Over the weekend, students at Dance Studio of Wakefield gave an impromptu performance at the Burlington Mall.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Thanks to Diane Abraham of Dance Studio of Wakefield for sending a link to this video of some of her students doing a "contagious dance," or flash mob-style performance for shoppers at the Burlington Mall. The students were reportedly invited to do the performance by mall management. Check out the video here!
Fox Hill Elementary School students were surprised by a dance performance put on by teachers with a special message on Friday.
Fox Hill Elementary School students were treated to a fun surprise during an assembly in the school’s gymnasium. Following a short talk with Principal Ellen Johnson on the students’ favorite parts of school and what they’ve learned this year about treating each other with respect and understanding, music suddenly began playing and suddenly teachers merged on center stage and began a special dance. The kids were surprised but immediately began cheering as their teachers, each dressed in a "Be the One" T-shirt, started a well-coordinated high-energy dance to the Backstreet Boys' "Be the One." The message behind the 'flash mob' dance and the "Be the One" shirts was well-known to the students. Principal Johnson explained to Patch that this …
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Fox Hill Elementary School
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Local woman receives unexpected surprise while shopping for her 40th birthday.
Jen Buckley was enjoying a day at the Burlington Mall, doing some shopping for her 40th birthday. As she turned the corner, walking toward the Nordstrom department store, she could sense something was a bit off, and as she noticed more and more friends clad in the same black and pink t-shirts walking casually out of the woodwork she realized for certain, her world was about to get rocked. Indeed, music quickly started blaring throughout the corridor, and a crowd of onlookers, who had gathered minutes beforehand, cheered on Buckley's 40 closest friends as they took over the mall with a dance routine, which left her speechless and ensured this would be a birthday she wouldn't soon forget.
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Barbara L'Heureux
8:10 am on Monday, December 19, 2011
What a wonderful way to drive the message home. I am sure those kids will remember this performance all their lives! Well done Fox Hill!   more ›