WITH VIDEO: University of Michigan students dance 'Gangnam Style' at Diag Flash Mob
An audience gathers at the diag on Michigan campus to witness a Gangnam style flash mob on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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An audience gathers at the diag on Michigan campus to witness a Gangnam style flash mob on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0033_fullsize.JPG
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An audience films the Gangnam style flash mob on the MIchigan campus Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0045_fullsize.JPG
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A large crowd watches the Gangnam style flash mob on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0066_fullsize.JPG
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A large crowd watches the Gangnam style flash mob on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0084_fullsize.JPG
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Gangnam style flash mob participants get their photo taken on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0099_fullsize.JPG
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An audience member films the Gangnam style flash mob on the MIchigan campus Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0109_fullsize.JPG
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First year medical student Juan Andino (left) and others participate in the Gangnam style flash mob on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0112_fullsize.JPG
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A Gangnam Style Flash Mob on the Michigan campus Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0118_fullsize.JPG
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First year medical student Juan Andino and others participate in the Gangnam style flash mob on Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0124_fullsize.JPG
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MIchigan freshman Brian Lee dances after the Gangnam style flash mob Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0197_fullsize.JPG
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Michigan junior Andy Cha is interviewed by a reporter after the Gangnam style flash mob Friday. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Gangnam Style Flash Mob/cache/09212012_ENT_GangnamStyle_FlashMob_DJB_0221_fullsize.JPG
The University of Michigan campus is no stranger to flash mobs.
In 2011, students celebrated graduation with a dance to "Send me on my way", an annual freeze mob occurs each spring, and numerous University organizations have gotten in on the act.
Although the sudden scene of people dancing in unison may no longer be as much of a surprise as it was in 2003, it still provides plenty of fun for participants and the unsuspecting passerby.
Nearly 2,000 students said they were attending the event organized on Facebook by International Studies freshman and Ann Arbor native Drew Walker. Approximately half that number showed up this afternoon to perform the increasingly popular "cowboy" dance made famous by Korean rapper PSY in his Gangnam Style music video. Most students kept to the benches of the Diag and unfortunately there were some "technical difficulties" with the sound making the dance more of a group-mime, but it will still be a memory to recall in the future for the participating students.
Here's a video we captured from the event, but keep an eye on YouTube for the student-produced version coming soon. Note: We've overlaid the video with the Gangnam Style song due to the low volume at the event
AnnArbor.com