Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand, because this is Thriller!…. Austin-style.
Austin Mayor Will Wynn, backed by a team of dancers coordinated by the Alamo Drafthouse, will show off dance moves to Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video “Thriller” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Austin City Hall. The presentation is in anticipation of the international “Thrill the World” event commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the release of the album “Thriller.”
“Thrill the World” is an attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest synchronized “Thriller” dance on earth. Austinites will join thousands of thrill-seekers from Warsaw, Poland, to Oulu, Finland, and other cities in an effort to Thrill the World. The Austin event will be held at the City Hall Plaza at noon on Sunday, Oct. 26. Events are planned in more than 80 cities, in 12 nations and on four continents. For more information on the Thrill the World event, visit www.ThrilltheWorld.com.
To learn more about Austin’s unique push to not only join all of these thrilling zombie brethren worldwide, but also to surpass the world record here, visit www.ThrilltheWorldAustin.com to learn about all of the opportunities in the next three weeks to learn the Thriller dance yourself, to sign up yourself or your groups to participate, to volunteer, and more.
Mayor Wynn will also give a teaser about a Thrilling partnership with Mexic-Arte Museum during its annual Dia De Los Muertos procession on Sixth Street on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. Are you ready “to share a killer, diller, chiller, Thriller here tonight?”
