PAYSON, Utah — Actor Kevin Bacon on Saturday returned to the Utah higher school wherever the cult basic film “Footloose” was filmed much more than 40 decades.
Bacon danced his way to a phase on a Payson Superior College athletic discipline Saturday to greet students just before what very likely was the ultimate promenade held at the school, which is set to be torn down up coming spring.
“You talked me into it,” Bacon reported, in accordance to video clip posted by Salt Lake City’s ABC 4. “It’s fantastic to see that type of motivation to just about anything. I also imagine that it’s incredible to see the ability that this motion picture has had to provide folks alongside one another.”
Bacon starred in “Footloose” as a Chicago teenager who moved to a tiny town and fought its ban on dancing. Payson Substantial School pupils finished Saturday with a “Footloose”-themed prom, just as the film ended.
About 21,000 individuals live in Payson, which is about 60 miles south of Salt Lake Town.
Principal Jesse Sorenson claimed college students for a long time have attempted to persuade Bacon to visit.
What started as lighthearted appeals on social media turned into a local community-vast campaign to spouse with Bacon’s charity, Sorenson explained. Students agreed to aid set together 5,000 care packages for the charity, SixDegrees, to influence Bacon to check out.
College students for weeks wrote hopeful messages for the eventual homeowners of each and every of the care offers and worked with the Utah Film Fee and SixDegrees to increase funds and donations of toiletries, clothing and other things to go in the backpacks, Sorenson stated.
On Saturday, Bacon aided fill the baggage together with what Sorenson estimated was about 700 learners and 300 community members.
Sorenson, who graduated from Payson Substantial Faculty in 1995, reported DJs usually enjoy the track “Footloose” at proms, and pupils recreate the film’s legendary dance. More mature people notify stories of staying an added in the film and delight in pointing out spots in Payson proven in the movie, he mentioned.
“It’s some thing they can be happy of, and it is enjoyment for them,” the principal claimed.
