Houston Flashmob

Sound Designer: Jason Page
Mp3 Experiment Poster: Lenny Flamenco

On January 24th, 2009 at 2:00 pm the we conducted our first Mp3 experiment at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. This was our first Mp3 experiment and will definatley not be our last.

We wrote and recorded the script that was downloaded by our participants. We split them into two groups based on their birthday without their knowledge.

Around 2pm, I whipped ou the bullhorn and asked everyone to prepare to play the mp3 file. A few minutes later, I counted down from 5, said "GO" and hit the siren. There was about 30 seconds of ambient music played then our participants were introced to "F.R.E.D", "Flashmob Recording Experimental Device."

Since this was Fred’s first assignment, he was a little nervous so he asked everyone to let him know he was doing just fine by saying "You’re doing just fine FRED".

FRED determined that since everyone had been sitting so long they should get warmed up. So, he pulled up the "Hokey Pokey" from his limited exercise database.

After the Hokey Pokey, FRED asked everyone to head to the stage at the bottom of the hill.

Once we were all on the stage, FRED thought it would be a "pretty keen place to jam out in" so he fired up "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown and everyone got DOWN

FRED then asked everyone to lay down in front of the stage so CINDY, his lovely satellite friend, could take a group photo.

Unfortunately, CINDY was upset because FRED had gotten the IP address from a MacBook the other day, so he had someone else take the photo

After the photo, one group turned into zombies while another group turned into ninjas and proceeded to the large open area to their left

Once we were all in the large grassy area FRED asked some people to be "it" for a game of freeze tag.

When the game ended FRED asked everyone who was frozen to melt to the ground. Since they were all melted with no hope of recovery, FRED asked the other participants to help them up off of the ground.

At this point we had quite a few confused onlookers.

Suddenly, "Chariots Of Fire" kicked in and FRED asked everyone to run to the sidewalk in slow motion.

(view the full Mp3 Experiment gallery here: http://picasaweb.google.com/houstonflashmob/TheMp3ExperimentV10)

At this point, FRED had become a little power hungry and wanted to expand his experiment to the whole world. Thankfully some brave technicians shut him down after the group yelled "Stop, FRED, stop!" to distract him. We wrapped up by thanking everyone, handing out discounted food and drinks at Coffee Groundz and telling everyone about our "Fred Is Dead" shirts. Speaking of which, take a look at some of the shirts you can pick up from the event.

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You can also visit our full online store here: Http://www.Zazzle.com/HoustonFlashmob

Overall, the 50+ participants had a great time, despite the funky Houston weather. We are working on the video right now and should have that up soon. If you have any feedback, or would like to share your experiences, please email us . We want to thank everyone who came out and participated and we look forward to many more events with you!

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