DM 2008 / Mar. 8, 2008 at 10:39 pm

Final items being lugged in while dancers freak

By Patrick St. Michel

DM hosts Todd Johnson and Adam Welton remained cool after the final block’s intro video came on without audio, the two improvising lines about the silent images on-screen, drawing laughs from the crowd. The video was stopped, and the duo announced “Let’s give it up for this block’s video,” to laughs and applause. Hanson’s “Mmmm Bop” served as a make-up gift for the faulty audio, and dancers ate it up.

While all DM dancers focused on busting a move, members of the Food Committee hurried in containers of water and Gatorade into the unnoticed corners of Club DM. A lot of liquid is required to hydrate the historic-number of dancers crammed into the tent, so box-after-box of Fiji brand bottled water appears on tables, soon joined by multi-colored packs of energy drink. One minor error plus last-minute liquid rushing shows even the final, best block in DM isn’t perfect. But the dancer’s don’t mind one bit, focusing only on the sound.

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