Photos by Jim Peppler for the Souther Courier; Source: Alabama Departnebt of Archives and History. The pictures were taken during a Homecoming parade in 1966. The students were from Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, Alabama. All three photos were edited with artificial intelligence...
This young majorette was photographed by Wright Studio, Savannah, Georgia, 1925. I made an offer on this photo on eBay. I’m mad at myself for not just buying it outright since it was $9.95. I wonder who bought it! I offered six bucks. Kicking myself. It’s a treasure, for sure....
During the 1953-54 school year, freshman Neota Moad was a “purple majorette” at Texas Christian University. In high school, she played the cornet in her high school band in Cisco, Texas. She was also a majorette. Sadly, in 1963, she was brutally bludgeoned in her Fort Worth home. While...
Marci Papadopoulos’s mother, Maxine Furuike, was the feature twirler for San Jose State University. She is pictured here on October 23, 1965, twirling at the SJSU game against University of Arizona. In 1963, Ms. Furuike embarked on a month-long baton twirling tour of Japan. She was...
Check out this lovely rare 1940s portrait of Black majorette Mae Alice Hinkle. It was taken in 1943. Ms. Hinkle grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri where she attended Douglass High School. Formal portraits of baton twirlers and majorettes from the early 1940s are somewhat rare. The further along...
One of the last high schools in Oklahoma City to boast a full baton twirling majorette line was Frederick Douglass High School. On this night in 1981, Jeri Young, a baton twirler for the school, marched wtih the Trojan band at Taft Stadium during a high school marching band contest. Required...
Content Warning: If you have experienced sexual assault, the following article could be potentially triggering. You can contact the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. We have never seen a marching band in chalice-shaped formation until now. It adds an interesting element...
Rose Romero was a Mexican-American majorette on the El Paso High School pep squad in 1941. Below is an excerpt about the photographer who captured this beautiful image of her. Alfonso Casasola, Photographer Alfonso Casasola, a member of a famous family of Mexican photographers, came to El Paso in...
The following information was copied from a website that is using deprecated HTML elements. We’ve preserved it here for its historical significance. We edited the original for clarity. Victor with his daughters Vicki and Lana. Victor Faber started his baton twirling career in 1937 under the...
