[garinda]

Anyway, why should the hurt feelings, because of costs, of those taught by the £1,000.00 choreographer, be an issue?

It was posted that everyone is welcome to take part, i.e. the public who've funded the event.

'If' a flash mob was a good way to promote the town, here's an alternative costing.

Approach local dance schol. Find out who is good, and perhaps wants to dance as a career. Ask if they'd help video an easy to learn sequence, which would be filmed, after promissing them you'll write a reference, if/when they apply to study dance at college, and perhaps throw in a new pair of leg-warmers.

Make sure details of event, and video showing what people should do at allotted time of flash mob, are sent to every school, youth club, community centre, whoever else might be interested, in the area.

Sit back, and watch it happen.

Cost?

Virtually nowt, but with exactly the same resulting publicity etc.

Still I don't suppose that answers the question of how we strip the Singing, Ringing 'magical money' Tree of all this loot, which just HAS to be spent.