DanceBlue Launches Online Merchandising Store
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 25, 2020) — DanceBlue launched the DanceBluetique Online Store on Friday, Aug. 21. This online outlet hosts select DanceBlue merchandise, including new releases such as "For The Kids" face masks.
Unlike past campus pop-up shops, the DanceBluetique Online Store acts as an accessible channel for every DanceBlue participant, from alumnus to donor to dancer. In addition to new releases, the DanceBluetique Online Store will include vintage and discontinued merchandise items.
The store will operate by the Student Involvement Box Office. At danceblue.org, DanceBlue supporters are able to view a tutorial of purchasing through the tTicket office, as well as high quality photos of each merchandise item. Through the UKY Ticket Office, multiple pieces of merchandise can be purchased at once.
In addition to online purchasing, DanceBlue will offer multiple shipping and pick-up options following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s low-contact guidelines. Purchases can either be shipped or picked up in the DanceBlue office in the Gatton Student Center each Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pick-up orders must be picked up within two Fridays of purchase.
New merchandise items will continuously be revealed via the DanceBlue Instagram, @uk_danceblue. All purchases made in the DanceBluetique Online Store support DanceBlue’s efforts while following guidelines to do our part in keeping campus safe.
DanceBlue is the University of Kentucky's 24-hour, no sitting, no sleeping dance marathon that benefits the Golden Matrix Fund. Now in its 16th year, DanceBlue has raised more than $15 million "For The Kids." The DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic opened a brand new facility in 2017 after a complete renovation funded solely from DanceBlue.
For more information, contact merchandise@danceblue.org and follow DanceBlue’s social platforms including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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