Newport Centre Harlem Shake video goes viral

4:04pm Monday 18th February 2013 in News

SNOOKER LOOPY: The crowd go mad for the Harlem Shake at the Newport Centre SNOOKER LOOPY: The crowd go mad for the Harlem Shake at the Newport Centre

A VIDEO of the internet dance craze the Harlem Shake at the Newport Centre is creating a viral sensation of its own.

The film of the dance, staged at the Welsh Open Snooker tournament has gathered over 200,000 hits since it was uploaded on Saturday.

The routine normally starts with a solitary dancer, and here, a man with wearing a crash helmet walks among the crowd followed by a spotlight.

Giving lie to the notion that snooker is a staid affair, the hall then explodes into furious dancing. Announcer Rob Walker throws exuberant punches in the air, but the referee, other match officials and the cameraman also dance with gusto.

The flash mob was staged before Saturday’s Welsh Open semi-final between Stephen Maguire and world number two Judd Trump. Maguire beat Trump 6-4 to book a place in the final.

Comments(6)

The Leg End says...
6:39pm Mon 18 Feb 13

Spot on, one of the best Ive seen!

I suspect being a social, funny and enjoyable individual is not one of 'bloggsys' strong points....

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Robodad says...
7:25am Tue 19 Feb 13

That was so embarrassing it made me cringe.

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blackandamber says...
4:27pm Tue 19 Feb 13

Anything's better than snooker.

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bloggsy1 says...
9:12pm Tue 19 Feb 13

I bet The Leg End claps his hands whenever he hears music. Like Robodad said it was embarrassing. It's not funny it's not clever it's just stupidity. Perhaps it's time for people in this country to start acting their age and not their shoe size.

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ngtarr says...
10:36am Wed 20 Feb 13

thankfully it was filmed before the match. if it was filmed during the match i think the referee would have had a lot of work on his hands!

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kalwales@hotmail.com says...
11:00am Wed 20 Feb 13

Grow up & have a sense of humour will you, good on everyone for taking part !!

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