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Twenty-three hours down, twenty-three hours to go. The first half of THON Weekend 2024 has come and gone.

Time flies when the THON schedule is jam-packed with activities and performances throughout the weekend, whether you were in the Bryce Jordan Center or not.

A virtual THON Weekend has allowed for some new opportunities for different activities and entertaining segments to keep dancers and spectators going for 46 hours. For THON’s first ever Dancer Pageant, nine dancers showcased one of their talents in a sixty-second video clip. From there, viewers could vote on their favorite performance by logging on to Twitter and tweeting out “#THONPageant #TeamDancerFirstName.” Check out a play by play of these nine very talented dancers below: Kaitlyn...

There’s a particular weekend each February that means the world to Jack Sylves, a 6-year-old from State College, and his 7-year-old sister, Marlowe. It’s the annual THON Weekend, an unforgettable opportunity for kids like Jack and Marlowe to run around Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, basking in the attention of college students who are enduring a 46-hour dance marathon.  “They talk about it all the time,” says Scott Sylves, their dad. “After our first THON in 2019 they asked if w...