Wiltshire care home's silent disco goes viral on TikTok

The video received 4.5m views on TikTok within 72 hours

One of the stars of a viral TikTok video of a silent disco at a care home said she was "a bit embarrassed", after it racked up millions of views.

Staff at Goodson Lodge in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, held the silent disco as part of the residents' January activities.

Event manager Alex Damon said the reaction was "pretty insane and it's nice to see it go global".

The care home is run by not-for-profit The Orders of St John Care Trust.

Mr Damon said the video featured resident Judi Farr, 82, approaching a door with volunteer Sophie.

"She comes up to this door as if it was a club and there's myself in a white shirt as a bouncer and I'm checking Judi's's ID as if she was going to a club again, [like she's] 18 years old.

"We open the door for Judi and she goes into this massive club with all the flashing lights and all the colours going off and the residents are dancing."

Judi Farr said she really enjoyed the silent disco, although she felt a little embarrassed by the attention it received

Ms Farr, who said age was "just a number", enjoyed the disco.

"It was different. I'm a bit embarrassed I must admit but I'm honoured, let's put it that way.

"I had all the gear as they say."

Residents waved glow sticks as they listened to music during the silent disco

Mr Damon said an event like this was "stimulating" for residents: "It's just leaving impressions to tell their families and friends, saying I've done this today."

He said when he saw the video going viral he kept refreshing his TikTok page "to see how many more views it's got."

He added: "Social media's a crazy, wonderful thing at times."