Politics & Government

Holiday Flash Mob: Manassas Cellist Leads First-Ever By Air Force Band

The flash mob took place in the middle of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

It starts with the deep, rich sound of a lone cellist. Before long an entire, syncopated symphony—in this case, the U.S. Air Force Band—is playing their hearts out. 

Ah, a classical music flash mob. 

The U.S. Air Force band disguised themselves as tourists at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington on Dec. 3 to pull off the group's first flash mob in history. 
Video of the flash mob is attached to this article. 

The mob was led by U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Edward Prevost.  
As the clock struck noon, the Manassas resident ripped off his civilian clothing and revealed his uniform before taking a seat with his cello in the middle of the museum to play, "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring," according to the U.S. Air Force Band's blog, which gave a play-by-play narrative of the performance. 

He was gradually joined by his bandmates, who began to play after being presented with their respective instruments by U.S. Air Force Honor Guard members.  

"Jesu" came to an end, but the tempo picked up and the jam fest took off with a performance of "Joy to the World."

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