http://www.thrilltheworld.com/ en thrilltheworld@gmail.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-24T17:50:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/gearing_up_for_this_years_event/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/gearing_up_for_this_years_event/#When:17:50:00Z We're all very excited for this year's Thrill The World! More dancing! More people! More countries! More Michael! Official Event Registration is opening soon! We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help out with all kinds of things Thrilling. If you would like to be a part of the Thrill Crew please email thrilltheworld@gmail.com, subject "volunteer." Tell us what you are good at, what you like doing, etc. We need people for the email team, the event processing team, editing & writing team, etc. Let's beat our record from last year!!! Let's get the world dancing!!! General 2010-08-24T17:50:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/yes_ttw_is_happening_this_year_2010/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/yes_ttw_is_happening_this_year_2010/#When:02:15:00Z Yes, we are thrilling the world AGAIN this year: Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 11:00am GMT/UTC AND @ 11:00pm GMT/UTC. Yes TWO times! For details, go here: http://thrilltheworld.com/events Now, I know this website has not been updated --- we are working on a new one. And, I know that event registration is not open yet --- I was working on some "negotiations" but they all fell through so now I'm trying to make due with what I've got and get the Event Manager materials and rules out to you ASAP. Hopefully, the new site and event registration will be up and running by mid-July. Until then, keep planning, keep dancing (or teaching) and keep thrilling! Our goals for this year: 1. for Guinness to grant us our own category (I mean, they made categories for largest simultaneous dances of Bollywood, Sevillanis, YMCA & umbrellas. Yes, umbrellas?!?!) 2. Garner support from MJ Estate & Sony 3. Develop sponsorship with major companies 4. Have over 1 million people dancing worldwide!!! (Michael would be proud, for sure.) Please check back to this site soon for event registration. Thank you for your continued support and patience! Follow us on http://www.twitter.com/thrilltheworldYes, we are thrilling the world AGAIN this year: Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 11:00am GMT/UTC AND @ 11:00pm GMT/UTC. Yes TWO times! For details, go here: http://thrilltheworld.com/events Now, I know this website has not been updated --- we are working on a new one. And, I know that event registration is not open yet --- I was working on some “negotiations” but they all fell through so now I’m trying to make due with what I’ve got and get the Event Manager materials and rules out to you ASAP. Hopefully, the new site and event registration will be up and running by mid-July. Until then, keep planning, keep dancing (or teaching) and keep thrilling! Our goals for this year: 1. for Guinness to grant us our own category (I mean, they made categories for largest simultaneous dances of Bollywood, Sevillanis, YMCA & umbrellas. Yes, umbrellas?!?!) 2. Garner support from MJ Estate & Sony 3. Develop sponsorship with major companies 4. Have over 1 million people dancing worldwide!!! (Michael would be proud, for sure.) Please check back to this site soon for event registration. Thank you for your continued support and patience! Follow us on http://www.twitter.com/thrilltheworld General 2010-06-25T02:15:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/new_world_record/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/new_world_record/#When:20:43:00Z CORRECTION: 22,596 people danced in 32 countries and broke the Record Holders Republic! (an event as big as TTW... a re-count was in order)22,923 people danced in 32 countries and broke the Record Holders Republic! Volunteers in 278 events around the world Thrilled The World in 2009 raising over $85,000 USD for 80 charities! Official list of TTW 2009 Participant Numbers pdf will be made available soon. Start planning for 2010: Sunday, October 24 @ 04:30am GMT/UTC which is Saturday in some parts of the world. Event Registration will be open in the new year. General 2009-10-28T20:43:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/why_people_start_ttw_events/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/why_people_start_ttw_events/#When:23:35:00Z People from all over the world join TTW for many different reasons:  Free Leadership Training; gain experience to put on your resume. If you want a job as an event planner/ coordinator this is a great way to get started, even if you have little to no previous experience.  Earn Letters of Reference as a TTW Team Volunteer for helping with TTW core operations. Go to http://www.thrilltheworld.com/team/openings for details.  Fundraiser for your school, work, or club.  Fundraiser for your chosen charity or non-profit.  High School Students: leadership project, community project, this may even count toward your volunteer hours if your region requires that. Also, volunteer & leadership work looks great on a college/university application  College & University: as an independent project, with a student club, or get the whole campus involved for some positive publicity for your school  Elementary School: raise money for your school, increase students’ self-confidence, positive media attention, etc.  Community Group or Club: get your neighborhood together, meet new people, do something fun with your friends, etc.  Dance Studios: gain new students --- now they can dance thriller so they are more apt to take on learning other dance styles, too. Plus, positive publicity, media attention, visibility in your community and business exposure!  Businesses: develop company culture, team-building, plus, positive publicity, media attention, visibility in your community and business exposure!  You’ve always wanted to be part of a WORLD RECORD.  You’ve always wanted to learn thriller and now you can cross if off your list of ‘things to do before I die.’  You can’t wait till Hallowe’en parties to rush the floor, with other TTW fans, and erupt into spontaneous choreographed dance --- like a music video! Hear from a few of our past Event Managers: Private Event means you will not be inviting the general public to participate. You will dance only with people in your community/ that you know: school, work, friends, community centre, etc. Your private event can be small or large. If it’s a small group of people you can rely on word-of-mouth to gather your participants. If your community is, let’s say a workplace of 200+ employees, you may or may not choose to promote the event with flyers and posters, performances, etc. Public Event means you will allow the general public to participate your event. If you are welcoming the public it means more work in terms of promotion and setting up workshops for the public to learn the dance. Depending on how big you expect your event to be and how many participants can attend, you’ll need more or less team members accordingly. For either private or public, you can decide if you want to allow, or encourage, spectators to view the Thrill Time performance. Small event = smaller team = less to do Big event = obviously, bigger team = much more to do SMALL LARGE PRIVATE 1-20 participants Example:  classroom of students  your recreational sports team  co-workers in small company  friends & family 50-200 participants Example:  an entire elementary school  all sports teams in college  a large workplace  university faculty  your extended family reunion PUBLIC Approx. 50 participants Example:  a neighborhood event  if your venue is small  your kids dance class and their friends  or… it’s just been hard to find enough outgoing people in your city 200+ participants Example:  city-wide events, everyone is invited, like Austin, Texas in 2008 with 881 zombies! General 2009-07-02T23:35:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/music_legend_michael_jackson_dies_aged_50/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/music_legend_michael_jackson_dies_aged_50/#When:10:40:00Z Music legend Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50, after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Beverly Hills. Music legend Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50. Paramedics were called to the singer’s Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. Jackson’s brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to stage a series of comeback concerts in the UK, beginning on 13 July. Speaking on behalf of the Jackson family, Jermaine said doctors had tried to resuscitate the star for more than an hour without success. Jermaine Jackson on his brother’s sudden death He added: “The family request that the media please respect our privacy during this tough time.” “And Allah be with you Michael always. I love you.” An excerpt from BBC News. Thrill The World wishes to send it’s deepest condolences to the Jackson family at this time. General 2009-06-26T10:40:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/the_numbers_are_in_4177_zombies_danced_to_thriller/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/the_numbers_are_in_4177_zombies_danced_to_thriller/#When:01:25:00Z The numbers have been verified and the results are in! It's a big one!The final numbers are in for this years Thrill The World and a new record has been set with the Record Holders Republic: On Oct. 25, 2008, 4,179 people from 10 nations (Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America, and Wales) simultaneously performed The Thriller Dance as part of the Thrill The World event, organized by Ines Markeljevic of Canada. You can check the record over at official Record Holders Republic page. Once again, a massive congratulations to everyone who took part. What a success! You have all set a new world record! General 2008-10-28T01:25:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/thrill_the_world_2008_explodes_worldwide/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/thrill_the_world_2008_explodes_worldwide/#When:11:38:00Z Thrill The World has exploded internationally with it's biggest event ever!With a staggering 72 official cities worldwide in 10 nations, Thrill The World 2008 has exploded around the world for what has been it’s biggest event ever! With events throughout the world, everywhere from Austin to Saudi Arabia, from Brisbane to Dublin, we’ve stomped all previous events to the ground! As of 6:00pm EST on October 25th we had more than double our record from last year! We’ll be keeping track of all the various media that is starting to come in, so please keep an eye on the events video page, plus press clippings and videos. Uploaded your video? Then let us know where it is! Simply comment on this article, or drop us an email. Over the next few days, we’ll be setting the record straight, and adding up the zombies to confirm those exact final numbers. So come back soon for the official lowdown. World Record confirmation will be posted soon as well! As always, here’s a MASSIVE thank-you to all organizers, volunteers, dancers, sponsors, and supporters! Without you, this wouldn’t be possible so THANK YOU! You ROCK! Next year, our goal is a quarter-million dancing zombies! Time and date for 2009 event will be released soon, so check back! Image courtesy of OakMonster(TM)’s Thrill the World LA 2008 photo stream on Flickr General 2008-10-26T11:38:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/watch_thrill_events_live_at_6pm_gmt_oct_25_2008/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/watch_thrill_events_live_at_6pm_gmt_oct_25_2008/#When:22:30:01Z Horrah! It's the list of world events that have webcams! Live, streaming video of their dance performance for YOU!Thrill The World is almost here, and if you’re not taking part, then you can watch just some of the action over the internet! Don’t you just love technology? So far, here are the events that sent in their weblinks: Los Angeles, California, USA Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA Marana, Arizona, USA Venice, Florida, USA Irvine, California, USA Encinitas, California, USA General 2008-10-24T22:30:01+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/thrill_the_world_remixes_krazy_by_pitbull_ft_lil_jon/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/thrill_the_world_remixes_krazy_by_pitbull_ft_lil_jon/#When:22:10:00Z Listen to our celebration song for Thrill The World! Kaleo ft. Ines Markeljevic and Lil' Jon. Available for free download!Here's a little treat for you, it's our celebration song for Thrill The World 2008! Kaleo ft. Ines Markeljevic. Produced by Mahdroo. Enjoy! Download (mp3) var flashvars = {}; flashvars.height = "20"; flashvars.width = "336"; flashvars.file = "/images/uploads/Thriller_Krazy_feat_Ines_Markeljevic.mp3"; var params = {}; params.menu = "false"; params.wmode = "transparent"; var attributes = {}; attributes.id = "krazy"; swfobject.embedSWF("/images/assets/shared/flash/mediaplayer.swf", "krazy", "336", "20", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes); General 2008-10-24T22:10:00+00:00 http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/quincy_jones_bigs_up_thrill_the_world/ http://www.thrilltheworld.com/article/quincy_jones_bigs_up_thrill_the_world/#When:19:00:00Z Big man Quincy Jones shows his love and talks up Thrill The World on his blog.It’s always a good feeling when people say nice things about you or your work. Especially when that person is a musical legend and acclaimed producer of arguably Michael Jackson’s best loved albums, Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad. Quincy Jones has a piece about Thrill The World and Michael Jackson’s Thriller on his blog, saying that it’s “proof of the album’s continuing popularity and impact”. Check out the article over on his the official Quincy Jones site. General 2008-10-23T19:00:00+00:00