Columbia Mall Flash Mob

On December 10, 2010, my facebook status linked to a flashmob at an airport with a desire to be in one sometime:

this was great...but how on earth did they get the TSA to approve it? :P (that's a joke...I know it isn't an American aiport) Man, I wanna be in a flash mob!

How on earth was I to know that a flash mob was being planned at my local mall???

But my thoughtful friend, Heidi, saw my status and knew about a holiday flashmob being planned at our mall…so she sent me an invite to the event on Face.book.

WOO HOO!

K (age 8) and I immediately decided that we were in and we invited my dad as well. A link to the dance steps was posted online and we began practicing.

Then the official performance night came (tonight). Rehearsal was at a local high school for about an hour and a half.

Here we are at rehearsal! As we sat in the auditorium listening to the “rules” and directions for the night, I leaned over to let my homeschool daughter know that “this is what being in school is like”. (LOL)

The organizer did an AWESOME job of teaching the dance and getting the night rolling. They did throw a curveball and they changed the performance time to be 45 minutes earlier than they originally said, hoping to avoid all of the folks who “heard” about it just showing up to watch.

So…here we are dancing at the mall. My mom began the video after we started, so you miss the part where I am “Mrs. Casual mall shopper” who is sipping my tea and texting on my phone while my kid rides the escalators.

I am in the green long sleeve shirt and white vest. My daughter is on the right in her hat and scarf with pink hearts. My father is the one in the Santa hat in front of me. And yes, my mom and I broke the “rules” by having her video tape this, but my hubby was at home putting the little guys to bed and we didn’t want him to miss K’s dancing.



K was so excited. She will NEVER forget this memory. (another benefit of homeschooling…out “late” on a school night) She told me, “A few people told me that I did a GREAT job. I was the only kid in our section". She absolutely LOVED playing our “mall shopping” characters that night as we wandered through Macy’s.

Here is the official video, which we are NOT in because we were toward the back of the group. It’ll give you a good idea of the size of our group as well as the people watching and/or wandering the mall.



Found another person's this AM that has K and I in it a little bit (when the pit between the escalators is filmed) and shows a good view of where we were in the mall.

What a Christmas memory!