Southampton Historical Museum Does The Harlem Shake

It begins with one lone dancer, grooving in the middle of a crowd of people. As the music revs up, it’s uncertain what is going to happen—until the beat drops and the entire room joins in on a crazy dance with no rhyme or rhythm. It’s the “Harlem Shake,” a dance phenomenon that has taken the internet by storm. Hundreds of Harlem Shake videos can be found online, posted to YouTube.com by college students, athletic teams, office workers, and even TV news journalists.

Not wanting to miss out on the global phenomenon, Southampton Historical Museum Executive Director Tom Edmonds decided on Friday to join the masses doing the Harlem Shake—by having the museum post its own dance video.

The museum’s video, which was posted on YouTube Friday afternoon, was thrown together quickly,... more