W&M的学生试图打破惊悚片的记录
高年级学生凯文·杜瓦（Kevin Dua）是第一个承认他人生中最大的愿望之一有点奇怪的人。 After all, many children who grew up in the 90s spent years of their life singing and dancing to all of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits, but only Dua has his eyes set on breaking the Guinness Book of World Record’s record of the largest 惊悚片 dance.
On Sunday, April 19, an appropriately gloomy afternoon, zombie wannabes and bystanders descended on William & Mary’s Sunken Garden to be a part of the record-breaking attempt. 大约需要两周的时间，吉尼斯世界纪录才会正式宣布这次尝试成功。
When the event officially began at 2 p.m., only 74 students, faculty and staff of the College had shown up to participate—not nearly enough to break the official record of 147 people. 然而，杜瓦并不担心。
“We’re going to break it,” he promised the crowd as he updated them on the count. “Keep practicing!”
他是对的。 慢慢地，越来越多的参与者进入了下沉花园。 当最终记录这次尝试的时候，杜瓦已经聚集了242人，轻松击败了之前的记录。 官方计票结束后，最终计票结果被宣布，舞者和旁观者兴奋地欢呼起来。
然而，在他们创造历史之前，还有大量的工作要做。
“You see these videos on the internet of hundreds of people doing the 惊悚片 dance, but none of them went through the official procedure to get it listed in the Guinness Book of World Records,” Dua explained. “In order for it to count, you have to go through their process carefully.”
除了记录所有参与者的姓名，确保没有人在没有签名的情况下参加，志愿者们还要确保没有人在没有从名单上划掉自己的名字的情况下提前离开。 242名舞者被平均划分在象限内，并保持相对直线。 Several cameras were set up at different angles around the Sunken Garden to capture each section, so that when the Guinness Book of World Records reviews the videos they can remove dancers from the official count they feel didn’t perform 惊悚片 correctly.
教舞蹈是另一个主要障碍，但杜瓦在朋友的帮助下克服了这个障碍。 在拍摄前，一组由Dua教授过舞蹈的九名学生带领每一组舞者排练了两个半小时。 两个组织，第一年理事会和路德威尔大厅理事会，也帮助提供茶点，监督进出的舞者，并参与舞蹈。
Though his victory depends on The Guinness Book of World Records’ official review of the event, Dua is still proud of the event’s success, and even more surprised by the number of people who came to participate. Over a chorus of “Congratulations, Kevin!” and “We love you!” he felt humbled by the experience.
“This never would have worked without everyone getting involved,” he said. “Whatever happens with the Guinness Book of World Records, I’m just glad we all had the opportunity to come out as a community and achieve this together.”