This Saturday - Thrill The World!
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This Saturday, thousands of people all over the world, will get together to 'Thrill the World' by simultaneously emulating the 'zombie' dance that late popstar Michael Jackson did, for one of his biggest hits -'Thriller.'
The annual event, which has no age or experience restriction, was officially launched in 2007 following two consecutive gatherings in Canada, where a large number of fans came together, and danced their way into the Guinness Book of Records.
The first year attracted 1,722 people from 80 cities in 17 countries, while in 2008, 91 groups of zombies from 13 countries joined the fray.
This year, the organizers hope to attract more than 270,000 people to the virtual event that is scheduled for 12.30am GMT - which for some will be Saturday, October 24th night, while for others will fall on Sunday, October 25th morning.
Most participants wear costumes and in some areas, the event is used as way to raise money for local charities.
Since there is no age barrier, even kids can get into the fun - Just get together some family and friends, register your group at www.thrilltheworld.com and get ready for the big night. The website even offers tutorials for those of us who don't know the steps too well, or are a little rusty. Have fun!
sources:brisbanetimes.co.uk,wikipedia.org,woai.com
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- Michael Jacksonover 9 yearsHe really rocks like all of you people+me
john_cena58over 9 yearsThis song is pretty awesome!- john_cena58over 9 yearsOh cool u get to dance for the whole school and peoples parents? LUCKY!!! xD
- ray sotoover 9 yearsim love mj is cool and justin bieber
bibliophilealmost 10 yearsOMG!!! In my old school, we had to do dances and show the whole school(and parents)... we had like four months to prepare(a very big show with all the students in my old school)...each grade has to put on a performance... so our teachers had like a dance teacher come to our school for our grade and we were doing the song Thriller(even though it passed Halloween, lol) and basically for our "dance homework" we had to watch the music video of Thriller... and the dance teacher copied some moves, but made it easier, but still like the actual music video... on the day of the performance we had to tease our hair and put LOTS of hairspray(I didn't like that part, but it was worth joining in the fun and looking a bit funny) and then parents came in and helped put like makeup to make us look like the cast of Thriller...- john_cena58over 9 yearsLUCKY! MY SCHOOL DOESNT DOO THAT!
beaverdudealmost 10 yearsreally what grade were you in?
nikukyualmost 10 yearsZombies are freaking me out! I'm a scaredy-cat:(- teejhayalmost 10 yearsZombie's rule!
- You know whoalmost 10 yearsCause this is thriller! Thriller night! 😄
marvel33over 10 years:(- marvel33over 10 yearsMJ! we miss you
