Happy World Baton Twirling Day! Here are some pictures of the late Monta Jeanne Gayhart (nee Smith) a collegiate twirler who was featured in the October 24, 1952 issue of LIFE Magazine. Gayhart was the University of Oklahoma “band twirler.” Gayhart was born in 1932 and died in 2000....
Such a fabulous picture of Buddy Ronald “Ronnie” Lowery (1953-2018), feature twirler for Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 1968. Lowery was 18 and a college freshman at the time as well as the five-time reigning Oklahoma baton twirling champion, as reported by the Oklahoma Times. In addition to...
Donna Payne poses with twirling knives, 1971 | Source: Northeastern State College
Celebrate the fabulous sport of baton twirling. Compete compete in the “OKLAHOMA 2024 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS and MISS MAJORETTE of OKLAHOMA, April 27, 2024. The contest is held in the beautiful Stride Center, a 5,000-seat arena. 2024 Oklahoma MIss Majorette and State Championship and...
One of the last high schools in Oklahoma City to boast a full baton twirling majorette line was Frederick Douglass High School. On this night in 1981, Jeri Young, a baton twirler for the school, marched wtih the Trojan band at Taft Stadium during a high school marching band contest. Required...
Official Obituary Dorinda Inez Wolf of Kingfisher passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City with family by her side. She was 78. Services are 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kingfi sher under the direction of Sanders Funeral Service. Burial...
Required Citations | Dunbar High School Marching Band, photograph, May 16, 1950. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1591003/: accessed May 9, 2023), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society. The...
Friday, June 9, 2023 • 9-11 a.m. Paid Practice • PreTrials Compulsories, A Freestyles, Pairs, Teams Saturday, June 10, 2023 • PreTrials Freestyles • Open, Regional, and Athlete of the Year Qualifier Strut • Open, Regional, and Athlete of the Year Qualifier 2-Baton • Open and Regional Artistic...
Gloria Delgado, Majorette, Fox Tech High School, San Antonio, Texas, 1956
Edith (Edie) Gimlin (Droney) was born in Nova Scotia and grew up in New London, Connecticut. During her growing up years she loved baton twirling and became a championship twirler winning many contests throughout the Northeast. In high school, she became the drum major for the Oswegatchie,...
Don Mayes (1933-2020) Don Mayes, Junior Drum Major and Baton Twirler, Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, 1950. Don Mayes 1933-2020. The following article is reprinted with permission from The Norman Transcript (August 9, 2010) Many who know Don Mayes think of him as former manager of Sooner Fashion...
