A swarm of students in orange t-shirts guard every door at Norris throughout Dance Marathon.

“We’re kind of like Dance Marathon police,” said Weinberg junior Anne McMurray, who is on the Dancer Relations committee for her second year.

McMurray and three others are currently on visitor security, ensuring that visitors only take the elevators to the Louis Room. During her freshman year she worked on the advertising committee, but she switched to Dancer Relations her sophomore year.

“Being on advertising was great,” she said, “but being on dancer relations gets you much more involved in making this big event happen.”

Also part of the Dancer Relations staff is Weinberg sophomore Slava Kremerman, who is participating for the first time. Drawn in by the “absolutely wonderful cause,” Kremerman chose Dancer Relations because he felt it was the most hands-on. He is currently monitoring the bathrooms, ensuring bathroom breaks are kept short and everyone is safe.

“We have to make sure people don’t fall asleep in the bathrooms,” added Kremerman. “I’m here for all thirty hours, just like the dancers.”

More than 70 students on the Dancer Relations staff work ten different three-hour shifts, monitoring many different security points and also motivating the dancers on the dance floor.

“Another important part of our job is making sure the dancers are enthusiastic and involved,” McMurray said. One of the ten shifts they undertake involves dancing with DM participants to keep their spirits up throughout the marathon.