How To Train For The Big Event

Can you believe that the Big Event is in a little over a week?! While you are continuing your fundraising and getting super pumped to dance for 24 hours, don’t forget to train! In order to help you in your quest to be in tip-top shape for the Big Event, we have put together some …

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Brian Wall Major:
 Human Physiology & Spanish Year:
 Senior DM Position:
 Family Relations Director What do you do in your position? "
There are 3 committees in DM Family Relations: Family Representative, Family Programming, and Hospital. These committees work year-round to ensure our mission of serving the DM families is fulfilled to its highest potential! …

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First year dancer-Alison Boltz "How did the Dancer Meetings this week get you excited and/or prepared for the Big Event?" "The last meeting got me pumped because for one, the captain's dance is sick! I love it. And also I love hearing from the families! The change and the love brought to their situation through …

Humans Of Dance Marathon

University of Iowa Dance Marathon's Dancer of the Month Recognizes an individual who is a positive representative of Dance Marathon. They show their lime by attending events with their Morale Group, encouraging others to get involved, and maintaining a passion for Dance Marathon. This month, we'd like to recognize Faith Murphy of Group 19 as …

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Runner- Sean Thompson “What’s something you did to make your fundraising efforts for Dance Marathon stand out and show your potential donors that you're committed to doing all you can FTK?” I asked myself this question when I found out the minimum fundraising goal for those wanting to run the Chicago Marathon with Dance Marathon the Marathon was increased …

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Community Relations Chair- Julia Cartwright *As seen at Title Boxing, Iowa City*

Letter To Myself T minus 5 minutes

Dear (T minus 5 muntes) me, You made it!! You raised as much as you could, packed your bag and put on your fanny pack and your flare so that you could enjoy the magical 24-hour experience! At this point, you probably have so much energy and you are so excited to experience the ups …

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Morale Captain, Group 41-Navya Mannengi "How are you preparing for the big event?" "I’m preparing for the big event by making sure I’m packed with everything to make DM a success like extra stickers for the kids and ibuprofen for my legs at 2 am"

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(second from the right) Morale Captain, Group 8-Mike Sumang “How are you making sure that all your dancers are able to make it to big event?” "These days leading up to the Big Event I am making it my mission to reach out to all of my dancers and never giving up on getting them …

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Second Year Dancer- Whitney Duhrkopf "What did you do over break to prepare for the Big Event?" "I have about a gazillion aunts, so I reached out to all of them and asked that they donate cans and bottles that I could go redeem for money. But they're all so great that they got really …