Block 8: Wildcat Country

Joanne Haner, Assistant Photo Editor

March 6, 2022

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Northwestern Dance Marathon’s Block 8 came to a close at 7 p.m. With appearances from University President Morton Schapiro and crowd surfing during Darude’s “Sandstorm,” Block 8 kept students awake during the beginning of the final stretch.

A girl in a pink cowboy hat poses for a picture. A girl in striped overalls and white cowboy hat holds a dog. A girl with a red bandana around her neck spreads her arms in dance. “Wildcat Country” is painted on a white sign hanging under a lighted arch. A girl in striped overalls crowdsurfs. A man in a purple quarter zip speaks into a microphone. People yank on a rope during a game of tug-of-war. A crowd prepares itself for a mosh pit. Someone in a black hoodie and yellow bandana talks to friends in a circle. Underneath pink lighting in a tent, a group learns a dance.

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