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...
The following baton twirling score sheet and illustrations are dated 1952. Examples of baton twirling ephemera, the score sheet covers a number of criteria. Measures include: smoothness; coordination; speed; sureness; variety; originality; control and drops. Also, fumbles; slips; execution; grace;...