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2010 World Baton Twirling Championships Results Are In!

August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Baton Competitions and Contests, Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

The exciting 2010 World Baton Twirling Championships were held in Bergen, Norway last week. And the results are in!
Senior Women
1 Tomoe NISHIGAKI, Japan
2 Karrissa WIMBERLEY, USA
3 Asuka TAKAHASHI, Japan
4 Yumi IIJIMA, Japan
5 Jennifer MARCUS, USA
6 Jenny HANNAH, USA
7 Elodie KUPKE, France
8 Martina CARCEA, Italy
9 Laura AUBRY, France
10 Laurie MENVIELLE, France
Senior Men
1 Shuichi KAWAZU, Japan
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Baton Twirling Video ~ Charmaine Baggerman at 2010 European Championships

April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Baton Competitions and Contests, Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World, Giving Back, Twirling Batons and Baton Twirling Supplies, Videos: Baton Soloists, Videos: Just For Fun

This video is Charmaine Baggerman’s solo 1 baton performance at the recent NBTA (National Baton Twirling Association - Europe) European Championships. She displays some wonderful close-to-the-body contact work, and super interesting catches.

Charmaine hails from Holland. This was her winning performance in the Senior finals. Congratulations to Charmaine on all of her hard [...]

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Baton Twirling’s 2010 Team USA Selected

April 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baton Competitions and Contests, Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

It’s official! Team USA has been selected at the recent U.S. Trials sponsored by the United States Twirling Association. Lots of baton twirling royalty make up the current championship team that will compete in Norway this summer. Here are some of the results:
SENIOR WOMEN:
Gold - Jenny Hannah
Silver - Jennifer Marcus
Bronze - Karissa [...]

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Japanese Twirler Mei Mauro Featured on Ellen DeGeneres Show

February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World, Videos: Baton Soloists

A YouTube performance by baton twirler Mei Mauro caught Ellen’s eye, and now the 12 year old powerhouse is scheduled to show off her skills on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Mei is traveling all the way from Tokyo to make her television debut. She is a member of the Seijo Baton Club in [...]

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Twirler Seishi Inagaki in Cirque du Soleil’s “Zed”

May 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World, Videos: Baton Soloists

It’s another fantastical production from Cirque du Soleil!  And, “Zed” includes former World Champion Seishi Inagaki.

Watch for Seishi Inagaki’s twirling featured at :25-1:07 in this video trailer.  He is a true favorite in the world of baton twirling and a world champion several times over.
“Zed” premiered in October 2008 at the Cirque du Soleil Theatre [...]

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Pictures from NBTA World Championships in Belgium

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

The 2009 NBTA (National Baton Twirling Association) World Championships was an event full of color, athleticism, artistry, and international camaraderie.  This thrilling competition was held over 4 days earlier this month in Gent, Belgium.  We hope you enjoy these photos that capture some of the excitement!

You’ll find even more photographs from these world competitions at [...]

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Charice Gives Us a Majorette Demonstration

March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

It’s official…Charicemania has launched and this wunderkind phenom is taking the world by storm.

We became aware of this teen, with one powerhouse of a voice, when she was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show last May. 16-year old Charice Pempengco was featured in the “World’s Most Talented Kids” episode.
It turns out this talented singer [...]

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Fire & Ice Baton Competition Held in Canada

March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

The 2009 Atlantic Fire & Ice NBTA Baton Twirling Competition was held January 31 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. These talented twirlers from the Club Baton Atlantik of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada all came home winners!
These competitors were featured in Moncton This Week, where you can also read the full competition results.

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Twirl Mania 2009 Results Are In!

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

Twirl Mania 2009 results are now available! The event was yet another huge success, just held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida.
Set aside the dates for next year and plan to attend Feb 19-22, 2010 back at Disney in Kissimmee, Florida.

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Australian Baton Twirling Champs in the News

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World

A big congratulations to our twirling friends in Australia, who were just written up in the Narromine News, an Australian newspaper. Narromine is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, surrounded by rural communities that include Trangie.
Kaila Henrahan, a twirler from Trangie, (and pictured in front), and her baton twirling team placed first [...]

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