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Dance Marathon participants keep their energy levels high for 15 hours straight in this year’s event.

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Dance Marathon participants each had to raise at least $150, which represents $10 for each hour of the event.

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Participants changed costumes every few hours to correspond to Dance Marathon’s theme hours. This year’s themes were space, pajama party and childhood heroes.

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This year’s Dance Marathon raised $38,107.81 for local nonprofits Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent Family Support Network.

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2016 Dance Marathon photos

Posted Feb. 29, 2016 at 8:06 p.m.

Here are images from Appalachian State University’s 2016 Dance Marathon, which raised $38,107.81 for local nonprofits Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent Family Support Network. The annual event is a signature fundraiser sponsored by the university’s ACT office (Appalachian and the Community Together). About 200 students participate each year.

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