Said to be Asia’s best way of paying tribute to Michael Jackson, the Cebu inmates were back.
“It brought back their self esteem. We have happy inmates now — we don’t want to go back to the old jail where we had mad, sad inmates,” he said. In searing temperatures, 1,400 men in bright orange tracksuits performed the 15-minute “Thriller” routine perfectly. They rehearsed for 10 hours the previous day, finally stopping at 3 a.m. to rest ahead of the show. The superbly-choreographed moves, energy and obvious enthusiasm of the prisoners had the audience — swelled by journalists from around the world — captivated the audience. Several inmates even invited people from the crowd to dance with them. “I never thought I would ever find myself dancing with a prisoner,” one excited local said. A local journalist even described the performance as Asia’s best way of paying tribute to Jackson.
Stumble Upon
Del.icio.us
Buzz
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Michael Jackson and Cebu Philippines will always be linked together by the famous performance of the CPDRC Inmates.
[Reply]
reynz Reply:
June 28th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
that’s very true. considering the 20+ million hits of the video, it has already shown the world on how to at least treat prisoners and re-invigorate them. that garcia guy – he did a pretty good job. hopefully he could turn these prisoners around as positive contributing members of the society.
.-= reynz´s last blog ..The many faces of Michael Jackson =-.
[Reply]
man, i am always amazed at their performances! they must’ve been really big fans!
.-= caryn´s last blog ..sa loob ng tampipi =-.
[Reply]