March 2009
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By Brian Rosenthal and Matt Spector
With more dancers than ever, two new emcees and a new venue, Dance Marathon 2009 rocked its way to a fundraising total of $917,834, about $16,000 less than last year’s record-breaking total.
Dance Marathon’s primary beneficiary, Project Kindle, a foundation that holds camps for youth effected by HIV/AIDS, received $576,470. DM gave their secondary...
DM Co-Chairs Phil Reich and Liz Banks thank the crowd before the final money announcement
Dancing
Balloons were released after the final total was announced
The Evanston Community Foundation receives their check for $64,052
DM Co-Chair Phil Reich and Project Kindle representatives Brett Avila and Eva Payne get emotional after the check presentation
Photos by Brian Rosenthal/The...
Danny Lee (left) and another camper dancing on stage/ Brian Rosenthal
Several Camp Kindle campers attended Dance Marathon. We caught up with one of them, 16-year-old Danny Lee, immediately after the marathon:
Daily: What’d you think of the last 30 hours?
Lee: I loved it. I liked the way everybody supported us.
Daily: What was your reaction when you saw how much money was raised?
Lee: It...
(About one hour after DM)
Cami Jones has been awake for 37.5 hours, 30 of which were spent dancing… and feels amaaaazing!!!
Sasha Letuchy is so glad dm is over! Amazing exhausting experience!
Jason Catanese $917,834.00 for Project Kindle!!! I am in love with DM and NU!
-Brian Rosenthal
Norris staff eating breakfast at 4 a.m., in midst of massive cleanup/ Brian Rosenthal
Dancers leaving DM/ Brian Rosenthal
Dancers leaving DM/ Brian Rosenthal
Emcee Ben Singer dancing on stage/ Brian Rosenthal
As the staff hurries to clean the ground floor of Norris and the last remaining dancers trickle out with their friends, one man is alone, limping towards the doors.
Communication junior Ben Singer, minutes after finishing his stint as DM emcee, has a raspy voice but a smile on his face.
“We really are changing the world a little bit at a...
Photos from the last block
DM Finance Chairs Peter Koelsch and Jessica Morlock announce the top fundraisers.
DM Co-chairs Phil Reich and Liz Banks thank the dancers for participating in the dance marathon.
DM raised $917,834 this year, $16,000 shy of their record from last year.
Balloons are dropped in celebration of the fundraising total.
Eva Payne, Project Kindle executive director, thanks the crowd of dancers...
br: pr co-chairs: “it was absolutely amazing…it couldn’t have been better…we couldn’t be happier”
Celebrating the final total/ Brian Rosenthal
Committee member - Lauren Berry (Alumni & University Relations at $2,500
Independent couple -Cameron Combe and Margaret Chernin, $8,698.38
Small group - Jones Residential College at $5,238.56
Medium group - Kappa Alpha Theta & Sigma Phi Epsilon at 1,9268.49
Large group - ZBT & DG. $101,713
br: Project Kindle camper Bernard: “they did something to change how we’re going to live”
Check Presentation/ Brian Rosenthal
Camper with check/ Brian Rosenthal
Committee member - Lauren Berry, A&U at $2,500
Independent couple - $8,698.38
Small group - Jones Residential College at $5,238.56
Medium group - Kappa Alpha Theta & Sigma Phi Epsilon at $1,9268.49
Big group - Can’t you guess? Starts with a Z, ends with a T. More than $101,000.
-Corinne Lestch
br: dm is over!
Final Total for DM 2009: $917,834.00
$62,052.29 to the Evanston Community Foundation
$576,470.00 to Project Kindle
br: check presentation. Hard not to be moved here in tent - http://bkite.com/05isP
br: top group= zbt/dg with $101k - http://bkite.com/05ioX
br: final total- $917,834. $16k less than last yr, but nobody is complaining - http://bkite.com/05isE
Ms- dj simms’ thirteenth year at dm!
br: dm dj has been doing this for 13 yrs, singer says. That’s 390 hrs of dm - http://bkite.com/05io4
Corinne Lestch: 10th block and these people might want to dance longer…maybe?
Ms - a message from nu-q…not surprised that They’re better dancers than us
Ms- this is chaos!
br: part of tent floor just broke…again. Exec clears area and dancing goes on - http://bkite.com/05ihS
Ms- gotta give some credit to the productions committee- 30 Hours of video work plus some great videos between breaks
Ms- It’s pouring outside! Don’t these poor dancers get a break?
MS- Let’s hear it for the dancers! Clad in white, everyone’s pumped for block ten! The home stretch!
br: “Don’t stop believing” gets crowd fired up for start of last block - http://bkite.com/05ihq
Kindle Representative / Ray Whitehouse
Kindle Representative / Ray Whitehouse
$522,982 - The total before this week!
Thunk performing in the a capella show/Brian Rosenthal
Analysis of the Day-Of Events, with unofficial profits (based on comments from Special Events Committee members)
Silent Auction: Very successful ($4500)
5K: Lots of people, even in the rain ($800)
Kid’s Fair: “Much better than last year” ($300)
A capella show: Moderately successful ($250)
DM Spa: Almost all the slots were filled...
Weinberg sophomore Laura Oser shows off her costume/ Brian Rosenthal
Dancing to “Survivor”/ Brian Rosenthal
Finance Committee members breaking it down/ Brian Rosenthal
Finance Committee members reveal money update/Brian Rosenthal
br: block change…dancers entering Norris for final time
MS: Know what’s awesome? How they have the lyrics to ‘Survivor’ on the big board, with the ‘whats’ included.
MS: The DM exec video, very ’80s action movie montage-y. And now, the football team.
Everyone who knew TnA as the retired/graduated epic emcees of DM were so excited to see them onstage guest starr… - http://bkite.com/05i4B
MS: Just heard: Finance committee member: “I SO wish I could dance…” Yeah, right.
Northwestern Football players look on as their fellow teammate does the sprinkler.
Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald sings the Northwestern fight song as his children look on.
Head football coach Pat Fitzgerald and the football team greeted dancers during Block 9.
Lauren Pond/The Daily Northwestern
Liz Coffin-Karlin/The Daily Northwestern
Liz Coffin-Karlin/The Daily Northwestern
Dancers Welcome TnA / Chris Kirk
Adam Welton of TnA / Chris Kirk
Adam Gets Down / Chris Kirk
MS: The banana guy to a group of dancers; “Right here! Banana! What? No? My bad?”
MS: Coach Fitz has arrived with his family in tow - his kids might be the cutest things ever.
Coach Fitz / Matt Spector
Communication junior Dave Wille and Weinberg junior Jack Neubauer, on their way to change for block 9, get excited for Coach Pat Fitgerald and the Northwestern Wildcat football team to lead dancers in the fight song later tonight.
AF: “I’ve been waiting for this one the whole time. The ’90s music will make me move. The less I stand around, the faster it goes.”
MS: Block 9 begins. Already way too many bare midriffs and Britney Spears wannabes.
Video: Dancers Getting Pumped For Block 9