Have you ever wanted to be a part of a flash mob? Y‘know..where people just pretend they’re milling around and shopping and suddenly everyone starts doing the same thing (like dancing) and all the passersby pull out their cell phones to record something that “you just had to see!”?
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!
The global West Coast Swing community holds an annual “international flashmob” that all the cool Westies take part in! As of 2018, it is now called the International Rally West Coast Swing, since it’s not really a secret anymore.
London, Ontario has taken part for the last 4 years and is going to be a part of it again this year; and you’re invited!
Learning the Steps:
We will hold a 6 week course to learn the flash mob choreography. If it looks like fun to you and you have not danced before, don’t worry, we will break down the steps into a very easy to learn sequence. This is not about being a great dancer, it’s about having a great time and meeting new people and doing something totally cool while representing London, ON!
Do You Need a Partner?
For the performance, you will need a partner, so we encourage you to rope someone in to dance with you and sign up together. If you can’t find someone on your own, sign up anyway – just put yourself in twice on the sign-up form. Hopefully, there will be others that sign up without partners and we can put you together. We can’t guarantee that will happen, but in past years it has worked out. We’ll pair people in the order they signed up, so if you wait until the last minute to sign up, you may end up without a partner and won’t be able to participate. If you are willing to dance either role (follower or leader), then put that in the comments on the sign-up form – it doubles your chances of getting paired with someone.
Below is a demo of how the Rally (flash mob) will look.
Class Series Details:
When: 6 Consecutive Thursday evenings starting August 1st, 2019. 7pm to 8:30.
Where: Polish Hall, 554 Hill St.
Cost: $50 per person
Register: Here
Flash mob Performance Date: Saturday, September 8, 2019
Location: In front of Covent Garden Market
You can find a breakdown of the here
Here’s some videos of us performing previous year’s flashmob as a little incentive:
Here is the official compilation videos from the last 3 years. In the 2017 video, we are at the 8:30 mark. In the 2016 video, we are at the 8:08 mark. We don’t appear in the 2015 video even though we submitted our video, likely because they thought we were another London, England.