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Manassas Thanks Ellen Degeneres With Harlem Shake Video
What's a better way to thank Ellen Degeneres for 50 grand for Weems Elementary School than with the Harlem Shake dance?
What's a better way to thank Ellen Degeneres, the queen of daytime dance, than with a dance of your own?
Weems Elementary School students along with Manassas residents got together and filmed the city's take on the Harlem Shake, a dance craze that has taken over YouTube and other social media sites.
The dance, filmed during the was one of gratitude for the Ellen Degeneres Show and Shutterfly for contirbuting
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See video of the Harlem Shake, Manassas style here or to the right of this story.
Plans are in the works to send a copy of the Manassas Harlem Shake video to Ellen in California, city officials said.
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The show flew Weems Principal Angela Burnett out to Los Angeles to appear on an episode of the show that aired on April 30.
The episode featured a surprise live shot of cheering students and staff back at Weems.
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