So, you want to dance?

By Stephen Lintner  

JULY 28, 2010 7:53 a.m. (0)

If you can find them, dust off your old dancing shoes for the Flash Mob: For the Cure at the Greenville Drive Stadium this Saturday, July 31.

The Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation is partnering with the Greenville Drive to create a promotional video for the Sept. 25 Race for the Cure and you have the chance to bust a move out on the field to raise awareness for breast cancer.

From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,  rehearsal and filming of the flash mob production will take place. It will be aired on the Jumbotron before game time on the evening of Wednesday Aug. 4. The event is open to anyone, but targets those who have felt the effects of breast cancer, either personally or through someone they know.

For those of us who haven’t made YouTube our homepage yet, a flash mob is a large group of people who assemble to perform some kind of seemingly spontaneous action and then disperse.

What hopes to be Greenville’s version of the pink glove dance video that’s been circling the web will serve as an advertisement for the foundation’s video contest for the Race for the Cure. Teams in the race can compete by submitting a homemade music video with their entry.

Saturday morning, although not spontaneous, will certainly be a performance to remember.

The song “My Girl” by the Temptations will move dancers into action until everyone on the field is dancing. The idea behind the song, says Krista Bannister, executive director of the Susan G. Komen For the Cure SC Mountains to Midlands branch, is to remember “Who is your girl with breast cancer?”

“If this generates excitement and awareness, then we’ve accomplished what we want,” says Bannister. “It’s a total, viral fun thing.”

Here's a link to the step-by-step tutorial video.

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