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calimary

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50. I am such a sucker for this stuff!

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 09:54 PM

Nov 2013

I hope someday that I'm some place where one of these starts up. LOVE LOVE LOVE these symphonic flash "mobs"! I'd actually be tempted to run up there and take the conductor's spot, but usually that's already claimed. I've seen several of these with this particular conductor presiding. Just totally love this!!!

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A little girl donates some coins to a street musician and gets the best surprise in return. [View all] DreamSmoker Nov 2013 OP

This is a fine example of working together can result in beautiful music, I wish our leaders Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #1

K&R Ilsa Nov 2013 #2

Happy to rec again n/t intaglio Nov 2013 #3

Best flash mob ever! RGinNJ Nov 2013 #4

it gives me goose bumps every time I see it Skittles Nov 2013 #5

Absolutely beautiful! Lasher Nov 2013 #6

Very nice, Thanks. DiverDave Nov 2013 #7

Loved it! n/t Paper Roses Nov 2013 #8

That was beautiful. Truly beautiful. dmr Nov 2013 #9

yup. nt seabeyond Nov 2013 #51

Music -- puts a smile on people's faces every time! LuckyLib Nov 2013 #10

Bravo! secondvariety Nov 2013 #11

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! NastyRiffraff Nov 2013 #12

Well, its not Miley Cyrus twerking so we'll likely forget it in a few hundred years NoOneMan Nov 2013 #13

Thank you for sending this. I had seen it some time asjr Nov 2013 #14

Played at my wedding almost 39 years ago, still gives me a thrill.... joanbarnes Nov 2013 #15

One of the best flash mobs ever! MiniMe Nov 2013 #16

Just knocked my socks off! OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2013 #17

wonderful story NJCher Nov 2013 #25

I love that you dotymed Nov 2013 #29

oh to have been a fly on that girder! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #43

Beautiful!!!! k&r Little Star Nov 2013 #18

Great post, thanks for sharing such an affirmation of life as the Ode to Joy drynberg Nov 2013 #19

Same here.. DreamSmoker Dec 2013 #55

gulp nt greyl Nov 2013 #20

Ahhhhhhh Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2013 #21

K&R demigoddess Nov 2013 #22

K&R KansDem Nov 2013 #23

Bravo! Old and In the Way Nov 2013 #24

k and r--how wonderful--thank you and your daughter for sharing this with us. what a lovely, niyad Nov 2013 #26

Thank you! I needed this after watching the black Friday videos this morning. tridim Nov 2013 #27

Magnificent. nt boomersense Nov 2013 #28

Oh...that was very lovely, sagetea Nov 2013 #30

I was hoping that the base player would have shaken the little girls hand at the rhett o rick Nov 2013 #31

Now that was BentleyJD Nov 2013 #32

they tried that in this county but the republicans would only play dixie dembotoz Nov 2013 #33

Probably would have some roid-raging jackbooted cop with an can of Raid pepper spray the lot... Ed Suspicious Nov 2013 #35

Excellent! Tab Nov 2013 #34

Views on youtube, deservedly: 23,618,867! Thank you for the post. proverbialwisdom Nov 2013 #36

I don't understand you humans... Diego_Native 2012 Nov 2013 #37

... nolabear Nov 2013 #39

Ludwig Von... Blue Owl Nov 2013 #38

always love that one PatrynXX Nov 2013 #40

Wonderful. I live Ode to Joy! TxDemChem Nov 2013 #41

this is my all-time favorite flash mob! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #42

tho violence and war brought the human animal a long way, mopinko Nov 2013 #44

Cool, JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #45

JOY!! PearliePoo2 Nov 2013 #46

One of the most uplifting music pieces ever written. I remember when I was six or seven Stuart G Nov 2013 #47

I suspect the little girl was part of the show, but excellent. Tab Nov 2013 #48

I enjoyed this as well.. Thanks.. DreamSmoker Dec 2013 #54

Perfect song for a beautiful activity. Iggo Nov 2013 #49

I am such a sucker for this stuff! calimary Nov 2013 #50

Inspiring video Irishonly Nov 2013 #52

The best bank commercial I've ever seen. n/t bitchkitty Dec 2013 #53