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Petronila Madrona Geronimo (1960s)
Twirling Photo of the Day Petronila Madrona Geronimo Petronila Madrona Geronimo was among the first majorettes in her province in the Philippines. According to family accounts, she served as the band's only majorette during her first three years of high school. In her...
The 1982 Majorette Weight Controversies That Changed Twirling
This original illustration was inspired by contemporary news photography from the 1982 Peggy Ward controversy. It depicts Ward, at right with her baton, walking through Ringgold High School alongside fellow majorettes. Rather than reproducing the original photograph,...
Dimmitt HS Majorettes in Purple Plaid, 1980
Twirling Photo of the Day Dimmitt HS Majorettes in Plaid and Tams Dimmitt High School Majorettes, Dimmitt, Texas, 1980. The Dimmitt High School majorette line posed for this formal studio portrait during the 1980 school year. The photograph captures several design...
Homage to the Hoop Baton: A Patriotic Tradition That Once Filled America’s Parade Routes
The history of the hoop baton stretches back to the early twentieth century, when performers blended baton manipulation, hoop rolling, and juggling into crowd-please acts. All across the United States, they entertained audiences at carnivals, circuses and vaudeville...
Dottie Dunston School of Dance and Baton
Dottie Dunston: A Jersey Shore Original Dorothy "Dottie" Dunston was one of the most influential baton twirling instructors on the Jersey Shore during the Golden Age of baton twirling. A performer, teacher, judge, pageant director, and school owner, Dunston spent...
James Percy (J.P) “Pee Wee” Crumpler (1927-1991)
The_Camden News, April 26, 1974Born in 1927, James Percy "J.P. (Pee Wee)" Crumpler began twirling in 1937 and quickly became one of the most remarkable young drum majors in the South. At just 12 years of age, he was leading the Camden High School Panther Band under...
Old Forge’s First Miss Devilette Has Passed Away
Maryann Beseda Brigido, the original "Miss Devilette" of Old Forge High School, Pennsylvani, has passed away at the age of 87. Her death marks the loss of the first performer to hold a title that has come to define Friday night halftime shows in the small Lackawanna...
July Vintage Twirler of the Month
As America begins celebrating its 250th anniversary, the Baton Twirling Preservation Society is proud to announce Nancy Rollings Stewart of Gadsden, Alabama, as the inaugural Vintage Twirler of the Month for July 2026. The selection could not be more fitting. A member...
Xernona and Xenobia of Muskgoee: From Oklahoma Majorettes to Civil Rights History
Xernona and Xenobia Brewster, Late 1940s | Muskogee, Oklahoma Long before one of them became a nationally honored civil rights icon with a bronze statue in downtown Atlanta, identical twins Xernona and Xenobia Brewster were known in Oklahoma as “The Brewster Twins,” a...
Jim “JC” Baskett (1937-2019)
James “J.C.” Baskett became one of the most recognizable figures in Tennessee baton twirling through his work as a collegiate performer, instructor, and co-founder of the Tennessee Twirling Institute, a program that helped shape competitive baton twirling across the...
Vintage Ephemera
Baton twirling ephemera refers to things like programs, posters, patches, stickers, magazines, newsletters, and other things typically written or printed that were used for a specific period of time.
Majorette Memories
We welcome high-quality scans of your vintage baton twirling ephemera. You can also receive items through the mail. We’ll digitally preserve your memories in high-quality scans. Thank you so much for supporting this project.
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