the many tiers of balconies….The higher the balcony the darker it got…..and EVERTHING went on in the balconies!!….I’ll leave that to your imaginations, and whatever you could possibly imagine went on was only the start…..it was that and MORE!…Drugs were plentiful…..The higher darker balconies were Sodom and Gomorrah!!!…… Scantily clad muscular waiters, all hand picked by Steve Rubel, were constantly serving drinks….The super expensive bottles of Champagne flowed…..EVERONE who was anyone wanted to be seen at Studio 54…..and they were…..every night until the dawn broke…….There were many nights I went home early in the morning……took a shower and went straight to work………….AH YOUTH!