Dancing in the Streets

Or something like that. As you can read in this story in the Herald-Dispatch, British chef Jamie Oliver is injecting some show biz into his healthy eating agenda.

You can see video of the cooking and dancing performance right here, and here's the story by Bill Rosenberger:

About 100 students from Marshall University, MCTC and the Cabell Midland High School Show Choir participated in a promotional dance shoot, held Wednesday afternoon in front of the Memorial Student Center.

The event, also known as a flash mob, was filmed for the untitled healthy eating reality show that stars British chef Jamie Oliver. He also took place in the dance routine, as one of about dozen cooks making beef stir fry in the three and one-half minute song.

“The whole point of this is to let all you at Marshall know food is fun,” Oliver said at the end of the song. “Really and truly, this was fun.”

And, as the students huddled around the fountain, he chanted “We are,” with the crowd responding “Marshall.”

The Marshall student cooperation started a few weeks ago during a filmed conversation with student body president Sean Hornbuckle. Hornbuckle said Oliver asked him what would be the best way to get students involved and to understand the importance of eating healthy.

“We’re learning how to eat healthy,” Hornbuckle said. “And we get to teach our country to eat healthy. The moral of the story (of the song and dance) is to cook a healthy meal in a short amount of time.”