Austin holds record for most zombies

From Thrill the World, Austin:

Did you know that we broke TWO world records today?

Last year's world record for the largest, simultaneous, (multiple location) world-wide Thriller dance was 1722. Today we almost doubled that number. Today, at the same exact time, 3960 zombies from 9 different countries in 65 different cities participated in Thrill the World (official number still to be verified). Austin contributed just under 25% of that!

The other record that we broke is the record for the largest, single location Thriller dance. The record was held by 147 zombies from a middle school in England. We knew we were going to break that record because we had that many people crammed in to our second Thriller workshop! So, we claimed that record for Austin, Texas and SMASHED that record today with 881 zombies dancing on the patio at the Long Center. Plus we did it in style. We didn't use amplified cuing, we didn't have lead dancers on a raised platform, and we didn't play the instructional video. And our zombies were some of the scariest and most creative zombies on the planet.

Top 10 cities:
1. Austin, Texas: 881
2. Gurnee, Illinois: 334
3. Seattle, Washington: 195
4. Corpus Christi, Texas: 150
5. Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada: 132
6. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: 122
7. Los Angeles, California: 114
8. Bolton, England: 112
9. Somerset, England: 111
10. Bennington, Vermont: 111



I love this town.

Here is some video. The first is from an elevated walkway so you can see more zombies; the second a view from the ground in which you can see the dancing better.



Comments

Anonymous said…
I take back all the snippy things I've ever said about Austin. That's pretty awesome.

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