{"id":695,"date":"2011-06-23T12:03:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T19:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2011-06-23T12:03:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T19:03:59","slug":"flash-mob-interrupts-otherwise-successful-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Flash Mob Interrupts Otherwise Successful Farmer\u2019s Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/flash-mob-farmers-market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-699\" title=\"flash-mob-farmers-market\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/flash-mob-farmers-market.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a>\nSunday, June 19<sup>th<\/sup>, the Stapleton Farmer\u2019s Market opened up on the green. The market gives residents a chance to shop for organic vegetables, pet treats, salsa, and even top meat cuts (The Stapletonion highly recommends Blue Horseshoe steaks &amp; burgers \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhcattle.com\">www.bhcattle.com<\/a>. \u00a0It is also fun to simply walk around, let the kids play, enjoy the weather and talk with friends.\nOpening day was going great with tremendous vendors, great weather, and overall good times. At approximately 10:45AM, all that changed, with the simple snap of fingers.\u00a0 \u201cI remember seeing two people walking towards each other, snapping,\u201d said resident Kristen Battenfield.\u00a0 \u201cIt was pretty stupid looking.\u201d\u00a0 Things got worse for the farmers market when suddenly \u201cDancin\u2019 in the Streets\u201d by David Bowie and Mick Jagger began playing loudly.\u00a0 \u201cImmediately, the green was filled with all these people,\u201d said Battenfield.\u00a0 \u201cThe dance, as expected, was rudimentary. People left during the &#8216;performance&#8217; and I am sure the local businesses weren\u2019t happy.\u201d\nMany businesses were disappointed with the timing of the event.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know why the flash mobsters decided to ruin opening weekend,\u201d said salsa salesman Nick Dinnebier. \u201cMost of the business owners have already talked with the police, and the police said they will arrest any future flash mobsters at the market.\u201d\u00a0 Although no one was directly hurt by the flash mobsters, there is no way to evaluate the psychological impact.\u00a0 \u201cI wish flash mobsters would at least think about the kids,\u201d says Battenfield.\u00a0 \u201cThere were at least a dozen kids crying, trying to cover their eyes and ears.\u201d\u00a0 Market-goers are asked to immediately report any suspicious behavior and keep a close eye on those that do not appear to look like Stapleton residents.\n&nbsp;]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-7","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}