To follow up on my thoughts about the way Michael Jackson inspired people, I thought I’d share this video of the Filipino inmates once made famous by their incredible rendition of “Thriller.” They apparently worked through Friday and Friday night to prepare this incredible tribute. Amazing the people he inspired. The tribute:
The Thriller video that made them famous:
The inmates worked hard for the tribute performance. HuffPo reports:
After being told of Jackson’s death Thursday in Los Angeles, the 1,500 inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center hit the exercise yard, practicing for nine hours Friday night — and into the wee hours of Saturday morning — for the show. They took breaks only to eat or when it rained, said professional choreographer Gwendolyn Lador, hired by the prison to teach the inmates the dance.
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Everything you posted on Michael Jackson is beautiful. I had seen past inmate videos, so thank you for bringing the tribute to my attention. The last song/dance made me cry. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think that our feelings for him go deeper than we can ever hope to articulate. I'll always love him as family.
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