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...
The Marching Grenadiers, Washington D.C., 1972 The Avon Park Majorette Grenadiers in Plaid Check out these beautiful vintage photos of the Avon Park High School Marching Band, Avon Park Florida. They were taken in the early 1970s. The top right colored image below is a picture of Grenadier...
How cute is this tiny New Jersey majorette marching in a Newark parade, 1972. The photo was sourced from the City of Newark Publicity Office / Office of the Mayor / 1972 collection. The child is identified in the collection as a “tiny Puerto Rican.” We love her little western-styled...
The Tigerette Majorettes, 1972. Donna Gutauskas is pictured on the front row, far right. Liz Delsey, daughter of baton twirling legend, the late Dorothy Hurst, is also pictured on the back row, center. Magical and Innocent The Vintage Baton Twirler is proud to feature the story of Ms. Donna...
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,...
Rachel Lane, a young twirler, greets President and Mrs. Nixon during a parade in Atlanta, 1972 Rachel Lane, Baton Twirler, greets President Nixon. First Lady Pat Nixon greets a young majorette during a parade in Atlanta, 1972. A young Rachel Lane, a dressed in a solid royal blue sequin baton...
Debbie was a Centralette majorette with Lake Central High School, St, John Indiana, 1972. In addition to twirling batons, they carried gigantic pom poms that were so heavy they tied them around their wrists to keep from losing them while they marched. Debbie, Centralette 1972
Jeannie and Donna, Texarkana Photo Booth, Majorette Camp, 1972 Our Earthly world lost an Angel on Valentine’s Day, and Heaven gained a shining star. Donna and I were Leopard majorettes together and spent time twirling (with fire) and being “typical teenage girls” in the 70s. My favorite...
The following information was discovered on an expired website page on an Internet archive. It was not easy to find or navigate. But, we’re glad we were able to preserve this in an easily accessed location, especially the images. The article was written in 2005. We added the subheads. We...