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Posted at 12:12 PM ET, 06/01/2011A flash mob marriage proposal at Good Stuff EateryBy Katie Rogers
Fries, shakes and a serenaded marriage proposal were on the menuMay 21 at Spike Mendelson’s Good Stuff Eatery.
When Jonathan Murphy took his unsuspecting girlfriend Ashley Bowen tothe burger joint, he’d planned the setting so that singers from D.C.’s acappella group The Capital Hearings were there playing the parts ofcustomers, employees and hungry bystanders.(They were, in fact, abunch of tenors and altos.)
And, in true flash mob fashion, the proposal in its entirety was caught ontape.
Flash mobs are a continuing, organized trend in the D.C. area. Forinstance, if this ”Mamma Mia”-themed flash mob in Dupont Circle lastMay looks downright professional, that’s because it is — the DCCowboys dance company organizes such performances periodically:
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In April, a group of single ladies clad in heels took to the streets of D.C.to honor Beyonce’s hit of the same name:
Murphy’s musical choice was decidedly more indie — he proposedduring a rendition of Built to Spill’s “Distopian Dream Girl” — but kudos tothe groom-to-be — no matter how they’re organized, these things arehard to pull off.
By Katie Rogers | 12:12 PM ET, 06/01/2011
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