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Baton Twirler Kacie B. Dates The Bachelor

January 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers In The News, Videos, Videos: Baton Soloists

Did you see the recent episode of The Bachelor that included some baton twirling? It turns out that “Kacie B.” is a former competitive baton twirler. On their first date, Kacie Boguskie treated Ben to a short display of some of her solid twirling skills. Ben even gets a little lesson in how to twirl [...]

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Cornhusker Feature Twirler Adds Excitement to Game Day

October 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers In The News, Marching Bands, Drum Majors, Color Guards, Drum Corps, Videos, Videos: Baton Soloists

Feature Baton Twirler, Rachel Foehlinger, adds excitement to game days on a regular basis. She performs with the Cornhusker Marching Band at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her years of competitive twirling performances really show when she hits the field! You can learn more about Rachel’s extensive baton twirling experience in this recent Daily Nebraskan news [...]

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Fresno Baton Twirler Highlighted in Good Sports TV News

October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers In The News, Videos, Videos: Baton Soloists

Talented baton twirler, Emily Dooms, is interviewed and highlighted in this TV news segment. Emily won medals in 2-baton, solo and team events at the 2011 World Baton Twirling Federation International Cup Championships this summer. Hard-working Emily is twirling for Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia, California. Kudos to this exemplary freshman! Thank you to [...]

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UK Twirling Troupe Catches Attention of the BBC

August 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Competitions and Contests, Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World, Baton Twirlers In The News

Five twirlers from Great Britain’s Angel Baton Twirlers captured the attention of the BBC and were featured in the news. The twirling team from England finished in third place at the recent 2011 WBTF International Cup Championships. The entire team was made up of 13 baton twirling athletes selected from various British baton troupes. The [...]

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Wheaton Twirlers Director Highlighted in “Working Woman” TV News

August 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers In The News, Videos

Annie Kennedy, director of the Wheaton Twirlers, was featured in this recent “Working Woman” TV news segment. Ann Kennedy’s mother, Evelyn D’Anna, founded this Wheaton, Maryland baton twirling program in 1959. For the past 50 years these hard working twirlers and instructors have continued to win local, regional, state, national and world titles in dance [...]

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Results from Exciting 2011 USTA Baton Twirling Nationals

August 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Competitions and Contests, Baton Twirlers In The News

The 2011 U.S. National Baton Twirling Championships were full of thrilling performances, good sportsmanship and new twirling friendships! This important annual twirling competition was held by the United States Twirling Association (USTA). About 600 baton twirling athletes from 25 states competed at the Jack Stephens Center at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock from July 11-16, [...]

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TV News Covers 2011 USTA National Baton Twirling Championships

July 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Competitions and Contests, Baton Twirlers In The News, Videos, Videos: Baton Soloists

The 2011 USTA National Baton Twirling Championships got some awesome TV news exposure. This news piece includes interviews with Karrissa Wimberley, Anna Osborn Dolan, and DJ Williams. Karrissa Wimberly has won multiple international baton twirling championships and is the first baton twirler to be a finalist for the prestigious AAU Sullivan Award. DJ Williams is [...]

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Twirling Champion Karrissa Wimberley a Finalist for the AAU Sullivan Award

March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers In The News

For the very first time, a baton twirler is in the running for the prestigious AAU Sullivan Memorial Award. Ultra-talented, world champion Karrissa Wimberley was nominated as one of the 15 semi-finalists. She was then voted as a top 5 finalists. The 81st AAU Sullivan Award winner will be announced this evening at a ceremony [...]

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Twirl Witches Baton Twirling Team on Holland’s Got Talent

October 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers and Majorettes Around The World, Baton Twirlers In The News, Videos, Videos: Baton Pairs and Teams

It’s Halloween! Keeping with the festive theme of the holiday is this baton twirling video of the Twirl Witches. This talented Dutch baton twirling team competed on the televised Holland’s Got Talent! The Twirl Witches, also known as The Koper Girls, are a twirling team from Holland that is super popular at home and on [...]

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University of Texas Former Feature Twirler and the Longhorn Alumni Marching Band

October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Baton Twirlers In The News, Marching Bands, Drum Majors, Color Guards, Drum Corps, Videos, Where is that Twirler Now?

It is a big weekend for Coral Noonan-Terry, a former feature baton twirler for The University of Texas Longhorn Marching Band. She is now president of The University of Texas Longhorn Alumni Marching Band, known as the world’s largest band of it’s sort. The alumni band performs this weekend at the University of Texas-Iowa State [...]

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