Mark Your Calendar's MJ FANS...

Hold on to your hat's MJ FANS cause this is A LOT!
Introducing the TTWNYC Schedule...so far *gulp

Movie: KING OF POP...A KILLER VIDEO (Starring Itsi Atkins and Ola Ray)

1. DANCERS MUST be AVAILABLE on SUNDAY AUGUST 30th from 7pm-11:30pmw/full costume and own zombie makeup. (Click here for zombie makeup/costume tips from TTW (http://www.manada.biz/TIPS.pdf) All extra's for the film/close up shots in various spots through out NYC w/camera crew and director MUST be available till 2am!!

2. We need a head count! (30-40 zombies and each can bring a
friend for PA/Security/or just to be in the background as an extra) Due to all
extra attention on this event Extra rehearsals have been scheduled for Monday August
24th -Thursday August 27th from 6pm-8pm at Central Park West and 106th Street location (take the B to 103rd and walk up to 106th and meet at the staircase). The choreographers will be Amada Anderson and Kat Lundy. You must be willing to be off book/learn the dance before this movie (or to the best that you can) in order to participate. We will be dancing in Times Square for the shoot at least 3-4 times that evening in full costume/makeup. Please email Tarah Blasi (ttwnycdanceofficer@gmail.com) before coming to rehearsals so we can guesstimate how many will be arriving to start on time! If you have any further questions regarding the movie please contact the Director or Producer.

Director: Dennis Lee/Email: dennisleetribute@nyc.rr.com

Producer: Itsi Atkins/Email: itsiatkins@gmail.com

Ok. With that out of the way onto more good stuff!

FLASHMOBS:
It has come to my attention that a lot of FLASHMOBS (a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse) Events are being organized throughout the city but the next big thing is THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 23rd! If you are interested in participating in a Beat IT/MJ Tribute movie similar to the famous youtube.com Stockholm videos then find on Facebook and join the groups "Michael Jackson flash mob tribute NYC" and/or NYC's Dancing Tribute to Michael Jackson. I believe they are starting 9am this Sunday. (This also will be filmed as a tribute video)

Please mark your calendars! These next few weeks are going to be very busy for MJ Fans & Thrill the world NYC! So the TTWNYC calendar at a glance now looks like this:

August 23rd, 3pm- Staff Potluck Picnic-if interested in joining our staff please
feel free to attend and bring some food. We will be meeting at our rehearsal spot (106th
& central park west)

August 24th-27th from 6pm-8pmwe are holding rehearsals for the Movie/Flashmob
(Same location)

Aug. 29th at 11:00pm there will be a huge combined Beat it/Thriller grouping to
meet up outside of Webster Hall for MJ's Birthday then party inside. Buy
tickets for the big MJ Party @ Webster Hall now!

August 30^th from 7pm-2amin Times Square we are filming
the movie "KING OF POP...A KILLER VIDEO" (Starring Itsi Atkins and Ola Ray)

September 6th &/OR 13^th there will be a Cupcake/Bake Sale in Queens. We need
zombies to dance/promote and help sell baked goods. Email Kat Lundy: (ttwnycfundraising@gmail.com]

September 13th - TTWNYC FLASHMOB outside MTV Video Music awards! SHHH :p

September 14th from 5pm-9pm is our BIG TTWNYC FUNDRAISER @ The famous B. SMITH's New York City Restaurant. Raffle Prizes will be won! Skaraoke will be sung! Dance offs & many more surprises will await you! Tell your friends and bring some cash!

B. Smith Restaurant on Restaurant Row:
320 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 315-1100
Fax: (212) 315-0369

By Subway:
Take the A, C, or E train to 42nd
Street. B. Smith's is just in from 8th Avenue on the
south side of 46th street.

Come out and Support Thrill The World NYC and Donate for a Cause!!
Other dates and events as they get settled will be emailed as soon as we know more. Stay tuned and tell your friends!! This is going to get CRAZY! Well...even more so then it
is...just you wait!
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NORMAL REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
New York, NY - Weekly Schedule for August 11th 2009 till Sept 5th 2009

Unlimited Thriller Choreography Classes

Tuesdays w/Tarah - Central Park West (106th Street)
4:30pm-6:00pm
Take the B to 103rd Street and walk up to 106th Street. Meet by staircase.

Wednesday's w/Katrina -Astoria Park (23rd Ave & 19th Street Queens, NY 11105)
2:00pm-4:00pm & 5:00pm-7:00pm
Meeting in the Field Area by the Pool and Playground.

Saturdays w/Scott Jurkowski -Broadway Dance Center (322 West 45th Street, 3rd Floor)
9:00am-10:30am Studio # 2
6:00pm-7:30pm Studio #4

Please Email Tarah Blasi our Lead Dance Officer to register for the class you want
to participate in. Her email is: (ttwnycdanceofficer@gmail.com)

All classes are FREE, but if you wish to donate $5-$20 to help with the event it
would be greatly appreciated because remember this is YOUR event and if each zombie
donated just a little money we would have a great start! Feel free to take the class
as many times as needed and remember Have A Thriller Time for World Records and
Charity (VH1 Save The Music) Also please be aware that even though "Thrill Day" on October 24th IS a Rain or Shine event, rehearsals are not. If it rains and you are outdoors, classes will be canceled and you should email Tarah to reschedule. Thanks!!
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Visit our live Google calendar for our schedule:
www.manada.biz/schedule.html

All the songs are available to listen to or download. I suggest that you add the podcast
to your ipod so you can learn the moves faster:
http://www.thrilltheworld.com/podcast.rss
You can also find the dance script with handy words here:
http://www.thrilltheworld.com/learn/script

P.S.
Don't forget to wear appropriate dance attire like SNEAKERS and comfortable clothing,
bring WATER bottles and a sweat TOWEL. This is going to Rock on Rock on Rock on
Rock on!!! (You'll get this reference after class!)

4th TTWNYC STAFF MEETING!

TTWNYC Meeting Notes 8/11/09

Ok. So we have some headway…

First TTW Dance Rehearsal had a handful of people but they were happy and having a good time, so things are looking good. We shall see how the rest of the week turns out and if we have to change schedules pertaining to how we teach the classes. Looks like it might take 2 classes, like an A and then B, or maybe just a movement class (to learn the moves), and B to run the moves/dance. I’ll let the choreographers decide.

Notes:

GRAPHICS:
We have a logo! Kathleen just needs to add our sponsors and event info to it and make it all shiny and then it goes to the printers!

FUNDRAISER:
We have sponsorship for our BIG fundraiser at B. Smith Restaurant. It’s scheduled for September 14th. It’s the second Monday in September. We get a percentage off the bar plus we can raffle off prizes and gifts. I was thinking of hosting Skaraoke as well which is karaoke except you have to pay to sing and you might have to sing something somebody else puts up. We can have a get out of skaraoke free card that can be purchased at $10. But we need to have moolah to buy/make some of our fancy T-shirts and of course the bracelets for the event. So 4 weeks to raise some money for the fundraiser to make more money!!

FUN MEETING:
We would like to have a Potluck Picnic in the Park, meaning all staff meet each other and hang out. So we can actually brainstorm and get to know each other better. Please let me know if you are available on Sunday, August 23rd? It’s like next Sunday.

MJ BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE:
OK. Also…we decided that as a tribute of our own for MJ Birthday-Let’s do a TTWNYC Flash MOB Outing! So mark your calendars. August 29th from All Day or something we get together with the boombox and go Thriller wild, dance and pass out flyers!!

Thriller Killer Movie: This is the Movie that Itsi Atkins is creating. We are filming our zombies on August 30th! So if you know that dance or want to participate you should talk to Tarah or myself to sign up!

Paypal (linked to my checking account for charity/all our cash donations) will be back up and running this weekend on all our websites! Yay!

Permit:
The request has been sent certified and I know it was received but have yet to hear back. It can take 14-21 days…

Sponsorship: It also looks like we have sponsorship from RICKY’s NYC as well as McDonalds (5th ave location) just waiting on final approval. Yay! Diana!!

After Party:
Also, we would like to see if Webster Hall would be interested in being our after party location, or we need to find a club that can hold a lot of people near Times Square that we can ask will help us raise money for VH1 Save the Music.

Guinness: We sent in our application this week.

Documentary:
What else what else….oh! And we have a lady interested in doing a documentary about TTW! I am having Ines’s producer’s in LA contact her direct.

Ok. Brain is gonna explode! Good thing I’m a zombie and am already dead…right?

Thanks guys! I have the best team ever!! :)

I know you are Blood THIRSTY...

We have been furiously picking each others brains and working on getting sponsorship for that day when we all shall RISE from the grave and dance together on October 24th and good news awaits...

We have sponsors!

Now Thanks to Broadway Dance Center we have studios to rehearse in!
Rehearsals listed below as well as live on our schedule page!!

We also have A DJ for Our Special Day!

MMP Dance Party TONIGHT - August 7th 10:30pm!

Please meet DjDeejay who is famous for his MMP parties!

See his website for more details about him at http://djdeejay.org/

Meanwhile join us TONIGHT at one of his famous SHOWS where we will be busting a move and previewing our Thriller Dance!!

"The MMP Dance Party will be at Le Poisson Rouge this Friday August 7th. It starts at 10:30. It's basically a Philadelphia-originated dance party featuring the music of Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince. This is one of the few times it's in NYC, and Le Poisson Rouge is a really nice venue as well. Good crowd and good drinks and MJ! Here is the event link with more info http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/355

And here is the address to Le Poisson Rouge/directions
158 Bleecker Street,
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)"

MMP!...Madonna, Michael Jackson, & Prince... This party has been a staple in DJ DEEJAY'S nightlife and party throwing for over half a decade. Always a sold out event in any environment and a constant growing fan base attends the event. This event is now duplicated all over the United States, but DJ DEEJAY is the original creator.

We also have a Charity!!

VH1 Save the MUSIC!

The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in American public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education. Since 1997, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation has provided $43 million worth of new musical instruments to more than 1,600 public schools in more than 100 cities around the country, impacting the lives of more than 1.2 million public school students.

We have many fundraisers planned to help raise money for our event as well as for VH1 and if you wish to volunteer to help as well please email our fundraising coordinator
Kat Lundy ttwnycfundraising@gmail.com

First Fundraiser/Special Event
August/2009

Are you interested in helping TTWNYC raise some money and be in a movie?!
Producer Itsi Atkins is looking for about 30-40 zombies to perform the "Thriller" dance in Times Square on or around August 29th for his movie King Of Pop Killer which is a dark comedy about an obessed fan who wanders the streets of NYC as a sleep zombie revenging the death of his super hero. Ola Ray from the original music video (the Girlfriend) has been contacted to play a feature cameo.

We plan on rehearsing crash courses to prepare for this special event/movie if you are interested in helping TTWNYC raise some money and shake your groove thang then email Amada or Kat!

Weekly Schedule till Sept 5th
August/2009 Thriller Choreography Classes

Tuesdays w/Tarah - Central Park West (106th Street)
Take the B to 103rd Street and walk up to 106th Street. Meet by staircase.

Wednesday's w/Katrina - Flushing Meadows Park, in Queens
Meeting in the Field Area by the Pool and playground.

Saturdays w/Scott Jurkowski and other surprise choreographers - Broadway Dance Center
322 West 45th Street, 3rd Floor
9am-10:30am Studio # 2 (Scott Jurkowski)
6pm-7:30pm Studio #4

Please Email Tarah Blasi our Lead Dance Officer to register for the class you want to participate in. Her email is: ttwnycdanceofficer@gmail.com

2nd Choreographer Meeting & 3 1/2 Staff Meeting

HELLO ZOMBIE STAFF & FRIENDS,

Alright...so we had a wonderful rehearsal/meeting today at Central Park. I know it was kinda early for some of you to make it or you had previous plans it's okay. I just wanted to let you guys know that we have NEW nEw blood!!

Remember last meeting we were talking about going to promote our event at the Club on Friday?? Meaning the rehearsal today was to walk through and prepare for it??

"The MMP Dance Party will be at Le Poisson Rouge this Friday August 7th. It starts at 10:30. It's basically a Philadelphia-originated dance party featuring the music of Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince. This is one of the few times it's in NYC, and Le Poisson Rouge is a really nice venue as well. Good crowd and good drinks and MJ! Here is the event link with more info http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/355

And here is the address to Le Poisson Rouge/directions
158 Bleecker Street,
New York, NY 10012

Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)" -Quoted from Emily's (Our Promotions Coordinator) previous email....

So...Deejay found us on Blogger. Emailed me last night and came to our meeting today. He say's he's totally interested in sponsoring us as THE main DJ for our event, spinning and playing for free as well as helping us promote at his shows!! Isn't that awesome!??

Thank You Deejay!! (Don’t forget to send me your obit and zombie/Halloween photo for our Family Plot/Graveyard/Staff page)

Welcome to TTWNYC 2009 :)

So don't forget to email Emily Cohen (misspokenword@gmail.com) and let her know who's attending this Friday night. Basically we were thinking of meeting at a local cafe then heading over together. Are we dressing up like Zombies??? Who's bringing the camera? LOL

Your crazy passionate event organizer who loves her staff!!
Amada 

P.S. I should have the rehearsal schedule from Broadway Dance Center this week!! Scheduled rehearsals to come!

3rd TTWNYC Staff Meeting Notes:

OK. First off 109+ Zombies and counting! (These are the people who have registered for the mailing list does not include those who come to rehearsal with their friends)

More NEW BLOOD!! Let me welcome Emily Cohen are brand spanking new promotions coordinator (ttwnycpromos@gmail.com) and we have 3 more choreographers Lindsay Levy, Steph Russo and Rebecca Nido.

Rehearsal Schedule: YES! We have a rehearsal schedule for our qualified choreographers and are planning on starting next week to teach the classes. Remember if you are interested in teaching the dance as well you need to attend a workshop with Tarah, Scott, or Katrina before teaching anyone else the dance.

SPONSORSHIP: WE have a Green Light from Broadway Dance Center!!
We will be working out schedules and spaces very soon!

DONATIONS:
TTWNYC is now accepting donations using PayPal. So feel free to be generous and donate.

Charity:
I’ve sent in the application to Make A Wish and should know by end of next week (August 7th) if we are sponsoring them. And on Friday at this past meeting we discussed purchasing bracelets (like Livestrong but black or red and will say Thrill The World NYC 2009) to sell for $10 a piece and all proceeds will go directly to our charity.

Graphics:
I was told August 7th was when we would have something for flyers. Meanwhile we should attempt to create our own using the templates given to us by Thrill the World and that event manager’s link page. If you do happen to make flyers to hand out at clubs or to your friends please remember to save your receipts for reimbursement. I’m also thinking of doing a massive email blast with a contest for NYC graphics?? For the t-shirts we want to sell on Café Press. What do u think?

World Records:
Just to clear up any confusion about what TTWNYC is doing:
Last year Austin was “The Largest Thriller Dance” (NYC WANTS TO BEAT THEM!!!)
TTW is the Largest Simultaneous Thriller dance (Global Together)
TTW wants to beat “The Largest Simultaneous Dance” which is 197, 569 elementary school kinds who did the hokey pokey back in April of 2002 in Canada.

Venue/Permit: Still waiting to hear back from Times Square Alliance. We still need a non profit organization to sponsor us for us to get the permit.

MEETINGS:
And this week we want to organize a Staff/Choreographer rehearsal for Tuesday at 5:30pm at 106th & Central Park West to walk through the choreography and rehearse with our new choreographers as well as staff members for when we go to promote and so we all can know the dance.

Promotions:
Emily is already setting us up with some great ideas!! I’m just going to copy and paste her email here: At the meet up on Friday we were talking about an upcoming event that would be a great way to celebrate Michael/create some TTW buzz and just have a good time. The MMP Dance Party will be at Le Poisson Rouge this Friday August 7th. It starts at 10:30. It's basically a Philadelphia-originated dance party featuring the music of Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince. This is one of the few times it's in NYC, and Le Poisson Rouge is a really nice venue as well. Good crowd and good drinks and MJ! Here is the event link with more info http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/355

And here is the address to Le Poisson Rouge/directions
158 Bleecker Street,
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)

I’m really excited about this event and am looking forward to meeting all of you at our rehearsals and fundraisers. Thanks for reading and see you soon!!

-Amada Anderson
Event Organizer/Director Thrill The World NYC 2009