Evansville Shimmy Mob to perform at Main Street Sidewalk Sale
HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – The Evansville Shimmy Mob will be performing at the Main Street Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, May 10.
Organizers state the group has been fundraising for Albion Fellows Bacon Center, and the group will perform a choreography that is being used worldwide for World Belly Dance Day, creating awareness for emotional abuse and domestic violence.
Organizers also state the Shimmy Mob has been a worldwide event for the last 15 years in 83 countries with a total of 22,321 participants.
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