Shimmy Mob is an international belly dance "flash mob" held each year on World Belly Dance Day (this year, May 9). After dancing on one team or another for 7 years, this year I've signed up to be the team leader for the Coos Bay team (we haven't had a team here for a few years).

The purpose of Shimmy Mob is to raise awareness and support for each team's local domestic violence shelter - dancing for a cause. I hope we have a large, robust Coos Bay Shimmy Mob team. We'll start learning the dance in March, but early bird registration ends Jan 15. Register at www.shimmymob.com.