Did you
ever want to dress up as
a zombie and dance the zombie dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller,
with lots of other people, and on Halloween? Well now is your chance.
News
SCHOOLS
Schools
currently involved
Turton High
Queensbridge Primary
Mytham Primary
Haslam Park
Ladybridge High
Mount St Joseph
St James C of E Farnworth
Highfield Primary
Garret Hal Brownies
If you belong to
one of these schools then ask your teacher how you can get
involved. If your school is not involved yet then go ask your
dance or PE teacher to email me. allstarskating@hotmail.co.uk
Song with cueing for all those practicing the dance (
you need to have practiced to the dvd or are being taught in a
class to understand this)
>>NEWSFLASH<< Broke my ankle about 6 weeks ago so not started any classes yet. On the mend so will start soon.
Along with starting up All Star Roller Skating Club. (Please check the
link on the left of this page.) My aim this year, beginning NOW and ending on Halloween 2011. Is to hold dance
workshops in as many places as I can and teach the "zombie" dance to as
many people as I can. Then maybe, just maybe we can have another go at
the record. If we don't get it we will have had lots of fun along the
way. The best case is that we take the record from the Mexicans. Worse
case is that 'Thrill the World' get a lot more people for their annual
event, we all get a bit fitter and we learn a cool dance that will
impress everyone at weddings, office parties and the like.
So, I am about to start booking halls and community centres around my
area. If anyone can help, perhaps arrange a workshop in their area, or
has any briliant ideas or influence or money or time then I am open to
suggestions. How about Glastonbury, I hear there's a lot of people
there in the summer. Also China, lot of people there. So I am starting
small with community centres etc but am happy to go huge if the
opportunity comes along. Serious help or ideas only please to Steve allstarskating@hotmail.co.uk
The last 3 years have been very bizarre for me. From never having
danced or taught a dance step in my life to teaching many hundreds of
people. Personally, I have never had so much fun and I think all the
people who took part in the events would agree with me.
None of the people who danced on TV and on stages all around the north
west were dancers and this experience was so far removed from their
daily lives. Now its your chance. Get in touch, get involved!!
Thrillermania and Children in Need 2009
Steve, Tracy and Lydia
with Laura White
Thanks to everyone
Who took part in our thriller world
record attempt. We did beat the
record that we were told about. Unfortunataly Mexico held one at
the same time with nearly 13000!! Oh well.
Special thanks to all who raised sponsorship money including the
following primary school, Heathfield, Ladybridge, The Gates and
Queensbridge. On Friday 20th November 26 zombies went to the Children
in Need party at The Blue Planet Aquarium. We danced live on BBC1 and
presented a cheque for £1439.99 to Children in Need
Well done EVERYONE!!! You where all
amazing.
On Halloween 31st October 2009, 285 zombies
took to the floor to perform the 'thriller' dance
at Harper Green Leisure Centre, Farnworth, Bolton, England
A few will need to be discounted but i think
will will still beat the last official record set on 19 April 2009
at Williamsburg, Virginia of 242 (my opinion, lets wait for Guinness)
Unfortunately for us Michael's passing caused dance events to spring up all over the World. They did a huge Thriller event in Mexico City with something like 13,000 people. They did not comply wiith Guinness's rules but for some reason, probably politics, Guinness gave it to them. Oh Well!
Here is a bit of edited film from the evening.
I know its not to the music as its just a quick edit. More video to
follow
;
This is a dance that anyone can do and is
aimed at people with little or no dance training. I guess that
covers most of us. Watch the video below, taken at last years
event. I am the 55 year old man in the middle (front row) and my
daughter, who is 17 years old is front row far right as you look at it.
Neither of us has danced before. Each series of steps has a
phrase that goes with it so if you can say it you can do it.
What do I need to do?
Learn the
dance . This can be done by coming along to the workshops and
or following the dvd.
This video was filmed
at The Bolton Bazaar to promote the upcoming World Record attempt
2009 1.30am!!!!! for 'Thrill the World. Are we
MAD or are we insomniacs?
2008 saw Bolton
getting involved in 'Thrill the World' as 112 people did the 'Zombie'
dance from Michael Jacksons Thriller Video. The event attracted quite a
lot of media interest and was covered by ITV Granada reports, Channel
M, Bolton News and the Manchester Evening News. We all had so much fun
that we decided there and then to go HUGE in 2009
The dance was not done
on skates So tell all your friends we had a Halloween party to remember
This
was 2008 when we got involved in a worldwide simultaneous dance
2008
Fantastic piece
of editing by Richard from Chester as he makes MJ fit into our version
of the dance
