I don't where from where, but they got their Zombie on!
That's right! Thrill The World (TTW) Day is less than 2 weeks away!
I've mentioned before that this is the first year I have ever attempted to learn the dance or to even think about participating in the international event.
For those local to the Chico, California area, here's the link for the Thrill The World Chico website. The event happens Saturday October 27th at 12noon.
The link above and the links below will give you all sorts of info, including ideas and tips to really get your Zombie look dialed in!
For visuals and tutorials on how to learn the official Thrill The World "Thriller Dance",click here for the Video Clips. Clip 39 of 40 is my favorite, as it does the whole dance with the instructor's back to the viewer (easier to follow along) and the cuing voice over with the music.
For the dance script,click here for the full text of the Dance Script. Having words that go with your moves really does help. I used to make up songs about variations and dance pieces when I was younger for when I would practice them in my head when falling asleep at night.
What's the fun of dance without some music! For the original Thriller song to a cuing version,click here, and you should be able to find where you can download a track (actually I think there are a few tracks at different speeds) of "Thriller" w/ the cuing voice over.
So the "dance script" has a word for each movement. To help myself sort of remember all the sections with their many movements, I wrote out a sort of condensed version. Once you feel comfortable with all the moves in a segment, then you can start clustering those segments into sections.
For example:
Zombie March
(forward) right left right left
(take-it-back) right left right left
(to-the-front) right left right left
(take-it-back) right left right left
March Booty Swim
(forward) *shoulder step nothing step *shoulder step *shoulder step
(back) *shoulder step nothing step *shoulder step *shoulder step
(step) booty bounce (together) booty bounce
(step) booty bounce (together) booty bounce
swim together swim jump (hold)
swim together swim jump
*use your RIGHT SHOULDER
Shuffle Ha Slide
shuffle back hop hop forward
turn look stare stare
down ha down ha down ha down ha
down clap slide slide slide stomp and shoulders look left
down clap slide slide slide stomp and shoulders and prep
Hip N’ Roar
right hip right hip right hip in out
left hip left hip in and roar
walk walk roar-turn roar-turn roar-turn
walk walk roar-turn roar-turn
jump and land circle
shake-it-and-a-uppa and a shake-it-and-a-uppa
stomp stomp stomp look left
walk left right left and turn
can be grouped together as;
Z March
March Booty Swim
Shuffle Ha Slide + Hip n Roar
So on and so forth.
You can copy and paste and print out as a little cheat sheet for when you practice. Sometimes just holding a silly little pieces of paper with notes on it can give me all the confidence I need!
I hope you find it useful!
Z March
March Booty Swim
Shuffle Ha Slide + Hip n Roar
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Wuz Up
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Shuffle Ha Slide + Oh Snap Rock On + Head n Shoulders
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Stomp
*down 2-3-4 rise 2-3-4
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Shuffle Ha Slide + Oh Snap Rock On + Head n Shoulders (x-tra prep)
*Down 2-3-4 rise 2-3-PREP
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Hip n Roar
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Z March
March Booty Swim
Shuffle Ha Slide + Wuz Up
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Z March + Stomp + SCARE!
Enjoy the dance that is life!
