After having no public performance last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thrill the World Kelowna returned on Saturday (Oct. 30), which saw around 40 students from the Studio 9 Independent School of the Arts gather at Stuart Park and dance to Michael Jackson香蕉视频直播檚 Thriller.

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Guzzi said that this was the seventh or eighth year that the school has participated in , a Halloween dance event that sees registered cities from around the globe dance to Thriller at the same time, all the while raising funds for charities.

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