Jazzercise Lee’s Summit will stage a flash mob twice during the upcoming Lee’s Summit Downtown Days, June 3-5, 2011. Approximately 80 participants are doing the flash mob to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s Disease. A flash mob is a choreographed routine of different dance moves performed by a large group in a spontaneous fashion.

The flash mob dance performances are to show support for a cause dear to the heart of a longtime Jazzercise member. Jan Hildebrand, organizer of the team for the flash mob event, is the primary caregiver for her mother who suffers from Alzheimer’s. A seemingly hereditary disease on the female side of Jan’s family, she is devoted to raising awareness and funds for research.

Jan says, “My mother represents all mothers, aunts, grandmothers, fathers and other family members with Alzheimer’s. I am the "leading lady" in this next generation of our family to face the future of this disease!”