In light of what happened to their town less than six months ago, this video put together by students in Joplin, Mo., is life-affirming and even moving — especially the second part:
The video description:
This is the first Joplin High School Lip Dub. Since the May 22, 2011 tornado we have been wanting to do something special and fun for all of the Junior and Senior students at the 11/12 campus located at the Northpark Mall. Songs include “Let’s Get it Started” by the Black Eyed Peas and “Firework” by Katy Perry.
According to a story about the video by KOAM-TV:
Video Production students organized the effort, casting those who would lip sync and mapping out the shoot through the mall and new school.
Hollywood photographer, Simon Jays, used a steady cam to do the shooting. Jays works for HBO on the show “True Blood” and visited with the TV Production classes.
The video took two weeks to plan, three rehearsals and 1,000 students.
THis made me smile, we were in Joplin in April and were upset to see the devastation caused only a few weeks later. Looks like everyone had fun making this. Go on Joplin!