#1 joongmin
Posted 08 July 2011 - 02:07 AM
SMTOWN FLASH MOBSACROSS CANADA WERE A SUCCESSFinally after monthsof preparation, the flashmobs for SMTOWN across Canada including Toronto,Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Ottawa were finally held which caught theattention of different Korean and Canadian medias.
After the successfulconcerts in Paris, fans from Canada were motivated to do something to see theiridols too. An official "SM Town Live in Canada" fanpage(http://www.facebook.com/SMTWONLIVEINCANADA) and different SMTOWN flash mob pages/groups were created by fans fromToronto, Vancouver,Montreal, Winnipeg,Edmonton,Ottawa and Quebec to start themovement for SMTOWN Canada. In just 2 months, the main page attracted 2000likes in a short period of time.
Fans from Canada havebeen tweeting #SMTOWNCANADA Twitter to show how much they would like SM TownLive to come to Canada for a concert. Fortunately, one of SM Entertainment'sartists, Isak, saw the trending topic and decided to help out. She tweeted,"Wow~~~ #smtowncanada sounds like a GREAT idea~~ I wanna gotoo~~~^^."
TORONTO-
SMTOWN Toronto FlashMob was held at Nathan Phillips Square on July 2 (with around 150-200 fansattended)
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=4GVBfPoNals
Shout out for Henry:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=FrLQysLUUcU
Chanting with fans:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=mgpMmaP2-HU
Arirang Korea TV'sreport about the flash mob:
http://www.youtube.c...nel_video_title
MONTREAL-
The flash mob wasattended by approximately 250 fans and was held at Chinatown last July 2.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=F1bUzhTzEG0
http://www.youtube.c...nel_video_title
WINNIPEG-
A mini SMTOWN flashmob was held this July 5 at Kildonan Park.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pj8v8x2EXo8
Shout out for SMTOWN:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BcgMC6SR53g
Shout out for HENRY:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Oz3b9XTBGk0
VANCOUVER-
A SMTOWN mini flashmob was held outside Pacific Mall Centre last July 3 with around 25 fansattended.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=UpJod8UqjNQ
OTTAWA-
Mini fanmeet forSMTOWN was held last July 3 in front of the Parliament of Canada..
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=YMob_1k3Ddk
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Different Korean andCanadian medias also noticed the ever increasing popularity of K-Pop in Canadaand made a report about the flash mobs.
SBS Korea
Video report (alongwith LA/NYC flash mobs)
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=D-riIn7tCw4
News article:http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000944540
ALLTV Canada
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ynW0xl81VYs
Also, Leeteuk ofSuper Junior seemed to watch the news and tweet about the LA,NYC,and Canada.
(Translation: AmericaLA, New York (and) Canada Montreal, Toronto, I saw your flashmobdemonstrations!!^^ I hope to be able to meet (with you all and) hold awesomeperformances there soon!!! Love you♥)
CTV Toronto
http://toronto.ctv.ca/?video=4(Click 6PM archive then choose Sat, July 2 then jump to 21:58)
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After all thesuccess, Canadians are still hoping that SM Entertainment will consider havinga concert tour anywhere in Canada.
Written by:MinaFrancisco
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