1974 Benson & Hedges magazine advertisement featuring a majorette.
This is 60-year-old footage from a news story that aired on WBAP-TV, a television station in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 16, 1952. Subjects names unknown. If you recognize any of these twirlers let us know, especially the young blonde who would be approximately 70 years old today. Citation:...
Baton Twirling Camp, Late 1930s; Photo by Bob Sanders Citation: Summer Twirling Camp Students, photograph, 1930~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52852/m1/1/?q=twirling%20camp: accessed March 23, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas...
Miss Texas Majorette leads a band in the Armed Forces Parade, c. 1960s Citation: Cochran, Jimmy W. [Texas Majorette Performs in Armed Forces Parade], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1275706/: accessed March 23, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries,...
Gloria Delgado, Majorette, Fox Tech High School, San Antonio, Texas, 1956
Edith (Edie) Gimlin (Droney) was born in Nova Scotia and grew up in New London, Connecticut. During her growing up years she loved baton twirling and became a championship twirler winning many contests throughout the Northeast. In high school, she became the drum major for the Oswegatchie,...
Don Mayes (1933-2020) Don Mayes, Junior Drum Major and Baton Twirler, Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, 1950. Don Mayes 1933-2020. The following article is reprinted with permission from The Norman Transcript (August 9, 2010) Many who know Don Mayes think of him as former manager of Sooner Fashion...
Vintage Majorette and Drum Major Paper Dolls, 1942 Vintage Majorette and Drum Major Paper Dolls, 1942 Vintage Majorette and Drum Major Paper Dolls (Football / Parade) Vintage Majorette and Drum Major Paper Dolls (The Governor’s Ball) Vintage Majorette and Drum Major Paper Dolls –...
Drum Major by John Gutman, California, 1939 Majorettes in California Parade, 1939 | Photo by John Gutmann
Marion Michels, Head Majorette, 1938-39, Muskegon High School Marion Michels, Head Majorette, 1938-39, Muskegon High School.
Featured below are pictures of The Pixies of the Yo-Yo Elite Baton & Show Corps, Parkersburg, West Virginia / Mid-Ohio Valley Area. The year was 1972. Twirlers with the Yo Yo Elite Baton and Show Corps don shakos with showy gold feathers. The Pixies line up to march in a parade in Parkersburg,...
In 1980, Bonnie Palacios, won the first of her six world championships. Bonnie’s hometown honors her with a sign that has become roadside legend nationwide. Bonnie Palacios was a six-time world champion baton twirler from Benavides, Texas, winning in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987....
