From "The You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department. The Church Times (video here as well)A PRIEST rounded off a traditional wedding ceremony in her church by initiating a flash-mob dance.
Moments after pronouncing Gary and Tracy Richardson husband and wife, in St Mary and St Martin, in Blyth, Nottinghamshire, the Vicar, the Revd Kate Bottley, launched into a routine to "Everybody Dance Now", by C+C Music Factory. The bride and groom joined in with synchronised moves, and soon most of the 100-strong congregation were moving, too.
A three-minute video of the dance has gone viral on the internet. By midweek, it had received almost 300,000 hits, and topped the BBC's most-viewed-clip list.
Mrs Bottley said that the idea had come up in conversation with the couple as they planned the service, eight weeks before the ceremony on 15 June. She said: "I asked them if there was anything special they wanted to include, and Tracy joked that they should have a flash-mob in the middle of the ceremony. I said 'Why not?' and it went from there.
"The Church believes passionately in marriage and its importance, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be some room for fun.
"They rehearsed their moves for eight weeks, and sent me a video of what they were doing so I could get my part right. I think about 30 of their guests were in on it, too, but, as you can see from the video, it soon caught on. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it, and there was a huge round of applause after.
More here-
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/28-june/news/uk/disco-dancing-vicar-becomes-web-sensation
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