This weekend myself and an elite unit of local Cape Town tangueros
descended upon the Lifestyle shopping centre set in a trendy part of the
city, for an Argentine Tango flash mob to celebrate my birthday.
Despite a few hassles from secturiy, caused by a certain Tango neophyte
"someone" (a.k.a Mister
Let's-go-and-tell-security-about-the-mob-two-miniutes-before-we-start-and-have-Wikus-deal-with-the-fallout)
we sprung the surprise on dozens of shoppers and passers by - much to
the annoyance of the guards who dutifully but gently shooed us from the
mall entrance to the amply-sized sidewalk.
Alas even without the beneft of good acoustics, with our punchy Bose
sound system we had no shortage of volume to make our presence known.
Our playlist of the day consisted of "Amor te sigo queriendo",
"Mariposita" and "Borges y Paraguay". A forth track -"A Media Luz" - was
cut from the planned line-up to help ease a few bubbling frustration
levels.
The only misfortune was that the person who volunteered to film our
exploits had to withdraw from attendance shorly before the event, so
unless something by one of the camera-wielding onlookers pops up on
youtube in due course, I sadly don't have any footage to share with you.
