Sunday, April 22, 2012

NEWS FLASH! FLASH MOB DANCE AT OAEYC!



Hello EC Community!


I have just returned from the Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children's annual event, the Ohio Early Care & Education Conference in Columbus.  I helped to plan a flash mob dance which would "interrupt" the  Keynote presentation by Holly Elissa Bruno and Luis Hernandez – both very fun people who love to dance. Their Keynote yesterday morning (Saturday, April 21) was entitled Laughter and Joy: Modeling the Best of Who We Are.  On a pre-arranged cue, a group of us ran up on the stage and began dancing to Taio Cruz's "Dynamite."  The volunteer participants had all put in many hours learning and practicing the dance in the months leading up to the conference.


I decided to use this blog post to display some of the photos from the dance (sent to me in record time by Beri Tiffany-Smith and taken by her husband).  The message of the Keynote was to encourage us all to discover many ways to bring fun into our lives.  I have a favorite quote, and it is apropos to this event:  "There are short cuts to happiness, and for me dancing is one of them" (Vicki Baum).  Clark Kugler, of The Adventurous Child, was one of the participants.  After the dance, he said he was very glad he had done it, as dancing in a flash mob happened to be one of the items on his bucket list! 


O-A-E-Y-C!
I want to thank all of the energetic and spirited participants who danced in front of a very large and enthusiastic audience, I want to thank Beri Tiffany-Smith for all of her help throughout the months of preparation, and I also want to acknowledge the talented and exciting speakers, Holly Elissa Bruno and Luis Hernandez who graciously "loaned" us some of their speaking time for our dance.   Finally, I want to thank all of the organizers and participants of OAEYC -- you rock!


Keep on dancin',


Connie


Surprise Silly String Ending!







6 comments:

  1. Love it! We shouldd all aspire to be part of a flash mob, particularly during a conference. I bet everyone there will remember it & be talking about it for a long time to come.

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    1. I saw my very first flash mob a few days ago. It looks like a lot of work to coordinate everything. Do you think the flash mob trend will last for very long? When/where did it start?

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    2. I would be so nervous being in front of all those people and interrupting what's happening in the moment. Do you ever fear that people will be irritated and annoyed by your flash mob or are you sure to speak to certain people in charge in advance so you don't get escorted off the premises by security for causing a disturbance.

      K.M.

      LBDJr

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  3. That's something I still need to do ... be part of a flash mob! I've had lots of fun just watching the flash mobs on YouTube. Your experience looked wonderful! :) Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com

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  4. How fun! We've talked about planning one for our back-to-school convocation this August. Thanks for sharing the JOY!

    Barbara

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