(LR) Vanessa Reyes-Golding, Sarah Leslie and Melanie Shenstone of Les Folles Jambettes pose for a photo next to a family of snow people on display Saturday, December 18, at a home on 17th Avenue near the intersection of 77th Avenue are. Photo: Laurie Tritschler
Grand Forks can-can dancers perform holiday flash mobs
Townspeople with amazing Christmas displays were treated to the surprise dances
A Can-Can squad in Grand Forks, BC, performed flash mobs in brightly decorated homes across the city on Saturday night, December 18th.
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Dancers from Les Folles Jambettes, whose name translates from French as ‘the girls with crazy legs’, performed at around seven houses, whose Christmas decorations richly expressed the residents’ holiday cheer. In some cases, the dancers tipped off the households, but most viewers were caught off guard.
(LR) Melanie Shenstone, Vanessa Reyes-Golding and Sarah Leslie of Les Folles Jambettes show off their crazy legs after a surprise performance on the Scion Frontage Road on Saturday December 18th. Photo: Laurie Tritschler
After driving to each house, the dancers knocked on the front doors and took less than a minute to take their places in the snow before a stereo played tunes from the famous Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker Suite.
According to Shenstone, each of the dancers’ dresses, complete with battery-powered Christmas lights, took about 10 hours to make. Saturday’s flash mobs were funded in part by the Jambettes’ 2021 Civic Arts Grant, courtesy of Gallery 2 and the City Council.
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