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[jaina]

I am in love with this video, you guys-- a flash mob dancing to "Do Re Mi" in a train station in Antwerp. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger as more people join in, and the end (from about 3:23 on) is particularly awesome. I *loves* me a good production number. The awesomeness is diminished somewhat because it's a corporate-sponsored promotion, not a genuine flash mob/improv everywhere thing, but the sheer scale of it remains pretty impressive.

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[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

OK, after some searching through the nets, I've found what this is all about. A Belgian TV station is holding a show called "In Search of Maria"; a television contest to hunt down the lead for a Sound of Music revival (much like the ones for Grease and Legally Blonde here, or the various versions in the UK). This was a publicity stunt; it occurred about two days before the premiere.

One of the other videos says it was 200 dancers, with about 10 cameras hidden all over the place.

[brightcupenny.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks for the info! I wonder if the dancers were hired or volunteer...

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

You might also like the T-Mobile UK commercial from early this year (which might have inspired the Antwerp one).