Houston Flashmob

Austin Flashmob is hosting a Freeze January 31st. Check out more info on their website. RSVP via Facebook and join their Urban Prankster forum.

You’ll need your shiny new mp3 player for our next event! The tenative date is Janruary 24th. Subscribe to our feed, follow us on Twitter, or join the Facebook Group to keep up to date on the event. Spread the word and we’ll see you then!

Happy 2009 from your friends at Houston Flashmob! We are going to have a FUN new year!

From: http://houstonist.com/2008/12/19/houston_flashmob_at_the_movies.php

flash mob - noun: 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. — UrbanDictionary.com

Houston Flashmob is heading to the movies to celebrate The Day the Earth Stood Still by freezing (watch the video) in the Edwards IMAX theater lobby. The showtime has yet to be chosen. But, the plan is to meet up in the parking lot behind Cafe Adobe to strategize before entering the theater.

Inspired by the title of the film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” We froze in place at the exact same moment in the lobby of the Edwards  Marq*E 23 for five minutes.

Around 7pm a about 20+ of us had gathered on the corner next to Todai.

After some brief instructions we headed over to the theater for our freeze.

When 7:30 someone let out a loud cough and we all froze for five minutes. I don’t know if you’ve held still for five minutes on purpose lately, but it’s tough stuff!

A BIG thank you to everyone who came out and made this possible. Be sure to check out our other sites for further updates:

http://www.twitter.com/HoustonFlashMob/

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5824284610

http://www.riothouston.com

We’ve got photos and the video below. [Read more →]

More details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=40294613371

If you haven’t seen a “freeze” performed before, check this out first:

To celebrate the release of the film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” We are going to freeze in place at the exact same moment in the lobby of the movie theater located here: http://tinyurl.com/554xuj (Edwards Imax).

We will meet in the small parking lot behind Cafe Adobe and next to Todai at 7:15. To get there, park in the parking garage and go to the first floor. You’ll see Todai. Look for the small parking lot by it.

So again:

Where: http://tinyurl.com/554xuj (Edwards Imax) at the Todai parking lot by the parking garage behind Cafe Adobe.

When: December 20th, 7:15pm

Invite your friends and we’ll see you there!!

We had a GREAT time at the Zombies VS Humans event on August 30th. We had approximately 30 people come to event in full zombie and defending human gear. The zombie makeup that some of the flashmobbers showed up was amazing. This is how the zombie attack went down:

We started about halfway between the Sam Houston statue and water fountains. There were two groups, one on each side. Each group was chased by the zombies and defended themselves with their fierce water guns. We all ended up at the fountains at the end of the pond. The zombies surrounded the humans and almost over took us. After a brief truce was called and the humans realized the zombies just wanted hugs, we all hugged than sang “Why Can’t We Be Friends”. At which time the zombies quickly turned upon the singing humans and tore them to shreds in an act of total backstabbery.

All in all we had a really good time and the people hanging out in the parked seemed really confused and enamored at the same time. It was fantastic.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. I want to thank James (Http://www.Twitter.com/crossmage) for taking photos. We’ll be editing a video as well and have it up soon. Be sure to check out the t-shirts that were inspired by the event below as well.

See you at the next event!!

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30252321@N03/sets/72157607134991114/

Check out the t-shirts that were inspired from the event: http://www.zazzle.com/houstonflashmob

Today we held our Zombies VS Humans event! We will be adding photos, video and a full description in the next few days so check back often. In the mean time, we’ve created some shirts to commemorate the event. Check it out!

http://www.zazzle.com/houstonflashmob

Hey folks! Our event this Saturday (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21853134118, http://houstonflashmob.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/new-event-august-30th-2008-zombies-vs-humans/) is rapidly approaching. We are really excited! Lots of people are coming, but we need more! One way or another, we are going to have a ton of fun. Here are a few things to remember:

We will be starting at 2pm. Try to show up about 10-15 minutes early.

Bring water guns!

Bring friends and cameras!

Please RSVP as soon as you can on the Facebook event or via e-mail: HoustonFlashmob@gmail.com

Please follow us on Twitter to receive updates during the day as well as future updates

We will be meeting at the Sam Houston statue at Herman park (across from the Museum of Natural Science) facing the park: http://tinyurl.com/6ayv4q

Please RSVP as soon as you can on the Facebook event or via e-mail: HoustonFlashmob@gmail.com

I’d also like to answer some reoccurring questions:
1: No, people will not being having their clothing “totally torn off”.

Beta: Only people who wish to become a zombie during the event will be converted

Three: Zombies don’t need to have any particular make-up or special clothing. Just look funky and act like a zombie ;).

Quatro: If you are unable to attend you are more than welcome to invite people in your absence, in fact we encourage it!

Finally, when everyone arrives there will be the full set of instructions before the event beings. Plus, a super secret surprise ending!

That’s about it! We really look forward to seeing you there!

This is going to be a really fun and exciting Flashmob!

Where: We will meet at the Sam Houston Statue in Herman Park: http://tinyurl.com/6ayv4q

When: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
What:

We’ll be filling everyone in when we all arrive.

If you are going to be a “human” for this event you need to know this up front: Put a strip of duct tape on the front and back of your shirt if you are ok with the Zombies tearing your clothing apart. Oh yes, I said tearing your clothing apart. We do not mess around here, folks. Also, humans should bring one or two squirt guns. The longer the squirt gun lasts, the better. Your life may depend on it!

We also encourage those of you who are going to be “Zombies” to do your makeup, hair, clothes etc to become as zombie like as you can!

Here are some useful Zombie links:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2034320_look-like-zombie.html

http://zombies.tomwalsham.com/costume.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2093785_make-zombie-makeup.html

Please indicate if you would like to be a Zombie or a Human.

There will be more updates as we approach the event. Please invite your friends to join the group and to the event. See you there!

Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5824284610#/event.php?eid=21853134118

Also, don’t forget to sign up on the Facebook group!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5824284610