June 2019
Alumni Spotlight: Sara Edgett
If you hang around DanceBlue long enough, you will inevitably hear the question “What does DanceBlue mean to you?”. Now I promise this is not just some catch phrase we like to throw around. The various answers to this
There’s Nothing Mini About Mini Marathons
When I was first introduced to DanceBlue, I was a freshman in high school signing up for our Mini Marathon. I had heard it was for a good cause and “everyone else was doing it.” Little did I know that
May 2019
Go Where the People Dance
When asked to write a blog post on my love for DanceBlue, my first thoughts were “how am I ever going to be able to explain all of what DanceBlue is and all that it stands for in just
February 2019
Humans of DanceBlue: Amaya Jones
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkdWX0Mi2Fk Name: Amaya Jones Parents: Lori Jones Age: 8 Years of treatment: 2.5 years, in February, she finished her final dose of chemo Hometown: Lexington, KY Type of cancer: Leukemia Tell me about the moment you find out about
Humans of DanceBlue: Hunter Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/embed/uOPW4EOR3EE Name: Hunter Cooper Parents: Amy and Brad Cooper Age: 14 Tell me about the moment you find out about the diagnosis? Hunter: I had been active, I ate healthily. It was one of those moments where I thought
Plan for Joy
By the time I graduated from high school, three of my classmates had passed away from different forms of pediatric cancer. Three bright lights had been taken from our home and community, and those of us left tried our best
Alumni Spotlight: Grace Hahn Hester
The never been a dancer. The second “4” in the “424”. The programming committee member. The alumni. The advisor. The advocate. I stood in the crowd of several hundred people on the floor of Memorial Coliseum. It was my
January 2019
Unshakable Joy
A question that I’ve asked myself the last few years has been this, “What does it mean to be truly joyful?”. Sometimes I confuse what true joy is with a feeling of satisfaction from doing well on a test, or
Alumni Spotlight: Amberlee Isabella
Each year at the marathon current students and fellow alumni often ask, "Did you know how big and successful DanceBlue would become?" The more humble answer is, "No, of course not." The real answer is, "Yes, ABSOLUTELY!" This may seem
Humans of DanceBlue: Bethany
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nVo6HPW-E7A Name: Bethany Stephens Parents: Tracy Peck Age:12 Type of cancer: Wilms Tumor/ Kidney cancer Tell me about the moment you find out about Bethany’s diagnosis? Tracy: We first found out about Bethany’s diagnosis before she was six years old.