By Nitesh Srivastava
When it was announced that the Graffiti dancers were going to perform, first a few Marathoners sat down, then a few more around them, and then a few more until the entire crowd was cross-legged on the floor. With everyone watching, the Graffiti dancers performed moves that the Louis Room likely hadn't seen since early this morning.
Then, to provide the exhausted Marathoners with food without giving them too much of a break, numbers flashed on the screen every few minutes, cueing select groups of students to line up for pasta. Earlier, TnA had warned dancers that they couldn't go to the bathroom during their dinner break, creating an exodus of students to the second- and third-floor facilities right before the meal started.
"It's so quiet up here," remarked one girl as she walked toward the third-floor ladies' room.
"It's so nice," agreed another next to her.
As students ate in waves, there was a quirkly selection of music playing, ranging from Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" to Men at Work's "Land Down Under."
Then a techno remix of the theme to "The Price is Right" began playing. A la the game show, students were selected to walk onto the stage and compete for a place in a showcase-showdown later this evening by "spinning" a computer-generated wheel shown on the big screen.
Even as more students filed to get their dinner, dance songs began playing again, starting with "Come on Eileen." Dancers who were giving a new meaning to the term "a second wind" moved with renewed energy to the song, performing all range of dance styles from hoedown moves to swingdancing.
Photo by Chris Danzig
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