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February 21, 2006
Cell phone symphony
60 mobile phones go off in the Strand bookstore bag check. . . orchestrated by Improv Everywhere.
the details
A snippet of the orchestration:
The crowd divided into brands and each group tried to find a common ring tone that all of their phones had. The Nokia group had the "Nokia Tune", Motorola folks had "Hello Moto", etc. Those without common ring tones would either partner up with someone who did, or partner with someone else without a common tone. Agents began to pair off and trade phone numbers, deciding who would enter the store and who would be a caller.
Posted by lrw at February 21, 2006 11:35 AM
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Comments
great stunt, i imagine the effect of this was of much bewilderment to the ppl at the strand. maybe some more flash mob efforts like this would be a fun activity over spring break...
Posted by: mohit at February 24, 2006 03:39 PM