Mexicans beat it in bid to gain thriller record
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August 31, 2009, Monday
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THOUSANDS of Mexicans claimed they broke the record for most people dancing to "Thriller" simultaneously in one place on Saturday, which would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday.
"We did it!" organizer Javier Hildago shouted to thousands of people wearing black fedoras, white gloves, aviator shades and ghoulish face paint, breathless after trying to recreate the 1983 video.
Did they? The Guinness Book of World Records will decide in a week.
The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to Guinness.
Hildago claimed that 12,937 people danced on Saturday in front of Mexico City's Monument of the Revolution, led by Hector Jackson, a Michael Jackson impersonator wearing a red-and-gold sequined jacket and sunglasses.
But Guinness must certify whether all those people really performed the entire, intricate routine. The impersonator and most of those in front of a huge crowd of onlookers certainly looked pretty good.
"More people responded than we even imagined!" Hector Jackson said. "Mexico gave the best tribute in the world to Michael Jackson."
Some of those who took part were born more than two decades after the single "Thriller" was released.
"We did it!" organizer Javier Hildago shouted to thousands of people wearing black fedoras, white gloves, aviator shades and ghoulish face paint, breathless after trying to recreate the 1983 video.
Did they? The Guinness Book of World Records will decide in a week.
The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to Guinness.
Hildago claimed that 12,937 people danced on Saturday in front of Mexico City's Monument of the Revolution, led by Hector Jackson, a Michael Jackson impersonator wearing a red-and-gold sequined jacket and sunglasses.
But Guinness must certify whether all those people really performed the entire, intricate routine. The impersonator and most of those in front of a huge crowd of onlookers certainly looked pretty good.
"More people responded than we even imagined!" Hector Jackson said. "Mexico gave the best tribute in the world to Michael Jackson."
Some of those who took part were born more than two decades after the single "Thriller" was released.
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