Topic: Flash mob Beirut singing the Troparion for Easter

[Irish Hermit]

This is something to gladden the heart  -  a  flash mob in a city mall in Beirut Lebanon singing the Troparion for Easter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt7cl6u4DjA

[minasoliman]

this flash mob thing is starting to become a trend...i should encourage a few Coptic folks in some Jersey mall to do this...hehe

Xristos anesti!

[IsmiLiora]

LOVE IT! 

[Iconodule]

Was the song pre-recorded in a studio? It all seems a bit too slick to be believed. All the same, it's great.

[Tallitot]

Was the song pre-recorded in a studio? It all seems a bit too slick to be believed. All the same, it's great.

Yeah the music in the background is the tip off.

[PeterTheAleut]

Was the song pre-recorded in a studio? It all seems a bit too slick to be believed.

That was my impression as well. I'd like the experience more if it were more natural and less contrived.

[88Devin12]

The thing is though, I haven't seen too many where people do a flash mob with live singing. The ones I have seen usually have 100s of people singing. (such as the Hallelujah chorus in Kansas City, where my Aunt participated)

Plus it usually doesn't get the attention that a recording does. (and you would have to get people that can sing well) Unless, of course, you have hundreds of people.

[serb1389]

The thing is though, I haven't seen too many where people do a flash mob with live singing. The ones I have seen usually have 100s of people singing. (such as the Hallelujah chorus in Kansas City, where my Aunt participated)

Plus it usually doesn't get the attention that a recording does. (and you would have to get people that can sing well) Unless, of course, you have hundreds of people.

I don't even know what a "flash mob" is.  Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me?  And what this whole thing is about? 

Honestly, as a COMPLETE outsider, the whole thing looks totally contrived to me.

[88Devin12]

The thing is though, I haven't seen too many where people do a flash mob with live singing. The ones I have seen usually have 100s of people singing. (such as the Hallelujah chorus in Kansas City, where my Aunt participated)

Plus it usually doesn't get the attention that a recording does. (and you would have to get people that can sing well) Unless, of course, you have hundreds of people.

I don't even know what a "flash mob" is.  Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me?  And what this whole thing is about? 

Honestly, as a COMPLETE outsider, the whole thing looks totally contrived to me.

A flash mob is when a group of people decide to meet in a single place for some sort of event or cause. Usually no one else knows about it. Oftentimes it will be a mass occurrence.
Sometimes flash mobs are organized by a random group of people and sometimes they are organized by companies for advertisements.

Some flash mobs are singing songs, some are dancing... I've seen others that are ninja battles, frozen crowds etc...

Flash mob at the central train station in Antwerp:
http://youtu.be/bQLCZOG202k

Flash mob at a station in Liverpool, organized by T-Mobile:
http://youtu.be/VQ3d3KigPQM

Ninja flash mob at a university:
http://youtu.be/0iYmRyuhn9k

Frozen flash mob in Grand Central Station, NYC:
http://youtu.be/jwMj3PJDxuo

Finger gun fight flash mob:
http://youtu.be/q7aI6zhbVtM

Hallelujah Chorus flash mob in Kansas City:
http://youtu.be/OiwoWAe1mZI

"Cant Touch This" MC Hammer flash mob that invades a store:
http://youtu.be/AwzN4633mpI

[Irish Hermit]

My favourite flash mob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE&feature=related

[serb1389]

The thing is though, I haven't seen too many where people do a flash mob with live singing. The ones I have seen usually have 100s of people singing. (such as the Hallelujah chorus in Kansas City, where my Aunt participated)

Plus it usually doesn't get the attention that a recording does. (and you would have to get people that can sing well) Unless, of course, you have hundreds of people.

I don't even know what a "flash mob" is.  Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me?  And what this whole thing is about? 

Honestly, as a COMPLETE outsider, the whole thing looks totally contrived to me.

A flash mob is when a group of people decide to meet in a single place for some sort of event or cause. Usually no one else knows about it. Oftentimes it will be a mass occurrence.
Sometimes flash mobs are organized by a random group of people and sometimes they are organized by companies for advertisements.

Some flash mobs are singing songs, some are dancing... I've seen others that are ninja battles, frozen crowds etc...

Flash mob at the central train station in Antwerp:
http://youtu.be/bQLCZOG202k

Flash mob at a station in Liverpool, organized by T-Mobile:
http://youtu.be/VQ3d3KigPQM

Ninja flash mob at a university:
http://youtu.be/0iYmRyuhn9k

Frozen flash mob in Grand Central Station, NYC:
http://youtu.be/jwMj3PJDxuo

Finger gun fight flash mob:
http://youtu.be/q7aI6zhbVtM

Hallelujah Chorus flash mob in Kansas City:
http://youtu.be/OiwoWAe1mZI

"Cant Touch This" MC Hammer flash mob that invades a store:
http://youtu.be/AwzN4633mpI

Thanks!!  I've never heard of this.  I'm also now wondering though how they got the people who own the mall to play the music for them in the background...?  Like for the arabic Christ is Risen, how did they manage that?  Just curious.