A text arrived from Frances Thompson, a stellar player behind the neighborhood's Local Socials (sponsored by the Community Improvement District), at 6:20 p.m. last Friday – "flash mob by the fountain at 6:50 p.m. tonight. 75 Ambassadors of Harmony singing Stars and Stripes."
More people than usual were hanging around the fountain enjoying the sounds of a fabulous vocalist, Erin McGrath Reike. And there was excitement in the air as those of us "in the know" waited to see how the Flashmob would happen. Passersby stopped and drivers slowed their cars as they sensed something was about to happen. And it did…watch it here.
Thanks to Ambassadors of Harmony President Michael Rubin and Vice President Todd Johnson, both residents of the CWE, for bringing the group to the neighborhood. And thank you to Frances Thompson and Katie O'Connor for sending the video. Now the pressure's on to top this Flashmob event at the next Local Social Friday, July 11.