Beat 360° 4/6/09
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British Premier Gordon Brown, US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel jump down from steps after posing for a family portrait in Strasbourg, eastern France, during the NATO summit.
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With these dance moves the NATO leaders could be the Sharks in Broadway's revival of West Side Story.
In a light-hearted moment, world leaders engaged in an international version of the hokey pokey. As usual, the British got it backwards.
hey! you guys ever seen "Big"?
One...singular sensation every little step they take.......
or
Ok, whose job was it to install the steps?
Al Gore never said going green was as easy as jumping on a green carpet.
I told you Sarkozy, you gotta get your knees up...you too Merkel.
You put your left foot in and do the hookey pookey that's what it's all about!
Gordon Brown: "let us race, who will get there first?"
Barack Obama: "oh!! alright, who ever lost the race will get the the stimulus package."
Gordon Brown:"I got that, do u think I will let u win the race for your ironic expression?"
Angela Merkel:"I am in !!"
Nicolas Sarkozy:" Yes! i am winning!!"
Angela Merkel thinking "I know Obama can do it. I cant believe sarkozy was able to jump this step"
"Dancing with Heads of State" seems off to a rocky start. Who would have thought that Obama would have looked so awkward against the Europeans?
And it's nearly a photo finish in the first annual World Leader 5K.
you put your left leg in and shake it all about , you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around.
After a moment of awkward silence following the mention of Afghanistan, the President joins America's faithful European NATO allies as they spontaneously break into the Chicken Dance (extended remix!)
"NATO leaders take steps to avoid conflict."
The Hoedown Throwdown looked so easy when Miley Cyrus was teaching Jay Leno!
recess time...yeahhhhhh!!!
No Gordon, it's your other right...
It's official: our Western world leaders have just completed Round One of auditions for "So You Think You Can Dance."
Yeeeeeeee Haw. Ya All
They built it up with wood and clay, wood and clay washed away, they build it up with bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar will not stay, they build it up with iron and steel, iron and steel will bend and bow, they build it up with silver and gold, silver and gold will be stolen away, they sat a man to watch all night, the man has fallen asleep and they all fall down.
Tim Gibson
San Diego, CA
"they are only blanks being fired ...nothing to fear guys"...
Obama and Sarkozy make akward dance partners in this season's "International Dancing with the Stars."
And......they're OFF!!!!
Already high priority for the next summit , world leaders will look to come to an agreement on an accurrate way to pop, lock, and drop it.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy energetically leads the last few contenders in a game of Simon Says, moments after British Prime Minister Gordon Browne is disqualified.
International Hokey Pokey contest.
CNN presents their version of "Danceing with the Stars."
Obama and European heads of state try to invent a dance step that even Anderson Cooper can do.
Brown: You know guys, we're not really dressed for a 5K run...
Obama explains that to make a right-hand layup, you should plant your left foot, and then go up with your right.
Hey guys, If you really want to do the chicken dance right, you have to extend your arms like I'm doing. Let's work it out!
Whoever drops thier foot first has to contribute another $500 Billon to thier stimulus package.
Art Lazar
Phoenix, AZ
so we were chosen to be the Easter bunny...hop hop hop....
We’re the leaders of the free world damn it. You would think they could afford some stairs.
"I got rhythm,I got music,I got my gal,Who could ask for anything more!"
"Last one down is a rotten egg"
Wow, the slide really IS electric!
And the world leaders end another step aerobic exercise lesson.
Much to the delight of the international community, President Obama demonstrates the proper way to perform an American square-dance.
Brown to all the others: "Stop throwing temper tantrums just because you're not hosting the 2012 Summer Olympic Games".
Country rulers really are kids at heart–even like pre-teens at a slumber party. They like to jump up and take pictures of themselves in mid-air.
After a week of glum world news, world leaders dance out their problems. Apparently no world leader can reenact the Blitzer Boogie.
Samantha, Ewa Beach, HI
Listen closely...Keep one foot firmly on the ground and watch the other foot closely and avoid mouth!
We're hoping the stimulus plans have an opposite effect on our countries.
The global leadership will be stamping out the North Korean missile program like so many annoying bugs.
They have an idea now what its like for CEOs to be asked to step down from their position.
World leaders "tapping" for peace~
Back where I come from we do this on a giant piano keyboard!
all four were in a hurry to check the score of the michigan state, north carolina basketball game.
World leaders gather together for a "leap of faith" so we don't fall!