Thrill the World

One of the fun things about living downtown is that we get to simply walk over and watch unusual events going on. Saturday night we ate dinner at home and then headed over to the Eau Claire Market to watch "Thrill The World."

From their website:

What is "Thrill The World?"   

It is friends, families and other local residents

who each year join together with thousands of other people around the globe

to  break the World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller!:

At exactly 8:00pm, our time, participants from around the world cued up that great song, "Thriller" and began to dance. 

Here is the Leader of Calgary's Zombies, giving last minute instructions. I wonder what those kids are thinking?

The Zombies wait.

The Zombie watchers wait.

"Places, everybody! 10, 9, 8..."

And they danced...

Zombie style!

Did I ever tell you that the Thriller video gives the creeps? The first time I saw it was at a friend's house and it scared me so much that I RAN home, terrified. I was about 25. What a weirdo.

Anyway, here's a video from Thrill The World, Calgary. Since I can't find a really great one, I'll post one of the shorter ones which also includes a cute cameo by a little boy (I have no idea who he is.)