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<\/a>The performers promoted their upcoming show by participating in a flash mob performance in front of the Joyce Beers Community Center on April 11. The young artists went through several numbers from the Dr. Seuss-inspired show, loosely based on the famous story, \u201cThe Cat in the Hat.\u201d<\/p>\n The organization putting on the performance, the Normal Heights-based San Diego Creative Arts Project, is a newly formed nonprofit aimed at giving local kids the training and inspiration to pursue the performing arts.<\/p>\n Student Isabel Mattick performed as a member of the flash mob, and will play the role of Mrs. Mayor at the May performance.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been at this for quite a few years, and I enjoy performing in musicals,\u201d Mattick said. \u201cI also do tap dance, jazz, and have performed in a ballet production of Copp\u00e9lia. I\u2019ll be performing a duet with my friend Julia Lovio, who plays the role of Mr. Mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n Mattick and her fellow students surprised shoppers at the Uptown District Shopping Center, who whipped out their phones to film the students performing their numbers, singing and dancing to the delight of the crowd. In a flash, it was over as quickly as it started.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is part of an informal tour of impromptu performances put on at locations such as Ruby\u2019s Diner in Mission Valley and California Pizza Kitchen in Fashion Valley to promote our show,\u201d said Executive Artistic Director Laura Hodge. \u201cWe chose the steps of the Joyce Beers Community Center as a civic tribute, and Panera Bread next door has actually agreed to donate ten percent of its proceeds to us for the next three hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>