After having no public performance last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thrill the World Kelowna returned on Saturday (Oct. 30), which saw around 40 students from the Studio 9 Independent School of the Arts gather at Stuart Park and dance to Michael Jackson乌鸦传媒檚 Thriller.

At 3 p.m. sharp, the music kicked off and the costumed students, whose grade levels ranged from kindergarten to grade seven, began to show off their own version of Jackson乌鸦传媒檚 dance routine from the Thriller乌鸦传媒檚 music video.

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Guzzi said that this was the seventh or eighth year that the school has participated in , a Halloween dance event that sees registered cities from around the globe dance to Thriller at the same time, all the while raising funds for charities.

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In past years, he said that middle school students would lead the event. But it was the little children this year who took over this year乌鸦传媒檚 dance, who had been preparing for the event since September.

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The event, he said, is all about having fun.

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