Photo by Brian Fountain
Thanks to the awesome group of people who participated in the 2nd Annual Black Tie Beach mission today at Rockaway Beach. If you were there, please leave an Agent Report in the comments. I know there are hundreds of funny stories waiting to be told. Also leave links to any photos you might have taken. Photos from our official photographers are below, and we hope to have our video up in a couple of weeks on our YouTube channel. (Subscribe to it!) When the video is posted, we’ll post our official mission report here.
Photos:
- Agent Brian Fountain’s Set
- Agent Ari Scott’s Set
- Agent Katie Sokoler’s Set
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Black Tie Beach was so much fun for me. It was my first time attending this event and all I can say is that I hope it wont be the last. And I ended up getting alot of compliments because of my dress lol (I’ll post a couple of pics later on).
My favorite part was when one of the lifeguards asked me if we were doing an “event” and I asked him what was he referring to. He obviously looked around and told me that there’s alot of people dressed up. But I told him that I had no idea who those other people were and that I always dress up when I go to the beach. He looked baffled lol. That was my Mission Complete!! moment of the day!
Thanks Improv
-Agent Alexandra A.
Agent Jody says:
I am eight years old and I went with my mom (Agent Aimee). I liked when a woman came and asked “Are you part of that wedding group over there?” and I said no “I’m with my mom” and then she asked me why I was dressed up and I said “This is what I always wear to the beach. Don’t you dress up at the beach?”. Anyway, I hope everyone had a good time.
My son and I had an absolute blast. Don’t understand how anyone wouldn’t want to participate. Loved seeing all the extra inventive ways people had fun, especially liked the guy in tux jogging with headphones and sweatband (nice touch). The entire experience was giggle worthy but we managed to keep straight faced when it mattered. One of the more memorable exchanges came late in the day while my son (Agent Jody) was digging tunnels in the sand near a couple clearly eyeing us. He asked “Mom, can I take off my bow tie?” and I “No honey, we’re at the beach.” then glanced at that couple while slightly shaking my head “Kids these days”… The husband was smiling but the wife wasn’t satisfied. She asked if we normally got dressed up at the beach (she probably had heard it before from others) and I said did. Then she asked where we came from and I said “Manhattan” and she asked “You mean, like, midtown?” and I said yes. Also a man who was using a metal detector had asked me early on if we were with the others celebrating a wedding and I said no “I came just with my son, he’s over there (pointing into the waves) the one with the white shirt and bowtie” and he just grinned and shook his head. Hours later he was still there and he asked again whether we all knew each other and I said I honestly did not. He then said he knew we were pulling his leg somehow but he liked it. I then said it had been a wonderful day a little unusual though, did he notice all the people in bathing suits? He laughed.
It was an amazing day! Great fun hanging out and seeing the reaction of people on the beach. Everyone was so nice, this is a great way to make friends!
here are my photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruetzkamp/sets/72157627492048872/
There was one guy who asked if it was a Flash Mob, I just shrugged like I have no idea what he’s talking about :)
reporting in from litchfield beach sc. we had 23 silver hairs strong. we whipped the crowd into a frenzy when we entered the water and began frollicking around. best day ever!
I had a great time, and my gown was surprisingly comfortable for lounging around on the sand and in the surf. I loved running into the ocean and jumping the waves. I couldn’t stop laughing, and actually, everyone I could see was smiling, regardless of formal attire or their “traditional” beach wear. Afterwards, when I was walking on the boardwalk with my dripping dress and inflatable blue hippo, some guy stopped me to compliment me on…my hat. :) This mission was definitely my kind of black tie affair.
We are big fans of Improv Everywhere and this was our first mission. We were so excited. My nine year old son and I visited a thrift store the day before to get our outfits. On our drive there we were a little nervous ….but as we drove up to the boardwalk and saw other agents we relaxed and couldn’t wait to hit the beach, while walking on the boardwalk which we hit around 3:40, we bumped into some other agents and they asked us which streets we needed to cover – while answering under my breath and without moving my mouth – they thanked us with out moving their lips as well ! A woman came up to us and asked “Is this some kind of a group?” Then we passed a woman and man on some benches who said “Please let us in on what’s going on, we won’t tell” – to that I replied ” Isn’t it a lovely day at the beach?” and my son answered ” just a regular day at the beach” they were mad! We hit the beach after that – laid our towels out and proceeded to make a mermaid sculpture. We were quite happy to see the ices lady. We strolled back and forth and played with a beach ball, tried to fly a kite and ended our day with a sandman. A few people took our photos.
At the end of the day after my son jumped in the waves with his entire suit, he started not to even realize there was a difference between bathing suits and dress suits. Can’t wait till next mission and next black tie beach!
Here there are our pictures! We had great time! =)
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2351967720917.139210.1301868930&type=1
i had so much fun at the beach last weekend! i went with two other friends in formal wear, and we had a blast flying kites, boogie-boarding, and playing catch. it’s really interesting to see what people came up with as explanations; i started telling people i was shipwrecked and “making the most of it.” :D