The post title refers to the name of the game for Improv Everywhere’s Toronto Subway Dance Party last Saturday. My friend Nicole and I had rushed to join in on the action but due to my misreading the instructions (boo!) we ended up at Bloor subway (the end point) at the wrong time! Consequently this caused us to also miss our ferry to Toronto Island that day but that’s another story.
So this is what went down:
I really love the concepts Improv Everywhere and newmindspace come up with. I’m considering heading to New York City for NMS’s third annual NYC Pillow Fight on March 22nd. Now that would be a thumping good time (pun intended)!
Oh and for those interested, here are the actual instructions for the subway dance party:
We’ll meet near the monument in Queens Park North. If anyone is unsure of what we’re doing you can ask me there.
Here are the basic plans:
All meet between 12:45 to 1:00 near the monument. At 1:00 we’ll make our way to the subway. After we pass Queens Park, I’ll begin dancing. Join in whenever you want, when we hit Union, this needs to be the peak of the dance party. after that, every couple of stops one or two people need to dance off the train and just keep dancing until the train starts moving again. When we hit Bloor-Yonge everyone needs to just stop dancing, and walk off the train like nothing happened.
We need one or two people to film/take pictures.
Requirements:
Subway fare
Earphones (music if you want something to dance to)
Bag or something to hide a camera in (if you’re filming, we only need one or two people filming, and like)
Camera (if you’re filming or taking pictures)Try not to laugh while dancing, also, try not to make it look like this was planned.
If someone asks you if this was planned (during or after the event) just say something like, “No, I just saw everyone else dancing and wanted to join” or, “I’m really passionate about my music”. Everyones welcome to sing along to whatever they’re listening to.
Lesson learnt - read the damn instructions properly next time.