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DOOLIN will quite literally be crawling with zombies this Hallow- een as local amateur dancers per- form one of the most famous music videos of all time.
North Clare locals of any age are being asked to take part in the largest live recreation of Michael Jackson’s Thriller ever undertaken.
On October 25 thousands, or possi- ble even millions, of people from all over the world will take part in the world largest Thrill the World event. At 7pm Irish time, in venues on every continent, people will record them-
selves dancing to thriller and stream the dancing live on the internet.
Doolin local, Liz Shannon of the Broadway Dancing School, will join Fiona Cranwell at the Micho Rus- sell Centre from 3pm to organise the dancers. The Doolin event is in aid of Cystic Fibrosis with all of the €10 entry fee going to the charity.
“I was involved in something like this last year in Dublin and Liz did something similar in Doolin. It’s great fun and the dance is so easy to learn,” said Fiona.
“It’s really a classic dance, there are videos all over YouTube of peo- ple breaking into the thriller dance,
whether they are in a prison or on a bus. It’s very funny.”
The event is open to all, but small children must be accompanied by a guardian. No dance experience what- soever is required.
“Liz 1S an expert in dance and has already broken down all of the moves that we need to learn. We will have a team there on the day to teach peo- ple from 3pm. We will teach every- one on the day – young or old, people who have loads of dance experience or people who have none.
‘People need to dress up in shabby cloths, we will put some make-up on then we are away in a hack. It will
be great craic. To be honest it really doesn’t matter at all how good you are at dancing, at the end of the day you are going to be a zombie.
“Both Liz and myself have raised money for cystic fibrosis before be- cause we both have people we know who are effected by it. We wanted the money raised to stay in Clare so it will all go the Children’s Light of Hope charity.
Anyone wishing to get involved can contact Fiona at ttwO8doolin@ gmail. com, ring Liz at the Broadway Dance School on 087-2615809 or www. thrilltheworld.com. Make up artists and photographers very welcome.