The MOMbies Invasion Of Westport’s Vineyard Vines!
The MOMbies take over Vineyard Vines!
Photos by J.C. Martin, Story by Joy Martini For WestportLocalPress. Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.
It seemed like an ordinary Saturday. Until…One of Westport’s favorite stores, Main Street’s Vineyard Vines, was invaded by the ghoulish MOMbies. There appears to be no casualties and if reports are correct, store employees and customers all left with their brains fully intact. (And smiles on their faces.)
The MOMbies. Who are they? What are they?
Ten years ago, Fairfield’s Terry Davis had an idea. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to gather a bunch of friends and do a flash mob dance to Thriller during trick-or-treating in their beach area neighborhood? It was just an idea to shake up Halloween and show the kids that moms can be fun. You could say the idea took hold. Following their break-out performance, the terrifying troupe which now numbers over 50 Fairfield moms, partnered with the Cancer Couch Foundation, which funds metastatic breast cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. In their decade of dance, fully costumed as zombies and professional choreographed, the MOMbies have become a seasonal – and national, sensation!! Best of all with an anonymous matching donor, to date the MOMbies have raised nearly $750,000.
Each year, in addition to their dance performances, the MOMbies zombie up and hit the road to visit their corporate supporters. And that brings us to last Saturday and the march of the half-dead down Westport’s main drag. “We absolutely love visiting our special supporters and are so grateful for Vineyard Vines’ longtime generosity. This is where preppy meets petrifying!” noted Terry Davis, MOMbies founder and creative director.
Photos by J.C. Martin, Story by Joy Martini For WestportLocalPress. Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.
Join In The Fun On This Sunday!
Their main performance will be this Sunday, October 26th at Elicit Brewery in Fairfield with shows at 4pm, 5pm, 6pm. The free and family friendly show also will include a dance party, raffle prizes, a zombification station and other tricks and treats.
For more information, or to donate, visit mombies.org. You can also follow the ghouls:
@mombiesorg on Instagram, and @MOMbies on YouTube and Facebook.
To see them in action, check out YouTube: MOMbies in a Minute:
