Gettin’ Jiggy With It at Boise City Hall, Flash Mob Style!
Posted by ChowderMar 6
Today was another fine day in the city of trees, perfect weather for another Boise Flash Mob event. The weather was warm, and was absolutely great for being outdoors! After being cooped up at work in a cramped backoffice while working on my trusty laptop, it sure felt good to get outside and… well, dance in front of Boise City Hall. However, it was a bit different than having a live DJ in the city hall plaza. Check out this cool footage taken by a fellow flash-mobber.
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That’s right. Today’s event twas a SILENT disco. We all had set our iPods and MP3 players to start cranking out the tunes at exactly 5:15. We then jammed out, heads banging, dancing in the plaza, and showing off our awesome dance and disco moves to the bewildered public and drivers on Capitol Blvd and Main Street.
Remember, we were all listening on headphones. As you can tell from the video, the outsiders couldn’t hear a single note. No live DJs, no boomboxes, no portable amps or speakers. Just silence. Neat, huh?
At 5:30, the plan was pretty straightforward: disperse. Those were the best 15 minutes of my weekend! And tomorrow hasn’t even happened yet! But, it’s only church for me tomorrow. So I think these 15 minutes will still take the cake.
Also, as promised (but forgotten, my bad), I finally got my footage edited from the last flash mob excursion, the non-protest:
Boise Flash Mob – Everything’s Alright from William Higginson on Vimeo.
Wow, I just have to say, this whole Boise Flash Mob business is one of the best ideas ever! No joke. It’s so much fun! Consider joining on the ‘Book:
3 comments
Comment by Blake on March 8, 2010 at 4:18 pm
A flat happy birthday song lol
Comment by William on March 9, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Yeah, i know. haha
I wasn’t sure what was going on for the birthday song. I thought it was just another random moment of singing a random song… haha
Comment by Kayla Casos on March 11, 2010 at 7:18 pm
haha that’s awesome! i should go to one someday