{"id":2205576,"date":"2024-03-25T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-bacon-agrees-to-visit-high-school-where-footloose-was-filmed-following-student-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:01:20","slug":"kevin-bacon-agrees-to-visit-high-school-where-footloose-was-filmed-following-student-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-bacon-agrees-to-visit-high-school-where-footloose-was-filmed-following-student-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Bacon has agreed to visit the high school where &#8216;Footloose&#8217; was filmed after a successful student campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-bacon-agrees-to-visit-high-school-where-footloose-was-filmed-following-student-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Kevin Bacon Returns \u2062to Payson \u2063High School for a Memorable Visit<\/h2>\n<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kevin Bacon<\/span><\/a>  has confirmed his return to the iconic high school \u200dwhere &#8220;Footloose&#8221; \u2064was filmed over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orange-county-d-a-says-if-l-a-countys-gascon-wont-seek-justice-for-slain-six-year-old-he-wants-the-case\/\" title=\"Orange County D.A. Says If L.A. County\u2019s Gasc\u00f3n Won\u2019t \u2018Seek Justice\u2019 For Slain Six-Year-Old, He Wants The Case\">forty years ago<\/a>. Students at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/high-school\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payson High School<\/span><\/a>  \u2064 in Payson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/utah\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Utah<\/span><\/a>, orchestrated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-private-school-students-anonymously-accused-school-officials-of-racism-the-school-caved\/\" title=\"Elite Private School Students Anonymously Accused School Officials Of Racism. The School Caved.\">social media campaign<\/a> under the hashtag \u201cBaconToPayson\u201d \u2062to charm the actor into attending their prom this year.<\/p>\n<h3>A Successful Campaign Leads to an Exciting\u2062 Promise<\/h3>\n<p>Their efforts paid off \u200dwhen Bacon \u200cpromised to make an \u200cappearance on \u2062prom day. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-caviezel-thanks-supporters-for-not-letting-the-media-silence-sound-of-freedom\/\" title=\"Jim Caviezel expresses gratitude to supporters for refusing to let the media silence the powerful message of 'Sound of Freedom'.\">heartfelt video message<\/a> to the students, he expressed his admiration for their dedication, creativity, and community involvement tied to his charity, SixDegrees.org.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Students at Payson High School, where &#8220;Footloose&#8221; \u2062was filmed, launch a viral campaign to invite star Kevin Bacon to their prom. <\/p>\n<p>In a TODAY exclusive, \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KayleeHartung?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KayleeHartung<\/a> shares the highlights of their initiative \u2014 along with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinbacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kevinbacon<\/a>&#8216;s \u2063live response! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/03iduiYDUB\">pic.twitter.com\/03iduiYDUB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cTODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1771173803910939025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bacon&#8217;s upcoming visit holds special significance as it coincides with the 40th anniversary of the film&#8217;s release and marks a sentimental farewell to Payson High School&#8217;s\u200c current\u200c campus before its relocation next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1711210359473000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3YNnfVFaEB92Xp3n1uhyua\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflecting on &#8220;Footloose,&#8221; Bacon revealed his initial reservations about the role that catapulted him to stardom and\u2064 conflicting \u200ddesires\u200d as an aspiring serious actor, showcasing his journey beyond the\u2062 dance\u2062 movie era.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Bacon will revisit the high school where &#8220;Footloose&#8221; was filmed over 40 years ago. Inspired by the hashtag \u201cBaconToPayson,\u201d students from Payson High School, Utah, launched a successful social media campaign to bring the actor back to their school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2205577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Footloose.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Footloose.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}