Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus @ Scottsdale Fashion Square - December 22, 2010

Flash Mob rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus at Scottsdale Fashion Square on December 22, 2010. This is actually the second time it was performed. This one started shortly after the planned 12:00 noon starting time, when those of us that arrived "on time" started singing. The first (and much larger) rendition occurred about 15 minutes early -- not sure why, except that the crowd was HUGE and I'm thinking maybe security wanted to thin out the crowd a bit by having them start early and get some to leave. Notice that security is blocking the pedestrian bridges over the food court -- surely to prevent overloading like that which happened at the mall in California.

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• December
• 2010

[wascallywabbit4me]

No way!!!!!....lol.....are you serious?....too odd...but nice...sooooo wonderful if true....But im having some challenges on that concept these days.....amazing

[wascallywabbit4me]

can it possibly be? :) If so, I couldnt be have given a nicer gift this very day. Maybe just me....But I will be awe struck!

[hjback]

@jrandolph6 I don't think the point of the flashmob was to "keep christ in christmas" at all. Despite this piece being obviously religious, it's an extremely well made choral piece. Singing it, and enjoying it, doesn't mean you are Christian, and it doesn't mean you endorse Christianity. There is more to appreciating music than simply appreciating the lyrics.

[jrandolph6]

We are sorry for those of you who missed it but it was out of our control at that point.

[jrandolph6]

The more I read about this and see the many youtube videos and all their hits and comments, I realize that instead of a flash mob that was "a mess", we touched the hearts of THOUSANDS!!!!!!!!! Way to go Scottsdale! We need to keep spreading the reason for the season!!! Keep the CHRIST, the MESSIAH, in CHRISTmas!!!!

[jrandolph6]

hat's fine, but the people who were mad or upset about it were ridiculous! People were screaming and yelling and mad! That was not the point of doing this! It ended up being more of a Hallelujah Chorus sing-a-long instead of a flash mob. But the original intent was to do a flash mob. Technology is amazing! It is truly incredible how fast this thing spread. So, for anyone upset out there, I wanted to explain what happened. It was an amazing experience that we will never forget.

[jrandolph6]

we had to follow their instructions and cooperate with them. Cooperate is exactly what we did. They closed off the bridges, had extra security. At 11:45, they told us we had to start, or they would cancel it, so we did. That is why it started early. As for doing it the second time, a security guard came down and told us we were done, so we obeyed. We didn't want to upset the mall who was very gracious in letting us do this. Whoever started the second time, did so on their own.

[jrandolph6]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! Allow me to clarify...my mother, a church choir director in Scottsdale, received permission from the mall a few weeks ago to bring her 100-voice choir to do a true flash mob. An email started to circulate about it and it spread throughout the valley and to sedona and tucson. I have a friend in California that heard about it. In just a week it went from 100 people to what could possibly be thousands. We warned the mall and they told us we could still do it, but

[jrandolph6]

@emberfade Kay Randolph. Director of music at Mountain View Presbyterian church. She started with just her 100-voice choir and one email circulated to thousands!

[ocnoreen]

The Hallelujah Flash Mob postings have been the highlight of this holy season of Our Lord Jesus Christ's birth celebration. Praise God for these. Our mouths cannot be shut! WE WILL SING IT OUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY!