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WIU Dance Marathon Children's Dance Clinic

January 20, 2017

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MACOMB, IL -- Macomb-area school children can learn some new dance moves .... and help a great cause ... at the Western Illinois University Dance Marathon Kids' Dance Clinic Feb. 4.

Elementary school children in grades kindergarten through sixth are invited to register for the clinic, which will be held from 10 a.m.-noon in Brophy Hall 235 on the WIU-Macomb campus. Following the clinic, participants will perform at the half-time of the Leatherneck Men's basketball game, which begins at 7 p.m. in Western Hall.

Registration is $30 per person, which includes game admission, a t-shirt and refreshments. Registration is available online at tinyurl.com/WIUKidsClinicDM and forms are also available at St. Paul, Lincoln and Edison schools in Macomb

The dance clinic is part of the organization's year-round effort to raise money for Children's Miracle Network hospitals, St. Louis Children's Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon. The year-long event culminates April 1, 2017, with the 12-hour Dance Marathon, which honors the 12-hour shifts of doctors and nurses, as well as children who are unable to stand.

Western's Dance Marathon is entering its fourth year on the WIU campus, with this year's goal set at $100,000. Donations are welcome, and may be made by visiting tinyurl.com/wiudm17 or emailing dancemarathon@wiu.edu. Last year's event raised $70,800.

For more information on the WIU Dance Marathon, visit facebook.com/WIUDM or email Dance Marathon President Hayley Salata at HD-Salata@wiu.edu

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