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Captured: Dance Marathon 2017: 30 Photos in 30 Hours

March 5, 2017

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This will be a space to share photos by The Daily’s staff as well as photos from members of our community. Students can submit entries to be considered...

Dance Marathon 2017 raises over $1.2 million to support GiGi’s Playhouse, Evanston Community Foundation

March 5, 2017

Dance Marathon 2017 raised $1,253,596, reaching a total of more than $1 million for the seventh consecutive year and just over $50,000 more than the 2016 total. The finance committee announced early...

Dance Marathon goes ‘above and beyond’ expectations, GiGi’s Playhouse CEO says

March 5, 2017

After nearly full day’s worth of dancing with students and observing the action at Dance Marathon, GiGi’s Playhouse CEO Nancy Gianni described the 30-hour fundraiser as “so much more than I could...

Block 9: The Tent Where It Happens

March 5, 2017

After a block set to many songs from the blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” University President Morton Schapiro took the stage and praised the dancers for their charity work. “I am so proud...

Block 8: Tie Dye and Neck Ties

March 4, 2017

Returning dancers were greeted with a familiar sight as the end of their 30 hours dancing drew nearer: Blessings in a Backpack, last year’s primary beneficiary, took the stage to discuss how Dance...

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