Anthony teaches Fair employees Thriller moves
If you opened the Union Tribune this morning you will have seen on the front page just one of the MANY tributes the Fair had to Michael Jackson yesterday on the one year anniversary of his death. In the morning we checked in over 150 dancers from C Star Productions for a Michael Jackson Thriller dance on the avenue. And in the evening another 250+! I heard it was pretty cool to see, and the picture in the UT is impressive. While I was one of the many people helping pull this stunt together from day one, I actually missed both performances because I was busy elsewhere on the Fairgrounds. More on that in moment, but I really wanted to bring to attention one of our Special Events staff who did not get all the press and accolades but did make a lot of people very happy. One of our staff, Anthony, is like the biggest Michael Jackson fan ever. Last year during the Hip Hop Dance Competition when word started spreading through Blackberries and iPhones, Anthony was almost in tears at the news that one of his favorite entertainers had died.
One year later, with this big zombie stunt planned and announced many of the Fair employees wanted to take part as well. Knowing Anthony’s love for Michael Jackson, I challenged him to teach as many of the Fair employees the Thriller dance as were willing to learn. Check out the picture of Anthony teaching some of the ladies from HR, Marketing, and Admin. Now this was just the start. I hear that at the morning performance of Thriller even the GM was out there shaking his Zombie groove thing. So hats off to Anthony for staying up late the night before and practicing his dance moves. He made some Fair employees very happy.
Now the reason that I could not witness both performances is because I had the Semi-Finals for the Musicpalooza contest AND my night I booked for Comedy Nights @ The SD Fair. Yesterday the zombies descended on the Fair and today, I FEEL like a zombie. Braaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnnnsssss…..
