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Nakijah Pace, 9, left, and other Savoy Elementary School students get their makeup done before performing a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Nakijah Pace, 9, and other Savoy Elementary School students get their makeup done before performing in a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students Hope Brown, 7, second from left, and Deshean Dean, 9, center, get their makeup done by Rechelle Rice, left, and Otisi Okiyi Jr., right, both part time art program assistants before students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students practice their flash mob dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in their classroom before heading to the National Portrait Gallery to perform in public as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jionni Anderson, 8, bottom right, and other Savoy Elementary School students practice their flash mob dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in their classroom before heading to the National Portrait Gallery to perform in public as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students arrive in the Chinatown Metro and make their way to the National Portrait Gallery to perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students make their way to the National Portrait Gallery in character to perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Kechelle Settle [cq], 8, second from right, leads her fellow Savoy Elementary School students in a flash mob performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students lay on the ground to begin their flash mob dance performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Kechelle Settle, 8, right, and fellow Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Taylor Keys, 10, left, and Makayla Monk, 10, right, get a hug from third grade teacher Ms. Odem after the girls and other students with Savoy Elementary School perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** James Carter, 30, an unemployed teacher's aide from Largo, Md., gathers information from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center during the 2011 Career Fair at Prince George's Community College in Largo on Nov. 3, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)