Over eleven million people have enjoyed this YouTube performance of nearly 200 dancers at Antwerp, Belgium Central [train] Station on March 23, 2009. Similar to Washington Post’s event “Pearls Before Breakfast” at L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C., passengers at the train station were not expecting the performance. At 8 a.m. Julie Andrew’s recording of “Do, Re, Mi” starts to play. As with “Pearls Before Breakfast”, the passengers are amused, but unlike “Pearls Before Breakfast,” which a follow-up article on the event won a Pulitzer Prize, the Belgiums at the train station interact with the dancers.
This performance has opened the hearts and brought a smile to many, and to some at the train station, regardless of age, freed their inhibitions to the joy of moving to the music. Below is the movie.
Enjoy life!
Compare the U.S. event against the Belgium train station event. Share with us why you think there was a different reaction?
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