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Marathon Dance & Legal Issue Huge 40 page issue this week. 16 page South Glens Falls Marathon Dance special section. Hand-painted prom dress. Matt Rozell at scene of famed rescue. On reining in Airbnbs. SUNY Adk. will graduate 436; 200+ expected at Cool Arena. SGF’s Nick Barden an Army Aviation grad; Apache ‘copter pilot. Pet Fest in City Park, Saturday. Harry Troelstra dies at age 89. Concerts, comedy, shows… The

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A Marathon Dance like no other!

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

It was one day, not an overnight. It was at The Great Escape, not South Glens Falls High School. Instead of last year’s 700 dancers to begin, this one had just under 500. The public was excluded from attending due to Covid protocols.

But in the ways that mattered, it was the same Marathon Dance that it has been for all of its 44 years …

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Marathon Dance won’t be a dance this year; eye 3 ‘event’ options

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Much remains up in the air about the 2021 44th South High Marathon Dance (SHMD), but there is one certainty.

“One thing we know is there won’t be dancing. Covid precautions just don’t allow it. We are calling it an ‘event,’ not a ‘dance’,” art teacher Tom Myott tells The Chronicle.

Mr. Myott, math teacher Jody Sheldon and alumnus Dan Albert are SHMD’s long-time …

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Myott: There will be a South High Marathon Dance ‘in some form’

The 2020 South High Marathon Dance took place just before the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down. This year’s dance raised $801,281.

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: We checked in with Tom Myott, South Glens Falls art teacher and one of three adult Marathon Dance advisors, to see what the thought is about 2021.

“We are realizing that the South High Marathon Dance will look very different than in …

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Student chairs: Marathon’s many powerful lessons

This year’s 11 student co-chairs told The Chronicle what the South High Marathon Dance means to them.

The unparalleled love and support shown by the South Glens Falls community for SHMD has been a main source of life for the dance throughout the years,” said Natalie Barden. “As long as people with a sense of empathy, generosity, and compassion stick around, so, I believe, will SHMD.”

“This event …

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