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...
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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...
Elkhorn Hillbilly Twirlers In 1979, the Elkhorn Twirling Stars dressed up like hillbillies and marched in the Pikeville, Kentucky. The baton twirling corps was presumably based out of Elkhorn City, Kentucky, which today has a population of 982. Elkhorn City is nestled in the foothills of the...
A young Black girl sporting a blue western-style pantsuit twirls a store-bought baton in her kitchen. We know it’s the kitchen because you can see Maxwell House coffee in the lower lefthand corner. 😉 All in all, a very cute vintage Polaroid. Those store-bought batons were not balanced and...
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy’s somewhere in Kansas, twirling her baton. Tammy was a drum majorette at a high school on the Kansas Prairie, 1976. Click here to revisit Debbie Reynolds and Tammy
