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The school told \"Good Morning America\" that the priest had only attended one rehearsal for 15 minutes with the team to practice the walk on, but he learned the choreography on his own by watching a video.

Adding to the surprise, neither the dance team nor the school knew that Father Rivera was going to dance at the rally.

The video, posted October 26, has almost 25,000 views on the school’s Twitter account.

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