We’re so sorry to have to say this, but after a great deal of consideration and deep soul-searching, we have decided that we need to give the Portsmouth Thriller Dance a rest this year! With Halloween being on a Monday night our audience is bound to be fairly small, and we don’t want people to get sick of us. So we’re all going to work on other projects this year and we’ll reconsider for next year! If you’re still interested in being part of our little group, then please contact me and let me know, and I’ll add you to our email list.
Have a great Halloween!
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NEW SCZ PRODUCTS!
WHOA!! We got us some new t-shirts! And magnets, bumper stickers, jackets, and more!! There’s a serious cool factor when you’re walkin’ around town in your stylin’ new zombie shirt with a zombie coming out of your chest. It’s a phenomenon. You can buy all this awesomeness and more at Seacoast Zombies’ Cafe Press Shop. Here’s a little sample of what we’ve got to offer!
Our New T-Shirt!
Thanks to Rich Woodall and Matt Talbot for their amazing illustration and inking work!
Zombie Counts!
and a one, and a two… Actually, we have been receiving numerous requests for the counts in the dance so that people can practice at home! So Cathleen has kindly provided us with a listing of counts that she put together herself to help her learn the dance and I’m posting it here. If it helps you, more power to you – some people need to SEE it.
THRILLER
31 sets of 8=248 counts
1 walk with zombie arms
2 head nods on counts 1 and 5
3 arms out and 2 steps together with pelvic thrust
4 clawing arms, head up on counts 3 and 7
5 step right, lean back, bend down and up into right hip, down and hip on counts 6 and 8
6 clap on count 2 and shimmy to the right into shoulder shrug,
7 clap on count 1 and shimmy to the left into shoulder shrug
8 small claws and slight hop on counts 3/4 and 7/8 R&L
9 Grrs! R&L
10 zombie shimmy to right, leg and arm out on count 4, then to the left, into big claws on count 8
11 big claw to right and left
12 on count 3 small jump into circling arms on 4, into down and up shimmy, body up on counts 6 and 8
13 hips R&L front, and then to back
14 turn to the front air guitar using those hips
15 hips to right, 4 counts arm/snap low and 4 counts arm/snap high
16 pelvic thrust R&L into knee bend and hands on thighs; head down on 5, look up on 6, look out on 7, and slap thighs on 8
17 stomp around to your right, look back on 4, continue around until 8
18 stomp forward 8 starting with right foot
19 together counts 1/2, right foot into hop “and 3″ look left “and 4″, pivot to left on 5, arms out on 6, hold 7, thrust in/head out on 8
20 right foot out, then left, then right, arms up on 6, hips and arms counts 7 and 8
21 step forward R, L, R, and down on counts “and 4″
22 zombie up
23 repeat #19
24 repeat #20
25 repeat #21
26 zombie up
27 zombie up, and into high note claws for counts 5-8
28 repeat #10
29 repeat #11
30 into knee bend count 3 and thigh slap on count 4, stomp around, look back on 8
31 continue stomp around for 4 and forward R&L for 4 and ZOMBIE POSE!
Zombie Choreography & Videos
Want to learn the choreography on your own? Can’t attend the classes? No problem! You can see the same choreography we’re using in the classes right here on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4rdR-C6Og
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Want to see Michael Jackson’s version? The zombies come out at exactly 6:00 minutes and the dance starts at 7:53.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWV0Un1bY4
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How does it look in the parade?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCwlqxbO4SU&feature=related
New Blog Active!
Hello everyone and welcome to the Portmsouth Thriller Dance blog! Zombies get your dancing shoes on and join the Thriller Dance mob in the streets of Portsmouth this Halloween! This is a completely independent effort from the Portsmouth Halloween Parade – check out the Details page for class times and dates, and a rehearsal schedule (when we have one). Also, check out our forum on SpookyPortsmouth.com
Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize yawls neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpses shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
Whooooooo!
