Trio of Hoyas participate in holiday flash mob

What the hell is a flash mob?

I'm pretty sure I should know by now, I'm just so confused. But I'll save that debate for another day.

The point is, Georgetown students put together a flash mob as part class project for "Catholic Theatre". Now, I'm not sure if that qualifies as a religion class or as a music class, but nonetheless, a flash mob occurred in one of the Georgetown dining halls earlier this week.

But instead of dancing to Katy Perry, as Villanova's Jay Wright did over the summer, or Nicky Minaj as a group of Kansas fans did last season, the Georgetown students decided to sing Handel’s Messiah. You know, the "Hallelujah" song.

But this was no ordinary flash mob. Nope. This flash mob just happened to consist of three Georgetown basketball players.



Yup, that's senior captain Jason Clark, sophomore Nate Lubick, and walk-on John Caprio belting out some festive holiday notes during lunchtime.

What's most impressive is that all three players actually look like they're singing. I mean, who hasn't been forced to sing in a chorus at least once in their lives? I know we all have, and I know that we've all snuck to the back of the group and tried our best to get away with just mouthing the words to "Silent Night".

Caprio looks like he's actually enjoying it. Nate looks like he just realized he's been in the wrong class all semester, and poor Jason looks like he's seen the camera and is dreading tomorrow's practice when the rest of the team will clown him.

But the real question is: They really give college credit for this?







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