I have to admit, I like the flash mob thing. It’s really cool and it can make an event very memorable and it seems to have hit the Jewish wedding scene in Toronto in a big way.
They can be great!
That said, if they aren’t done well it’s super crappy. I can’t tell you how many weddings I’ve played at lately where friends and family have a segment of the night for the now standard flash mob. The problem is that most people are not dancers and have no coordination to boot. So as with anything that has the potential to be so great, it has the potential to be so horrible too. The reason most of these poorly planned mobs fall apart is that they are poorly planned mobs.
But ask yourself this… Would you allow your friends and family to prepare and serve the food at your wedding? Would you let your friends and family go rent a bunch of sound gear and instruments and try to form a band for your wedding? Of course not, you hire professionals.
If you want to stop your entire wedding for 15 minutes and make a group dance a focal point where everyone’s attention is zero’d in on this really cool flash mob then please, for your sake, hire a choreographer to make this happen.
