Week 10: Tuesday November 19th- Dance Group-Flash mob

This week the dance group had to facilitate their project and they chose to do a flash mob. They selected the son cupid shuffle an decided that the flash mob would take place on the basketball courts  in our Recreational Eagle Center. They had the fun idea to include chancellor Joe Gow as well. We met in the class room where we went over the simple dance moves. Then in small groups headed over to the REC. After arriving we were instructed to blend in until we heard the song come on. Once we heard the song we all slowly joined in. When the song ended we all casually walked away as if nothing had happened. I have a lot of experience dancing and performing in front of crowds because of cheerleading so this was not uncomfortable for me at all. I could tell some of my classmates were not as excited about it but I was impressed to see that everyone chose to participate and appeared to have a lot of fun. Dancing, for me, has always been a huge mood booster. I do not feel like it is possible to be unhappy while dancing to good music. The hardest part about dancing is getting over insecurities. You don't have to be a great dancer to reap the benefits but so many people are afraid of the way that others will look at them that they don't even give dance a chance. I think including someone like Joe Gow takes a lot of the pressure off of the people who are more shy or insecure because they know most of the attention of onlookers will be directed towards him. A flash mob is really a perfect activity or anyone because it involves being physically active and it pushes you to get out of your comfort zone for a little while.