Dancing never felt so good.
At least that’s how Laura Bock felt when Dance Marathon raised almost $73,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network.
That amount was $20,000 more than event organizers’ original goal, said Bock, Dance Marathon 2011 chairwoman.
Bock and her team had hoped to get 650 people registered to dance Feb. 11 in the Huston Huffman Center. In the end, about 1,100 people turned up, she said.
Bock said she didn’t think there would be more than 1,000 people taking part in the event, but she said that was the best part.
“It was so great seeing all the OU students come in, how excited they were — and then looking out into the crowd and seeing how many people there were,” Bock said.
On the morning of Dance Marathon, about 900 attendees had registered, but later that day, people continued to sign up, Bock said.
Bock said she didn’t know the exact pull Dance Marathon had on students this year, but she attributed much of the event’s success to Campus Activities Council’s active publicity.
“We really used social media a lot this year,” Bock said.
Though Bock said Dance Marathon staff haven’t yet set a goal for next year, they are “hoping it can be an event that can continue to grow each year.”
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