The Newberg Moebius

*Josh's Testimonial*
I was watching some ImprovEverywhere videos one night when I noticed their "Moebius" video that they had pulled in a NYC Starbucks. The point of the event was to confuse costumers by have a group of people create a 5 minute loop of activity that they continued to repeat and repeat for an hour. By the end of the ImprovEverywhere video the customers and staff were really confused and referenced that they felt like they were in the "Twilight Zone." My sister and I called up 5 friends at George Fox and we all decided to recreate the Moebius "prank" at Chapters Books in Newberg. Our video roughly followed the same guidelines, we hid a
camera in the corner, 5 of us performed a 3-minute loop of activity, consisting of 4 parts, for 30 minutes. The event was a success, we had practiced each of our parts at the university for only 10 minutes before we began.


*Silvi's Testimonial*
Although I was beet-red and nervous through the whole act, I found it amusing to shake up people's worlds a little bit. I sat down and watched (out of the corner of my eye) as Jordan and Tony came through the door and disappeared by the counter. All I could hear was Tony nearly shouting "Women!". Then, seconds later, Les only a table away would shout "Ah, it crashed again!". Then I'd get up and ask him for napkins, while texting Josh the cue "go" so he would wander through the store playing the 80s hit on his laptop.
The man sitting next to me began shifting in his seat more and more and looking like he knew something was up. Everyone else went about their business, and my view of the counter was hidden. I think we definitely broke the ice in the coffee shop and people seemed relieved to share their observations of us crazy kids. It was fun!


*Jordan's Testimonial*
Definitely one of the crazier things I've done, but it was pretty entertaining...I think the hardest part was walking by the same lady 16 (8 times entering, 8 times exiting) times. Seriously, she was getting worried. And I had had a short conversation with the cashiers before we started the loop, so it was kind of awkward to apparently "steal" some guy's coke in front of them, having established myself as a nice sort of girl beforehand.
Still, it all made some priceless memories. Quite an experience.

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Portland Improv

Josh Enobakhare (josh@pdximprov)
Corbin Wescott (corbin@pdximprov.com)
Tiffany Gilly (tiffany@pdximprov.com)

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[TACOPOCO8w]

sorry but that culd hav ben better but it was ok i guess