12-01-2010, 18:04
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Christmas Food Court Flash Mob
The Welland Seaway Mall Food Court, Ontario, 13 Nov 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE
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12-01-2010, 18:58
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Those flash mob folks are great. Their routines are always polished, and they always surprise the crowd.
Last edited by trvlr; 12-01-2010 at 19:21.
Reason: corrected spelling blunder
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12-01-2010, 19:09
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12-01-2010, 20:11
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Excellent, thanks!
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12-01-2010, 21:01
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Thank you for posting that.
That must be fun, to do something like that.
The children will remember it for a very long time.
Heck, the parents will smile and remember that for a very long time, and be happy they were there with their children when it happened.
Makes you feel good just to watch it. Must have been awesome to be there.
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12-01-2010, 21:14
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Excellent. I saw more than one set of teary eyes in the crowd.
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12-04-2010, 20:59
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What would Ruth Nasrullah do?  
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12-04-2010, 21:57
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What would Ruth Nasrullah do?
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IMHO, smile and enjoy the show like everyone else. As a hypersensitive liberal she was offended by a store's music, and eventually realized she was being snooty.
The real question is what would the reaction be if it was an Islamic Flash Court Mob?
What do you think happens if folks were sitting in the food court at the mall and a bunch of people suddenly jumped up singing "Allah Akbar" from all different directions? That situation could get real ugly, real fast.
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12-06-2010, 21:01
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What do you think happens if folks were sitting in the food court at the mall and a bunch of people suddenly jumped up singing "Allah Akbar" from all different directions?
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Depends on what state said mall is located.
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12-06-2010, 22:55
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What do you think happens if folks were sitting in the food court at the mall and a bunch of people suddenly jumped up singing "Allah Akbar" from all different directions? That situation could get real ugly, real fast.
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The phrase "safety off" comes to mind.
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12-07-2010, 05:00
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What do you think happens if folks were sitting in the food court at the mall and a bunch of people suddenly jumped up singing "Allah Akbar" from all different directions? That situation could get real ugly, real fast.
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Unfair comparison, IMHO. While the OP was an impromptu performance of a very-well known (albeit, Christian) classical music piece, the latter is known to be a mantra of suicide bombers just before detonation.
It would be more interesting to see what the response would be to a bunch of Muslims performing an Islamic choir piece (forgive my ignorance, but no songs come to mind) as a flash mob while in traditional garb.
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12-07-2010, 17:57
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Pedonco, IIRC the hamd are religious songs praising Allah, though you make a fair point.
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12-07-2010, 18:38
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Loved it.
I sang in a choir for years. And years. By far my very favorite song to perform at Christmas. I never get tired of listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform this.
I used to sing First Soprano...not sure I could reach those high notes now without a lot of practice. 
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12-07-2010, 19:30
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Loved it.
I sang in a choir for years. And years. By far my very favorite song to perform at Christmas. I never get tired of listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform this.
I used to sing First Soprano...not sure I could reach those high notes now without a lot of practice. |
OK,Gypsy you opened the door.......... When I was in high school I was a tenor in boys chorus and had a solo singing "Ave Maria"at Christmas a long,long time ago...... 
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12-08-2010, 00:09
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I sang in the "Airborne Choir" at Jump School!
I can't sing a lick, but figured, what the hey, God would shine favorably on a sinner attempting to sing!
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