Every year at THON, one of the most anticipated moments is the reveal of the Line Dance. Performed 46 times, this routine incorporates some of this year’s biggest Penn State events, pop culture moments, and viral news stories through a mashup of songs.

As THON approaches, there is already some speculation as to what could be in the dance. So, we compiled a list of some predictions.

Penn State Events

• Susan Welch Building partially collapses
• Gavin McKenna’s charges
• IM referee gets taken out by a porta-potty during the Great State College Blackout (power outage)
• Penn State women’s hockey remains top of the AHA
• James Franklin gets fired mid-season
• Major snowstorm forces class cancellations
• College GameDay broadcasts live from Old Main Lawn
• Drew Allar suffers a season-ending injury
• Ellie Sheehan named Penn State Blue Band’s first-ever female drum major
• First-ever hockey game played at Beaver Stadium
• Neeli Bendapudi receives a $450,000 raise

Pop Culture

• “6-7”
• Looksmaxxing takes the internet by storm
• Cheating couple gets caught at Coldplay concert
• Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift get engaged
• “My Roman Empire” trend
• Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul
• “Hurricane Huda” in Season 7 of Love Island USA
• Wicked: For Good shatters box office records
• Italian Brain Rot
• Cynthia Erivo “The Concept” meme
• Labubus and blind-boxes create a viral craze

News

• Seahawks win Super Bowl LX
• Team USA excels at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
• Ray-Ban rolls out Meta AI glasses
• U.S. federal government experiences a record-setting 43-day shutdown
• Beyoncé is named the “most-awarded” artist in Grammy history
• Thieves execute a $102 million heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris
• Bad Bunny backlash for being the halftime show performer
• Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

Song/Dance Breaks

• “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean
• “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” – RAYE
• “End of Beginning” – Djo
• “Too Sweet” – Hozier
• “Beautiful Things” – Benson Boone
• “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” – Bad Bunny
• “Ordinary” – Alex Warren
• “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
• “The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift

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