Ice-skating is good clean fun, as a few hundred men and women in their 20s and 30s discovered Friday night at Brooklyn’s Wollman Rink during a fundraiser held by the Junior Committee of the Prospect Park Alliance. Retro music enhanced the experience: Southpaw disc jockeys Mikey Palms and Kennan Juska spun a mix of 1980s R B and dance tunes, with interludes of hip-hop and indie rock.

As temperatures dove below freezing, this responsible bunch responded by piling on the layers and heading to the ice, ankles wobbling. Some held hands; others took rest stops along the rink’s wall. A few standouts showed off with figure eights, backwards skating, and fast laps.

The majority of guests had not skated since childhood, but managed to stay on their feet.

“There have been great strides in equipment. Skating is easier and therefore more fun,” the managing director of the Ice Skating Institute, Patti Feeney, said. The institute tracks developments in recreational ice-skating. “The popularity of rollerblading has helped,” Ms. Feeney added.

The crowd seemed thrilled to rediscover the activity. The absence of crying children and Olympians-in-training may have helped – this was a private affair.

Most of the socializing took place at the indoor snack bar. A large painted mural of happy children in ice-skating poses set the scene, as did the board games on the dining tables. For warming up, there was (spiked) hot chocolate, served with marshmallows and Reddi-wip. Recalling a children’s birthday party, baskets of pretzels, potato chips, blankets, churros, and jelly beans were served. Raffle prizes were very grown-up, however: gift certificates to Fresh Direct and the River Cafe.

The event raised $5,000 and once again proved that the Junior Committee of the Prospect Park Alliance is one of the least pretentious groups in the city – no wonder so many guests made the trek from Manhattan. Its co-chairwomen are Mayor Bloomberg’s elder daughter, Emma Bloomberg, and a senior editor at Vogue, Sally Singer. Others members of the committee are Drew Giddings, Jonathan Lipkin, Danae Oratowski, Beth and Chris Doty, Marissa Alperin, and Jeremy Steinke, who plans to take his nephews skating this weekend.