Word: marathoner
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...scattered balloons hovered over the action Saturday, remnants from a dance marathon two weeks ago clinging forlornly to the Palmer-Dixon roof...
Although the Mardi Gras ended last Tuesday, the marathon did not occur until the weekend to permit use of a twenty-one-mile bridge. "All you see is water--you don't see a soul," Pearson said...
...scout for a good spot from where to begin, various marathon organizers give the obligatory opening remarks, lauding the marathon's charitable cause--the Jefferson Park housing project in Cambridge which will receive the funds we raise--and offering encouragement. Currier House Master Dudley Herschbach estimates that 12 hours of dancing steps totals 13 miles of walking...
...dancers, however, are getting restless. We are still marathon innocents, and are actually anxious to end the speeches and start the music. And at last, once children from Jefferson Park have performed a choreographed dance to the theme from Fame, the disco bacchanalia begins...
...second half of the marathon begins reinvigorating the dancers with new determination. Mr. Walkman, #284, dances with himself in front of a mirror and then plays air guitar and bass with a broom. At 7:30, music starts repeating, starting with "Rock the Casbah," "I Love Rock and Roll," and "Start...