World Hip Hop Competition -- and the Quixotic Quest

I recently learned of the existence of the World Hip Hop Dance Competition. 

http://hiphopinternational.com/

I read an article about this in today’s Wall Street Journal (8/11/15).  The article said that teams were participating from all over the world.  Asian teams have become increasingly competitive apparently, having learned how to do this art Form by watching YouTube. These teams have done bake sales and borrowed money to go to the contests.

My Quixotic Quest for the World Anthem was inspired by Michael Jackson’s “Cry” video, but in fact MJ thought there were three things that would heal the world: Music, Dance, and Children.

After MJ’s death there was a trend, via YouTube, to share videos of dancing flash mobs, dancing to Michael Jackson music, as a memorial to him.  This was one of the things that inspired me on this quest.  

Flash Mob America is a company that started based on these videos, and also inspired by the flash mobs and  Michael Jackson’s hope that Music, Dance, and Children could save the world.  Flash Mob America also uses YouTube to spread visual messages regarding its project.

The “Cry” video posits a single event where a song would be spread, and that has been my concept; but YouTube offers another concept: the spread of art between individuals in a locally small way, but a globally huge way.  

MJ would have been very excited about these Hip Hop contests.  I had a link here to one of his dances, but the link is now broken -- will have to look

So, it’s not exactly the world anthem or the day when the whole world sings it together, but it’s a kind of progress in that direction — and surely having these people participate in dance contests is a peaceful diversion of the kind of energy that might otherwise result in violence