Marathon Dance schedule

February 29, 2024 Hot Copy

Here is the schedule of events for the 47th annual South High Marathon Dance on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2 — this year fully back at the South Glens Fall High School for all events, for the first time since COVID.

Friday, March 1

5 p.m. Senior registration/public shuttle buses begin operation/old gym opens for sales/new gym opens for seating
5:25 p.m. Junior registration
5:50 p.m. Sophomore registration
6:15 p.m. Freshmen registration
7 p.m. SHMD 2024 begins
9:30 p.m. Walk the Red Carpet costume party
10:15 p.m. Costume party winners announced
10:30 p.m. SHMD closes to public. All non-mandatory personnel leave. Junior-Senior snack break, Frosh-Soph change, then return to gym
11 p.m. Public shuttle buses end
11:15 p.m. Frosh-Soph snack break, Juniors and Seniors return to gym

Middle Schoolers also get to dance Younger students can join in the high schoolers’ South High Marathon Dance. Here are Oliver W. Winch Middle Schoolers at last year’s dance. The younger students help fund-raise, too. SHMD Photo Crew photo/Gus Carayiannis

Saturday, March 2

Midnight: Students return to rooms for attendance/Change for Neon Power Hour
12:30 a.m. Resume dancing
3 a.m. Neon Power Hour
4 a.m. Sleep break
5:30 a.m. Breakfast begins
7 a.m. Resume dancing
8 a.m. Shuttle buses resume
8 a.m. 5th Graders Dance/5th grade and middle school families welcome
9 a.m. 5th Graders leave
10 a.m. Middle School Basket Raffle Winners Dance
11 a.m. Juniors & Seniors lunch break/Middle School leaves
11 a.m. SHMD re-opens to general public
11:45 Freshmen, Sophomores lunch break, Juniors, Seniors back to gym
1 p.m. Iconic Characters costume party. 1:45 p.m. Costume party winners announced
2:50 p.m. Language Arts Classes dance
3 p.m. Recognitions: Four-Year pins, dancer prizes, check presentations
4 p.m. Juniors & Seniors pack up and dinner break (dancer shirts on)
4:45 p.m. Juniors & Seniors return to gym/freshmen & sophomores pack up and dinner break (dancer shirts)
5 p.m. Silent Auction concludes
5:30 p.m. Freshmen & Sophomores return to gym
6 p.m. Live Auction, 50/50, and raffle winners announced
7 p.m. Bags picked up by parents in hallways
7:30 p.m. Closing ceremony, Awards & Total announced
10:30 p.m. SHMD 2024 concludes
11 p.m. Shuttle buses conclude

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Marathon Dance schedule

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