Kevin Bacon helps fill care packages for his charity in Payson, Utah, while visiting the Utah high school where cult classic 'Footloose', was filmed. Photo: Jesse Sorenson via APBacon danced his way to a stage on a Payson High School athletic field Saturday to greet students before what likely was the final prom held at the school, which is set to be torn down next spring.
"You talked me into it," Bacon said, according to video posted by Salt Lake City's ABC 4."It’s great to see that kind of commitment to anything. I also think that it’s amazing to see the power that this movie has had to bring people together.”as a Chicago teen who moved to a small town and fought its ban on dancing. Payson High School students ended Saturday with aAbout 21,000 people live in Payson, which is about 60 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Students for weeks wrote hopeful messages for the eventual owners of each of the care packages and worked with the Utah Film Commission and SixDegrees to raise money and donations of toiletries, clothing and other items to go in the backpacks, Sorenson said. On Saturday, Bacon helped fill the bags alongside what Sorenson estimated was about 700 students and 300 community members.at proms, and students recreate the film's iconic dance. Older residents tell stories of being an extra in the film and delight in pointing out spots in Payson shown in the movie, he said.
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