Starting with a
single cellist on the floor of the Smithsonian National Air and
Space Museum's "Milestones of Flight" gallery, and swelling to 120
musicians, The U.S. Air Force Band exhilarated museum visitors with its
first-ever flash mob. They featured an original arrangement of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/Joy to
the World," led by commander and conductor, Col. Larry H. Lang. The
orchestra then played some traditional Christmas
songs while the
Singing Sergeants sang the lyrics.
Unsuspecting museum visitors including tourists and
school groups were astonished as instrumentalists streamed into the
gallery from behind airplanes and space capsules, and vocalists burst into
song from the Museum's second floor balcony.
Note the
Mercury capsule (ground floor) and the Wright Flyer (suspended). The
last time I visited there on company business, our rental car was towed
from a block away (parking meter) to Maryland. Such fun finding,
hiring a taxi, and paying for release.
Jim
M.