While Thon dancers may not have had a sense of the exact time of day, they could tell when an hour passed just by looking to the stage on the floor of Rec Hall.

The line dance was performed on stage nearly every hour throughout the weekend by Interfraternity Council/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon captains as a way to lift dancers' spirits.

Morale Captain Jess Donnelly, who spent much of the early hours of Thon teaching the crowd the steps to the line dance, said the captains have been practicing the dance about two times a week, between two and four hours each day.

Donnelly, also known as "Captain Bootylicious," said that the committee had heard that many people found last year's line dance difficult to learn and was determined to make it easier this year.

"This year we wanted to simplify things but still make it fun," she said.

She had spoken to several dancers early Saturday morning who gave the line dance positive reviews, while others were having trouble with some of the steps. This was to be expected, she said, adding that it is difficult to learn any kind of dance after very little practice.

Alex Hastings (freshman-geological science), who was dancing for the Geology Science Club, said the line dance was his favorite part of Thon, while Wes Bain (sophomore-English), who was representing Phroth said the dance began to lose its appeal after a while.

"I gotta admit I enjoyed it the first 20 times, but I started to get tired of it," he said. "Less is definitely more."

Last semester, the committee members brainstormed ideas relating to Thon, Penn State, movies and television shows, and what Donnelly called "random stuff."

At the beginning of this semester, the moralers went on a retreat and put these words to the already selected music to create the line dance that made its debut last night.

"We tried to find rhyming words, things that are more current," she said. "We try to get a mix of all of them."

Sean Miller (freshman-political science), who was dancing for Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, described the line dance as a mix of events from the past year that show what Penn State and Thon are all about.

He decided that this year's line dance was simpler than last year's after seeing that his father, in his 40s, was able to learn it.

"I like it a lot, it gets you involved throughout the whole thing," he said, "You can learn it by the end of the whole thing."

Jeff Alberghini (senior-athletic training), dancing for the Student Athletic Trainer Club, said the moralers accomplished their goal of making the line dance easier to learn.

"I still can't figure it out, but it's a lot more user-friendly than last year. I just about have it down now, about the tenth time and I should be good," he said.