Although Thon is over, students have another chance to support dancing for a cure for cancer this weekend at a benefit dance show.

The State Theatre will be hosting the benefit show, which is titled Live Like You Were Dying.

This show is directed and produced by Penns Valley high school student John Daulby Jr., this Saturday night beginning at 7:30.

Proceeds from the show and any donations received that evening are going to help women with breast cancer.

"I started it as a school project my freshman year," Daulby said.

"We made a decent amount of money that we then got to donate to a great cause, so I decided to continue with it."

The show will consist of a series of dance pieces that range from hip-hop to tap, with a number of different companies performing.

Daulby, a dancer, got the idea of donating the proceeds to The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition because a family friend had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

"My partner also had an aunt who was diagnosed, and we thought, why not help these women?' " he said.

"We especially wanted to make an effect locally, so we settled on the coalition that helps women in Pennsylvania."

Over the past two years of successful shows, Daulby said that the benefit has raised around $7,000 for the Breast Cancer Coalition.

"The last couple of times we did the show it was in my high school auditorium," he said.

"This year I wanted to bring it to a venue that would take it to the next level -- the State Theatre."

Joe Apfelbaum, the programming manager for the State Theatre, said that the venue is pleased to be the host of this benefit show .

"The treatment of breast cancer is such an important cause, and we're happy to be supporting it," Apfelbaum said. "The benefit show is an exceptionally noble endeavor."

Daulby said he wanted to bring in many different styles during the show.

"There's going to be something for everyone," Daulby said. "I've choreographed a hip-hop number, and we have a lot of lyrical and jazz dancing. I'm even having a group of Irish dancers come. I tried to get a variety."

Daulby said he's hoping to at least make $3,500, the amount of money that he had raised last year.

"The State Theatre gave us a set amount of money for the tickets sold, and we have to make up the rest in donations," he said.

"We have a lot more to raise, but I've already started getting donations mailed to me. We're reaching out to a different audience and hoping they'll be supportive."