Would this work in LSL?

[samhass]

This is pretty interesting. Wonder what would happen if we tried it in the square?



http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html


This is a prank on a "grand" scale. Over 200 people gathered at Grand Central Station in New York to pull off a 'frozen in place' act. The onlooking travelers who weren't part of the act were mystified as to what was going on.

[tony]

Fantastic.

I would love to have been there, but I bet it was eerie to actually see.
:o

[chuckster]

It's a fabulous video. Would have loved to be there but then would not have known what was happening like every other witness.

[Mikitv]

Great video!!!!!

Loved people's reactions.

[Donna]

Handi,
How about this for our idea???

[golfnut]

Cool!

[samhass]

It would have seemed surreal to actually witness this "freeze in".

[redwitch]

How totally awesome. Wonder if we could get enough people to do it in the square, especially on a night Rocky & the Rollers are playing. We'd probably get at least 20 TOTVers. Wonder how many others we could get?

[nONIE]

Wild idea,

Do ya think they would think the seed pod people have taken over??

Donna dontcha love this?? :clap2:

[Barefoot]

Love it! What an interesting glimpse into a surreal 5 minutes. It would be hilarious for TOTVers to try to pull it off at LSL. Although someone would probably break ranks and head for a margarita!

[chelsea24]

I would love to have seen this in person! And I would also love to take part in one. Let me know if it's ever organized.

[Donna]

Handi, me, Russ and a few others had this idea months ago...
It finally cake to pass..

I hope if you guys plan one of these, you include moi....http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/yattasmiley.gif (http://www.millan.net)

[Rokinronda]

Count me in (if allowed) . I saw this about a month ago on myspace. GREAT IDEA!! But can residents here handle this scene?? Do you think some folks here would faint? I had to call 911 at KB's last Fri. night. A man passed out :o (while seated -too much excitement?? :dontknow: ) and knocked his head pretty bad. He was out cold. His wife a nurse was w/ him while I was on the phone with 911 operator. I had to repeat 5 times we were at KB's in the Villages. 911 operator asked 4 times for an address! :dontknow: :dontknow: I grabbed lots of ice and BINGO! He came to. A second later EMT's arrived! HHmmmmm. Doubt doing this here would get approval. I also am trying to remember to look at street names when going out. Thank God he walked out looking OK :clap2:!

[handieman]

Ummmmmmmmmmm ::)
We could pull this off ya know, the tough part is getting enough to do it so it really has an impact and keep it as secret as possible. Needs to done in the daylight at the square cameras rolling
Common you talented people out there out there help me with this one ;D
Handie :joke:

[Rokinronda]

I could talk to my personal friend Gerry Seader (Rocky) and ask a bunch of KB's friends for ideas of when how and if?? hhmmmm :dontknow:

[renielarson]

This needs organization...a meeting beforehand to set it up...not something anyone could pull off without some planning...

just my opinion...I'm kinda anal...like my chickens all in a row

If I were in TV I'd offer to organize and plan....but...I'm NOT there... :'(

[F16 1UB]

C'mon you guys. If you can pull off a world record golf cart carravan this oughta be a cake walk

F

[Barefoot]

This would be so great. We could do it one night at LSL at 5 PM. We would all need to mingle in the same area to be effective. How many peeps would we need to be effective? We could start when the gong for Happy Hour goes off, it is pretty loud. Gotta do it soon or the snowbirds will be gone. Hmmmmmmmmm.

One thought .. hard to keep it a secret when there are 4000 members of TOTV. :dontknow:

Muncle, you'd be a great one to organize it. :bigthumbsup:

[mom2five]

Is this really going to happen. Don't forget to include me.

[Just Susan]

How about LSL, Thursday, April 10th, 2008, at 5:00pm when the Happy Hour gong goes off. Everyone be on the clock side of the bandstand....maybe wear red above the waist so that we know we are not alone. Anyone in????

[Barefoot]

How about LSL, Thursday, April 10th, 2008, at 5:00pm when the Happy Hour gong goes off. Everyone be on the clock side of the bandstand....maybe wear red above the waist so that we know we are not alone. Anyone in????


I'm definitely in, and probably will bring at least three other people. LSL, April 10, 5 PM,
Clock side of Bankstand, got it! :bigthumbsup:

[Village Kid 2]

Cool! And the rest of us can watch on the webcam! :2cool:

[mom2five]

I can be there.

Anyone have a video camera?

[Just Susan]

This is going to be fun :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup: Come on people who else is in??? The more the merrier ;D Be sure to bring a friend. It can be a TOTV event!!! :welcome: :welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

I copied this from Samhass's original post just to bring it to everyone's attention. This whole thing was her idea in the first place. Be sure to view it cause this is what we are going to be doing.

http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

[Just Susan]

How about LSL, Thursday, April 10th, 2008, at 5:00pm when the Happy Hour gong goes off. Everyone be on the clock side of the bandstand....maybe wear red above the waist so that we know we are not alone. Anyone in????

This is going to be fun :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup: Come on people who else is in??? The more the merrier ;D Be sure to bring a friend. It can be a TOTV event!!! :welcome: :welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

I copied this from Samhass's original post just to bring it to everyone's attention. This whole thing was her idea in the first place. Be sure to view it cause this is what we are going to be doing.

http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Hi Sam,

Look what you started!

Count us in. If you need help organizing this event let me know.

Just love the idea.

HB

[Just Susan]

Hi HB,
I think it is organized. It is what it is...5 min of stillness at the time and in the location specified. Anything after that will be serendipitous. You can really help by gathering up all your friends to join us. I really don't know anyone in TV. I have PMed a few people I thought might be here and interested, but I am sure you locals have much better & broader contacts than I do. The more the merrier as they say.
:hot: :hot: 040 :hot:

[renielarson]

No way we'd miss this! We'll be there (hope I can find something red to wear!). This is going to be so much fun.

I volunteer to help plan, too. Whoever heads this up, pm me so I can give you my cell phone number.

As if I weren't already excited enough... 040 040 040 040

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Everyone is invited to the First Annual Freeze Event

Date: April 10, 2008
Time: 5 pm
Location: Lake Sumter Landing - clock side of the bandstand
Clothing: please wear something with red - so that we can recognize you
Purpose: to have fun

See ya there

HB

[redwitch]

Count me in! I may be in a maroon shirt rather than a red-red. This should be so much fun!

[villages07]

I should be able to there...

Gee, maybe Sun Reporter will read this and send in a film crew. Kahuna...show up with your camera!!!

Fumar, come in your trench coat.

[Rokinronda]

Count me in!! Going to invite a few other people too!

[redwitch]

Couple of questions/ideas/thoughts -- wouldn't everyone wearing something red kind of give it away. What made it work so well in the video was that there were people from all walks of life freezing. It seems like if we stayed in the vicinity of the camera (at least on that side of the bandstand) and froze at the appointed whistle, that would give us a clue who is participating. Someone needs to have a whistle to blow when it is time to move again. Then we could all meet by the clock or a local bar to discuss what fun we had, the looks of those around us, etc. It would be nice if someone had a video camera to record this silliness and could figure out a way to download it somewhere.

Should someone maybe call the Sun to tell them an event is planned for Thursday night? Might be fun to see it in the paper. Or maybe just give them the link to the video after it has been accomplished?

HB, are you going to copy your post so that it is on at least the General and Non-General forums so more know about it? Even the word gets out a little, there is no way it will get out enough to not make it surprising for many.

[renielarson]

IMHonestO... ;D ;D ;D ;D

I agree with Red about not wearing a designated color...so we are not a noticable group.

I have a question: Are we to meet at 5:00 OR are we to freeze at 5:00?

[Just Susan]

How about LSL, Thursday, April 10th, 2008, at 5:00pm when the Happy Hour gong goes off. Everyone be on the clock side of the bandstand....maybe wear red above the waist so that we know we are not alone. Anyone in????


Okay so when I set the date and time etc I had these thoughts in mind.
April 10th because it is a Market Night in LSL. and that will provide us with a nice audience.

5:00pm because there is a gong and therefore we can we doing whatever we are doing and not have to be watching each other to see when to start. I thought we would all freeze when the gong sounded. Now there is one issue that I did not weigh when I set these details....the people in that video froze for 5 minutes count them 5 minutes. That is one heck of a long time to hold perfectly still. Do you think 3 minutes is long enough to get noticed or should we stick with 5???

Everybody on the clock side of the bandstand...because that is the side the webcam is on and being a wanna-be TVer who is lucky enough to be visiting that week, I am sensitive to the desire to be part of what goes on in TV by those whose houses have not yet sold.

Wear something red above the waist...that was just my way of making sure we (Tom and I) wouldn't be the only two people frozen. I had no idea there would be such a positive response. I am thrilled and excited and could care less if we dressed similar or not. Actually I am not bringing much in the way of red with me. So wear whatever, I think you are right.

I was going to post an announcement of this event on the Non-Villages forum, but didn't because I thought it would tip off too many people? But if you all think that it won't lessen the impact but rather increase the participation well...I will post the ad below on the Non Villages Forum.

Everyone please join us in the First Annual Freeze Event

Who: Anyone who is adventurous and young at heart is invited.
When: Date: April 10, 2008
Time: When the 5 pm gong sounds everyone will freeze for 5 minutes in the
position of their choice. At the end of 5 minutes unfreeze and proceed to
the clock for debriefing and a good laugh with friends.
Location: Lake Sumter Landing - clock side of the bandstand

Purpose: to have fun

Watch this video to see what it is that we intend to do. Then come and join us
http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

See ya there :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup:

[redwitch]

We definitely need someone to volunteer to tape this. It would be so neat if it could be downloaded for us all to see. And maybe the person taping could blow a whistle when the time is up? Kinda hard to freeze and watch the clock, too. Or maybe someone could plan to freeze watching the clock with a whistle in hand ready to be blown at the end of 5 minutes?

Just tossing out ideas.

Do agree that 5 minutes might be too long. Guess we could all practice freezing at home and see how long that 5 minutes would feel. I know I'm going to.

As my bro used to say, this is gonna be kick-a$$ fun!!!!

[margejacobs]

Make sure no one is eating an ice cream at 5:00!

[Rokinronda]

I'll make sure!! LOL :bigthumbsup:

[samhass]

The ice cream might be interesting as it melts in place. Better not be chugging a beer or a mudslide ;D.

[Canwego2]

So, did you do it? This post is from last year and it just ends at the beginning of April. What happened? Did anyone do this? I would have loved to be there and watch, videotape, and/or participate. Tell me what happened. Karen

[graciegirl]

It was fun.

[moira]

Here's the link to videos and pictures from '08 Freeze:

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12995&highlight=freeze

And here's the link to the video from the '09 Freeze:

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20315&highlight=freeze

Looks like they had tons of fun.