The above photo features world champion drum majorette Betty Louise Atkinson surrounded by a group of police officers during a parade in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department sponsored the event, which took place on July 9, 1937, and drew 40,000 spectators. Photo License: Creative Commons...
Twirling at Ole Miss Cover Art (Film Short) In 1963, Esquire Magazine commissoned the late Terry Southern to write a story about a baton twirling camp in Oxford, Mississippi. The name of the camp was the Dixie National Baton Twirling Institute. Esquire’s editors wanted Southern to address...
Yesterday should be left alone because today the world has enough problems just trying to make sure we’ll have a tomorrow. Police Lt. Partane, Yesterday Machine The opening scene of the psychotronic, low-budget film. It played in Texas drive-ins from around 1965-1974. The Yesterday...
Diane Shelton, Baton Twirler, performs for U.S. Soldiers stationed in Vietnam, Christmas Day 1966 Baton Twirler Performed in Vietnam on Christmas Day 1966 Diane Shelton was an accomplished baton twirler who toured Vietnam with Bob Hope’s USO shows in 1966. William Harrell was stationed in...
Mary Hartline was a model and actress who starred in Super Circus, a TV show that ran on ABC from 1949 to 1955. Harline, who frequently appeared in her trademark red majorette costume, is considered television’s first sex symbol. Mary Hartline, Super Circus (1949-1955) Mary Hartline:...
