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about 3 months ago

Punny Dancer Shirts at THON 2013

When filling out information as a dancer before THON, one question that is asked is, “What do you want on the back of your shirt?”

This leaves way for dancers to be as reverent, creative, or funny as they want.  Jeannette Rothman, from THON’s PR committee, guided me around the BJC floor in search of some unique dancer shirts.

One common idea that dancers have is to put a spin on their own name or a child that they are dancing for…

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Other dancers like to create puns with celebrity names by putting in the word THON…

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Some dancers want to inspire…

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It may seem like an offhand label, but with the memories that 46 hours of dancing will burn into a dancer’s mind, it leaves a mark as permanent as ink.

THON - The IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON), the most ubiquitous event on campus, has been in existence since 1973. THON currently benefits the Four Diamonds Fund at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Children’s Hospital and has raised over $100,000,000 since its inception. Read more