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Dancers get a 'Thrill' out of run for world record

Staff photo by FRED BELLET

Laura Haya of Tampa was among the hundreds who dressed up as zombies and turned out for the Thrill St. Pete event.

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TBO.com Staff

Published: October 24, 2009

Updated: 10/25/2009 10:32 am

ST. PETERSBURG - It was 8:30 instead of close to midnight when something evil was lurking in the dark Saturday.

More than 400 volunteer dancers at the St. Petersburg Pier joined thousands of others across the globe dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Many wore zombie costumes like those in the iconic video.

At exactly 8:30 p.m. "Thrill the World" dancers reenacted "Thriller" in the streets of cities around the world in attempts to set a Guinness World Record by having the most people perform the same dance at the same time.

St. Petersburg is one of 349 official dance sites for the event, which is being organized by Jackson fans who have been attempting to set a world record for dancing simultaneously since the 25th anniversary of "Thriller" in 2007.

The event has grown each year but they still have not topped the current world record of 197,569 elementary school students doing the Hokey-Pokey in 681 locations across Canada in April 2002. The goal this year is 207,000 zombie dancers.

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