Welton "ready to crash" for 800 hours

After 27 hours emceeing, Adam Welton said he is "ready to crash" for 800 more.

"If I could do that, then I'll be good," the Communication junior said.

This is the third time Welton has pulled his own 30-hour marathon emceeing DM with his partner, Medill junior Todd Johnson.

"It means a lot to me, to be able to come out and do that," he said. "I want to be here my fourth year."

Welton said a performance by his brothers, Joshua and Kyle, helped him to keep going.

"I didn't know I'd cry," he said. "It's awesome to be able to share something so close to my heart like DM, and to have all three of us on stage at the same time meant a ton to me."

"Both my family and DM are so close to me and that they were able to unite tonight is a big deal for me," he said.

A short nap also helped the night go by, Welton said.

"It's been going better than expected," he said. "I expected to be tired. I'm sure that nap benefited both me and the dancers."

Despite having to fill 30 hours with material, Welton said he doesn't do much to prepare.

"We have to come up ideas for the block videos and go to some events, but otherwise it's all improv," he said. "I had some tacos beforehand – they weren't very good – but it's not like I have some sort of ritual or anything to get ready."

Text: Dan Fletcher/The Daily Northwestern
Photo: Joanna Allerhand/The Daily Northwestern