Flashmob Dance Party

At exactly 6:53 PM, approximately 4,000 people in London’s Victoria Station began frantically dancing - but there was no music to be heard - everyone was plugged into their own ipod dancing to their own playlist. 

thisislondon writes:

Chris Gale, 39, brought his daughter Sophia, three, and son Jacob, six. Mr Gale, a property entrepreneur from Bromley, said: "The children were a bit bewildered at first but then had fantastic fun. Some of the commuters are only interested in their trains and had to weave round us to the platforms. But most of them stood and stared, finding it hugely entertaining - and some even joined in.

"I saw the straightestlooking guy in a suit with his briefcase doing the freakiest dance moves."

Last night’s flash mob ended when four vanloads of police dispersed the dancers.  The event was staged by clubbing website mobileclubbing.com. Invitation emails and texts went out a week in advance.

One commuter failed to see the funny side: "I was trying to get my train home but the whole concourse was filled with students dancing and I couldn’t get through. The last thing I wanted after a hard day at work was to miss my train because of the idiots."

Flash mobs, groups of people brought together via the internet who perform a bizarre act together before disappearing, took off in America in 2003.

This secret party coincidentally happened to be the same weekend as fleshmob, another flashmob event where people dress up as zombies and lurch through the streets.