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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 10:17 AM
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Grand Rapids, MN. Grand scale lipdub. This is impressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI

"The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date.

This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city." We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope." - Rob Bliss, Director & Executive Producer

*Note: The "NEW WORLD RECORD" designation refers to size and scope, not duration.

This $40,000 production was entirely financed by the generosity of local sponsors that are listed below:
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 07:07 PM
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1. An awesome video, but...
it's from Grand Rapids, Michigan. :)
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Jenoch Donating Member (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 11:29 PM
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2. Yeah,
one glance at the opening scene will tell anyone the least bit familiar with Grand Rapids that the video was not shot in Itasca County.
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 01:43 AM
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3. Boy is my face red.
They were touting this on channel 9 this morning and it sounded like it was MN...

When I googled for it, I googled grand rapids mn lipdub....

then, there ya go.

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Jenoch Donating Member (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:57 AM
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4. At least Grand Rapids MI
still has some pride and enthusiasm left. It appears much of Michigan has thrown in the towel, or maybe just Detroit.
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 11:01 AM
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5. Well, I'm just embarrassed.
I hate making that kind of stupid error.


Still, it's a very cool video.
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pengillian101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 11:41 PM
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7. Well, I'm just glad you posted it!
It really was a great video. That town did an outstanding job!

Grand Rapids MN is a sleepy little town nearby that picks up during the summer when all the snowbirds/sunbirds return :-)
It's the home of Judy Garland, and the yearly Wizard of Oz festival was just remembered with festivities.


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nkt35500 Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 12:21 AM
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6. +1
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