Thrill
the World Dance
These
days, when you tell someone they look like a zombie it is usually taken as a
compliment—unless it’s Myrtle in the morning before she colors her cheeks.
Many of
our youth want to look ragged, pale, sad and desperately tired—or even dead, while
older folks strive to look perky, well-dressed and good for a few rounds of
golf.
Did the
zombie-look start because of Michael Jackson and his Thriller dance?
Our local
children swarm into Santa Cruz each year around Halloween, dressed in rags and
made up like hideous zombies. Cooper Street is closed to traffic, the music
starts and all ages of youth dance to Jackson’s “Thriller” in the middle of the
street. Obviously they have practiced the moves everyday for years—probably at
Myrtle’s house. The event is over in six minutes—time to go to the Saturn Café and
become a flash-mob doing another six minutes of dancing to “Thriller.”
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