OT - Quarantined Neighborhood Flash Mob Dance

Submitted by gronostaj on April 14th, 2020 at 9:09 PM

Our street did a flash mob dance while quarantining. It blew up online with over 1.4M views. I thought I’d  spread the levity that it seems we all need based on the comments. One of my boys wore his Michigan shirt. 

xtramelanin

April 14th, 2020 at 9:32 PM ^

great song, neighborhood and video.  wherever you live, it must be much further south.  we've had snow off and on for days, not sticking too much, but 30 degrees as a high and a non-stop 10-20 mph wind would've made that a tough film project. 

the music dropped in and out, was that a browser issue or a production issue? 

xtramelanin

April 14th, 2020 at 10:50 PM ^

we're big on kids here.  utah is beautiful.  can see that pic you posted above of the back area.  took mrs. XM fly fishing there along with one of my investigators years ago.  returned about 10 yrs ago to pick up a van that i had converted to 4WD in salt lake. brought a couple of the kids and we fished for days before heading home.

taistreetsmyhero

April 14th, 2020 at 10:21 PM ^

This neighborhood looks identical to my sister’s in NC. I always hate on her suburban lifestyle, but man I really wish I had her McMansion and yard and kids and dog for this quarantine. Don’t think her neighborhood is friendly enough with each other to coordinate something like this, so kudos.

Double-D

April 14th, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^

That was awesome!!!   So many natural dancers but I may have to go with the lawnmower/sprinkler combo.   As a guy who knows those moves well. 

AC1997

April 14th, 2020 at 10:58 PM ^

Definitely jealous of the amount of similar aged kids on the block.  Our block is much more diverse and thus we don't have as much naturally in common with most neighbors.  Some retirees, some young families, some in the middle, etc.  

Greatgig

April 15th, 2020 at 12:08 AM ^

Great video and thanks for sharing! It's good to know that white people's inability to dance has nothing to do with age or location. It crosses all demographics and lines on the map. Cheers, it looks like you all had a blast!

MgoblueAF

April 15th, 2020 at 12:48 AM ^

My take-aways:

- I found your family

- One mom has had choreography lessons

- Lots of families have that one kid at the age where it's lame to partake lol

- One child may or may not be in the KKK - total joke, but I saw a pointed white hood from a child behind an object

2 Walter Smith

April 15th, 2020 at 2:18 AM ^

Fantastic!  Thanks for sharing gronostag.  Your son has good taste in clothing.

 

I have really enjoyed my time home with my 15-year old and 6-year old sons during the quarantine.  We would be into something like this.  It's good to see groups of people willing to be silly, look funny, and make everyone smile during a serious global pandemic.  Well done.

 

Jon06

April 15th, 2020 at 4:46 AM ^

Ahh this is great. I knew it was Utah as soon as I saw your family with 6 kids, confirmed by the fact that every other family had 3 kids. LDS families are so great at building communities wherever they go, but 3+ kids for every family on the street had to be Utah :-)

mjv

April 15th, 2020 at 1:14 PM ^

That would be an awesome neighborhood to grow up in.  So many kids to play with.  Our neighborhood is generally older, so my kids don't have anyone to go and ride bikes or play ball with like I did growing up.  That won't be an issue in your neighborhood.