Chinese Moon Festival, 1941

The Chinese Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, featured majorettes marching in the Moon Festival Parade, August 1941. The festival was reportedly held in Hollywood or L.A’s Chinatown or both. It was one of the first fundraisers for United China Relief and took place fives...

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Davey the Majorette, 1938

Davey (or possibly “Hazelwood”) was photographed with her baton, cape and Garrison hat by Los Angeles studio photographer Dick Whittington in 1938. A client’s name on the envelope holding the black and white negative was noted “Miss Hazelwood Park.” Sounds more like...

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1940s Majorette Pictures at Menard & Tabery

These photos of 1940s majorettes were taken by Dick Whittington at Menard and Tabery, a home improvement store in Los Angeles. It appears they were form different schools and/or colleges and were part of a holiday promotional shoot.  Source: Los Angeles County Public Library, Dick Whittington...

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Grambling State Bayou Classic, 1989

Check out this wonderful footage featuring Grambling State University twirlers at the Bayou Classic, 1989. The majorettes twirl flags, batons and knives during their halftime performance. We compiled cuts of these performances and published it to music for our Instagram account. Click here to see...

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NFL Baton Twirlers Remembered (Detroit Lions)

In case you missed it, WXYZ Detroit aired a feature story on the Detroit Lions baton twirlers. Click here to read the story by reporter Christiana Ford. Twirlers made their debut in Tiger Stadium in 1957. According to Ford, they continued in some form through 2002. We’ve not been able to...

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Bicentennial-Era Majorette

These 1977 photos of a Bicentennial-Era majorette are reminiscent of 200th Birthday of the United States. As anyone who lived during that time knows, everything was red, white and blue. Even the fire hydrants across America were painted to look like Minutemen. If you know the name of the majorette...

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