Dancin' on the Downtown

Get Ready, Cville! Dancin' on the Downtown is BACK again for 2025! Details and dance tutorials dropping soon...but save the date for May 30! We cannot wait to DANCE WITH YOU!

FREE Online Registration is now open for our May 31, 2024 event!

Click here for details and to sign up:

Dancin' on the Downtown Get tickets online for Dancin' on the Downtown here.

✨We've got more event details! Online registration will open soon but you can begin learning the dance routine now!✨

Dancin' on the Downtown: A Free C’Ville Community Flash Mob Event for Kids!

Event Date: Friday, May 31
Meetup Time: 5:30 PM
Meetup Location: Outside of Botanical Restaurant (located on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall, near the Market Street Parking Garage)

✨New to Dancin’ on the Downtown?✨
This is a FREE event led by Camp4Real founder and experienced physical educator, Scott Williams, and Kim Gentry, P.E., and Health Teacher at Scottsville Elementary, to bring the fun and excitement of the flash mob experience to elementary-aged students (and their families!) throughout the Charlottesville community.

✨Who Can Participate✨
This event is open to ALL Charlottesville area students and teachers (public, private, homeschool!) and families ages 5 to 14!

✨Performance Schedule✨
Dancin’ on the Downtown will make several pit stops along the mall, with our final performance near the front stage of the Ting Pavillion during Friday’s After Five!

✨New this Year✨
Every child who registers will receive a special Dancin’ on the Downtown tee to wear during our performances! (Tees will be handed out on the day of the event!)

✨How to Participate✨
1) Start learning the routine!
Click here to view a performance of the full routine set to music: https://youtu.be/_qnsIlskcoI?feature=shared

2) Then use our simple, step-by-step dance tutorials to learn and practice the routine:

Dance Choreography Part 1: https://youtu.be/bPFU3nCVCiU?feature=shared
Dance Choreography Part 2: https://youtu.be/0lNKCjxL6HQ?feature=shared

✨THEN...Bring the whole family and join us on May 31 at 5:30 for our live performances on the downtown mall!✨To participate in the May 31 event, all participants will need to register. (Online registration will open soon! Stay tuned!)

Have a question about this event or want to get involved? Please reach out to us at [email protected].

2024 Dancin' on the Downtown with Music! Our entire 2024 Dancin' on the Downtown routine with music and steps!

🌈🎉☀️Dancin’ on the Downtown | Photo Recap AWESOMENESS Album☀️🎉🌈

👉Parents: Feel free to tag and share! 🤗

Oh. My. Goodness! Yesterday’s 2023 Dancin' on the Downtown Performance was AMAAAAAZING! So much love to each and every family who came out to participate and support us! We are still full of smiles from all of the fun we had with you!!!

Here’s our first recap video of the performance at the Ting Pavillion.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Csd4RJbgQSv/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

⚡️✨🔥We have no words for just HOW AWESOME these kids performed during our 2nd Annual Dancin’ on the Downtown Kids Flash Mob event at the @tingpavilion! We had kids from ALL over the ACPS district participate, and in addition to performing front and center during Friday’s after Five, these kids also did four pop-up dances along the mall…so much more fun footage to come! 🤗😎

Friends! Help us spread the word about 2023 Dancin' on the Downtown Performance! We created a shareable graphic flyer with ALL the event info! 🤗🤗🤗

✨Get ready, friends! Dancin' on the Downtown is BACK for 2023 with a brand new, fresh, funky, and FUN dance routine!

Like last year, we've created step-by-step tutorials to help you learn the routine and prepare you for our big performance date on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall on May 19!

This event is open to ALL Charlottesville area students and teachers (public, private, homeschool!) and families!

🥳Ready to get started!? Scroll below to view the entire routine to see what you'll be learning, and click on the tutorial links we've shared to get started!

The routine is broken up into two sections to make it easier to learn!

Have a question about this event? Please reach out with a FB message or leave us a note in the comments!