Dance Blue--At The High School Level

Blog Post #9

Topic-The Dance Blue marathon at Lexington Catholic High School

   While Dance Blue is based at the University of Kentucky, satellite mini-marathons have been started at surrounding high schools, one of these happens to be Lexington Catholic High School and my alma mater.  All the information for this post comes from a primary source and that source is me.  While at Lexington Catholic I attended two Dance Blue mini-marathons and enjoyed every minute of it.

   Dance Blue mini-marathons are official Dance Blue marathons put on by the high school and are only 5-6 hours instead of the full 24 hours.  However, all the same things are done, there is a dance that is learned and performed every hour on the hour, there's free food, and theres' activities to do such as volleyball or cornhole.  At the end, usually about 11 o'clock, there is a big reveal for how much the marathon raised.  Last year at Lexington Catholic we raised a little over $60,000.  This is done through outside donations and every student who participates makes a $50 donation.

   When I did Dance Blue I had an absolute blast, and I believe it's a good thing to be doing mini-marathons at the high school level.  If I never seen what Dance Blue is all about, to be honest I would be leery of basically spending an entire weekend participating and then trying to recover.  Personally I have never stayed up for 24 straight hours and that is an intimidating thing to do.  This is why awareness of the event needs to be more readily available in the form of a documentary.

--Stephen Ritchie