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Show "GAY GADGETS" I Associated Ncwgpapcr WNU Features By NANCY PEPPER TWIRL OF YOUR DREAMS What office would yon like most to hold In school this term?", we I asked our Hi-Style Hi-Style scoots. In turn, they asked all the gals they met in Allen's Alley (the halls between classes) and the $64 answer an-swer is "drum majorette." B e-ing e-ing president of the senior class may have its good points, too but what are they compared with being the cynosure of all eyes (including (in-cluding H-I-S) at every school game? As yon lead the school band across the field, twirling your baton and lifting your heels high, you just know that life can be beautiful! Tricks of the Twirl We didn't know, till we consulted an expert, that there are at least four basic twirling techniques. There's the plain single baton twirling (elementary, (elemen-tary, my dear Watson), double baton twirling (now we're getting somewhere), flag twirling and even FIRE TWIRLING! Seems you wrap your baton in asbestos, dip it in gasoline, set fire to it and march down the field in a Blaze of Glory! Teen Queen You're the uncrowned un-crowned queen of your campus if you're the Drum Majorette. Second to you are the Twirlers, who follow you in the parade. You wear the handsomest uniform of all, supplied by the school. It's usually in school colors and, if you have good legs, it doesn't do you any harm. If you haven't good legs, you better try out for the debating club. Earn while you Learn Good Twirlers turn a pretty penny teaching teach-ing other hopefuls in school. We're told that the accepted price for twirling twirl-ing lessons is 50 cents per hour. Well, it's more glamourous than Baby Sitting. Professional teachers charge lots more and, believe it or not, there are lots of them. Twirling Goes National There are Interschool State competitions and Ail-American National competitions compe-titions for girls (and boys, too) who Twirl. Champions are the envy and idols of every twirling teen. Rules and Routines Don't think you just get up there and throw a baton around! You study different routines, the way a prima donna studies her operatic roles. And if you're the Terrific Twirler we hope you are, you're learning more and more routines to jazz tempos. It's the Twirling Trend. |
