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Ridgefield High School Lip Sync Challenge Video Takes Off

Ridgefield High School has taken the "Lip Sync Challenge" -- and no prisoners...

Ridgefield High's YouTube entry in "The Lip Sync Challenge" has caught fire
Ridgefield High's YouTube entry in "The Lip Sync Challenge" has caught fire (RHS YouTube Video Screenshot)

RIDGEFIELD, CT — Maybe you can blame the cops. Last summer, lip sync videos from the nation's police forces caught the public fancy. Social media was gyrating waist-deep in a blue wave right up to Labor Day, demonstrating how law enforcement knew at least as much about jazz hands as they do GTA. Who knew?

Now, it's the high schools' turn to take "The Lip Sync Challenge," and it will come as a surprise to no one that Ridgefield High's YouTube entry — a bombastically-choreographed rendition of "Can't Stop The Feeling" that features just about everyone — has caught fire. Just released on Friday, it already has over 7,000 views — and yes, that is Principal Dr. Stacey Gross in the orange sneakers, kicking it off...