Dancing Priests Become YouTube Sensation
ROME (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A video of a pair of dueling, dancing American priests studying in Rome has gone viral.
The Rev. David Rider, 29, of Hyde Park, New York, and the Rev. John Gibson, 28, of Milwaukee, first shot to Internet fame when they were filmed in April during a fundraiser at the North American College, the elite American seminary up the hill from the Vatican.
Rider warmed up the crowd with a lively tap-dance routine, only to be pushed aside by Gibson's fast-footed Irish dance. Soon they were battling it out, trying to impress the crowd.
The video ends with the pair dancing together in-sync as the crowd erupts into cheers, applause and a standing ovation.
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At the back of the room, journalist Joan Lewis recorded the event and later posted it on YouTube. The video has nearly 260,000 views.
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