--- description: The grads sing and dance to tunes like "Shake It Off" and "Wrecking Ball," along with more old-school selections like "I Want You Back." title: Watch These New Grads Perform an Epic Dance Routine at Commencement image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch These High School Grads Perform a Spirited Dance Routine in Their Caps and Gowns by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2015 2:58 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2015 2:58 PM CUT This year’s graduating class at Kahuku High School in Hawaii decided to spice things up at their commencement ceremony by performing a nearly 10-minute long dance routine to a medley of pop and hip hop songs. Oh, and they [learned the entire thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzIqrMFdA0&feature=youtu.be "undefined") in just two days. The grads sing and dance to tunes like “Shake It Off” and “Wrecking Ball,” along with more old-school selections like “I Want You Back” by Jackson 5. At the end of the routine, the students perform the “Kaipahua Kura,” which is their school’s haka — a traditional war dance from the Maori people of New Zealand. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3904802/hawaii-high-school-graduates-dance-routine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3904802/hawaii-high-school-graduates-dance-routine/"},"headline":"Watch These High School Grads Perform a Spirited Dance Routine in Their Caps and Gowns","datePublished":"2015-06-02T14:58:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:37.401Z","description":"They learned the entire dance in just two days","url":"https://time.com/3904802/hawaii-high-school-graduates-dance-routine/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3904802/hawaii-high-school-graduates-dance-routine/","name":"Watch These High School Grads Perform a Spirited Dance Routine in Their Caps and Gowns"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best Celeb Graduation Speeches","description":"The best moments of celebrity commencement speeches from the past decade including Stephen Colbert and Steve Jobs","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ANHI2RmH/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-05-16T19:42:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ANHI2RmH.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3904802/hawaii-high-school-graduates-dance-routine/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3904802/hawaii-high-school-graduates-dance-routine/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```