First, 400 people gathered outside Faneuil Hall for a synchronized, silent dance party. Everyone downloaded a 13-minute-long MP3 with music and instructions. The dance party ended with a conga line, which really was four conga lines, since there were so many people.
A few minutes later, less than half of the people from the silent dance party met up, and went on to perform a freeze mission in Quincy Market. We were told to freeze somewhere near the first 6 food booths at the front entrance, but there were so many of us, that we moved into the center of Quincy Market. We froze going up the stairs towards the Comedy Connection and several other people froze in the center by the tables.
Mike froze with the camera up and was able to get a great video of the start of the five-minute freeze:
I was frozen next to Mike with my water bottle in mid-air, my mouth open. Not everyone broke the freeze at the same time. I broke when the girl in the red jacket walked away, but the guy on crutches and the guy in the background, also with a mid-air water bottle, broke later.
Quincy Market was a good choice of location, but it was a too cramped because of the Saturday afternoon foot traffic. A great freeze mission was accomplished by the New York group Improv Everywhere, who froze for five minutes in Grand Central Station.
1 comment:
Sweet! I love this. Your line at the end was perfect!
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