I saw this group on Facebook, and wanted to post because it'd be great to do something like this.

 

Cleveland Flash Mob

On Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=35770760200&ref=mf

 

"A group of people who appear from out of nowhere, to perfom predetermined actions, designed to amuse and confuse surrounding people. The group performs these actions for a short amount of time before quickly dispersing. Flash mobs are often organised through email and/or newsgroup postings."

 

Example of the work of a group:

 

Unfortunately, the group has been around since earlier this year and there are around 325 members on Facebook, but people have just talked and not done anything.

 

Anyone interested?  Stay tuned!

It's always been a dream of mine to do stuff like this - one of my favorite groups around the country is Prangstgrup out of NYU - they've done some neat stuff, but others like it.  Great find!

FYI, this was already covered at  http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,15181.0.html

^ Thanks, but this is Cleveland-specific.

^Ahh, got it.  I just saw the video and remembered where it was shown before.  Oh god, I'm becoming MTS.

^TURN TO THE LIGHT!  Step away from Shaker Square!  Turn off your time warner cable!

 

:D

In March, 2005, there was an SSP meet in Milwaukee. March weather in Milwaukee can be -- no, wait -- is expected to be unpleasant, and the day of the meet was just above freezing with occasional drizzle and flurries. We had a fair-sized group, and partway through our tour we stopped in at Borders for a warm-up/potty break. From the looks on the faces of the store employees when this big group appeared, they thought they were about to become the beneficiaries of a flash mob event.

 

Funny thing - a guy at one of the tables in the coffee shop happened to be browsing the SSP site on his laptop when we walked in. He had read about the meet, overheard some of our conversation, and quickly picked up on who we were.