This black and white series of photos features Sharon Wall, majorette, Strom Thurmond High School Band, Johnston, South Carolina, 1970.
Carol Ireland twirled with the Westbury Steerettes, a drill team in Houston, Texas, in the 1970s. Carol was the team’s mascot in 1973; a twirler in 1976 and head twirler in 1978. Check out the giant pom poms on the ends of her baton in the picture below. Reminds me of roller skate pom poms....
This post features images of the Beefeater Band of British Columbia, which thrived during the Golden Age of community bands, the 1930s through the 1960s. The Beefeather Band featured jovial majorettes dressed up like jesters. They affixed the ends of their baton with jester faces to mimic the...
Michelle Williams was the 1975 Oklahoma State 2-Baton and Strut Champion. Her white boots, long gauntlets, tall tiara and baton twirling medals pinned to her costume were popular baton twirling styles in the 1970s. Also, the marks on the photo were made by a journalist’s orange grease...
February is Black History Month! Follow along as we share a whole new collection of historic images of Black twirlers and majorettes. Here are some pictures we’ve discovered of Langston University majorettes and twirlers. Langston is Oklahoma’s only historically black college and the...
Donna Payne poses with twirling knives, 1971 | Source: Northeastern State College
A baton twirler named Barbara poses in a pink costume with the classic 1970s ballerina tiara. Also, she’s donning the much missed and beloved white Keds and short socks. This photo was taken in 1979. Four more more posts featuring twirlers in tiaras include: Pastel Rainbow of Twirlers Cathy...
This baton twirler sculpture by artist Duane Hanson (1925-1996) fetched $182,500 at a Sothebys auction in 2011. Hanson, who was famous for creating life-sized, realistic scultpures of people, created Baton Twirler in 1971. Baton Twirler Sculpture Details The sculpture is made out of polyester...
Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday commemoration MarchPhotographer: Lewis, Boyd, 1944-2023 DescriptionView of unidentified majorettes participating in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade marking the slain civil rights leader’s 45th birthday, on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. SOURCE:...
This post features pictures of vintage Australian drum majorettes from Hurstville, a suburb of South Sydney, a city in New South Wales, Australia. The George River Libraries, located in South Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, featured some vintage Australian Drum Majorettes on their blog a few...
Source: Ebay Seller, RustyNailProductions
During season 2, episode 10 Laverne and Shirley perform a baton twirling routine at a mental hospital. Dressed up as elves, they perform to the Christmas classic, Winter Wonderland. Christmas TV History, a blogger site established by writer Joanna Wilson in 2009, has a great post about the...
