Concord Arts Market "Flash Mob" Concord, NH

(June 4, 2011) The opening Saturday of the Concord Arts Market in downtown Concord, NH, included a "flash mob," among the participants in which was Red River's own Office and Events Manager Kaleena Guzman.

Beginning around 11:30 a.m., on a picture perfect sunny Saturday, apparently random shoppers broke into coordinated dance moves, leading a line down the steps of the lovely Bicentennial Square location, picking up a few shoppers and vendors eager to join the fun, and then returning for more dance steps on the main plaza level.

A flash mob (or flashmob) is defined as "a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment and/or satire. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term, coined in 2003, is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, publicity stunts that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals."

Responsibility for Concord's flash mob is still undetermined. Perhaps it was just an inspired moment of Concord Arts Market magic.

For more on the Market of juried craftspeople, which is held every Saturday from 9a.m.-3p.m., now in a new location of Bicentennial Square, just off Main and Warren Streets (listen for the live music if you don't spot signage or balloons), visit:

www.concordartsmarket.com

Note: Videographer for this video was at the Market, walking through and distributing flyers with a costumed volunteer, to help promote Red River Theatres' two screenings of POLLYANNA, and luckily was able to flip to video mode when this festive flash mob began.

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