1. Universityof PittsburghatJohnstown
450 Schoolhouse Road
Johnstown,PA 15904
www.upj.pitt.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KathleenBlough,Dance EnsembleRepresentative, kmb195@pitt.edu
Dance Ensemble Prepares for Spring DanceMarathon
(Johnstown) The Universityof PittsburghatJohnstown’sstudentrunclub,Dance Ensemble,hasdecided
to hosta twelve hourdance marathoninthe Spring2015 semester. The marathon,awaitingofficial title
selection,will take place betweenFebruary1st
and March 20th
. Anofficial daywill be selectedshortly
basedoff the venue’savailability. The venue inquestionwill be the Pitt-JohnstownWellnessCenter.
Dance Ensemble President, AmandaMudgett,statedthat“The organizationisexcitedtoplanand
participate inthe upcomingmarathon.We wouldlike tomake itclearthat we are notcopying THON
[The PennState Dance Marathon] but simplycreatinganeventthatwouldnotonlyprovide an
interactive,funenvironmentforourpeersbutanotheroutletforthe othercampus organizationsto
fundraise fortheirrespective charities.” Asthe largestorganizationoncampus,Dance Ensemble is
hopingtodraw a large crowd for the event.
As mentionedabove,Dance Ensemble isthe largestorganizationoncampus andisreachingoutto their
memberstoadvertise the event. The marathonisstill inthe earlydaysof planning,howeverthe current
planin place includescreatingaFacebookeventpage,tweetswill be sentoutona schedule fromthe
official Dance Ensembletwitterwhilethe memberswillbe askedtoretweetandshare everything
posted. Large posterswill be commissionedfromthe campusPrintShopand theywill be distributed
aroundthe campusa fewweeksbefore the event. The goal Dance Ensemble hasestablishedisto
advertise earlyandoftentoattainthe largestgrouppossible.
Dance Ensemble wasfoundedatPitt-Johnstownin1992 and iscurrentlyadvisedbyDr.Natalie Barnyak.
The organization’smemberschoreograph,audition,andperformdancesof all styleseveryspring
semesteratthe PasquerillaPerformingArtsCenteronthe Pitt-Johnstowncampus. The organization
welcomesstudentdancersof all levelsandservesasa creative outletforthe studentbody.Youcan
learnmore aboutthe organizationonthe campus’soffice website www.upj.pitt.edu.
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