CONGRATULATIONS

A Great Big Congratulations to all the athletes and their wonderful achievements at their 2008 Nationals!

Congratulations to Bill & Barbara Biro judge/coach from Florida.  They just returned  from a 15 day visit in Ohio where their great grandchild Madallyn Renee Dorries was baptized and at the same ceremony they renewed their wedding vows after 51 years!

Kiona Norvell of Leon, WV has recently been selected as twirler for the Point Pleasant High School Black Knight Marching band.  She is the first twirler for the band in over ten years!!  She also made the competition team for the high school color guard.

Ashley Pechacek of Germansville, PA, won the 2008 Junior Miss Majorette of PA Title on May 31st, 2008 at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA.  Ashley is also the 2008 Junior North Atlantic Regional 2-Baton champion winning the title on April 26th, 2008 at Beaver County Community College in Monaca PA.  Ashley is looking forward to attending AYOP in July and seeing all of her friends.  Ashley is taught by Kay Colen of Potomac, MD and also receives coaching advice from Lindsey Colen of Maryland and Kim Colen of California.  Ashley has also been selected to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC!

Twirling sisters and students of Bonnie Burbank all from NJ win at state and Majorette Shari Boiskin won the Beginner Pageant 7-9 and Novice State Super x, Beginner Solo, 2-baton, while her sister Gabrielle Boiskin won the Novice Pageant and also the Beginner State Modeling, Super X and Flag

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Joy's Jems Baton and Pom Team recently won W.T.A. National Sr. Twirl Team Novice Championship in Holt Michigan. Joy's Jems also won 2 Second places, a third, fourth and fifth! Joy's Jems was formed in August of 2007 and this was their first Nationals as a new team. They are also the current W.T.A. Tri State and Ohio State Champions. Joy's Jems is coached by Joy Hulse of Defiance Ohio.  Joy Hulse -Owner/ Coach

The Saline Twirlettes are proud to announce that they will have 3 more college twirlers this next fall!  Congratulations to Nathan Magyar was selected to become the Next Feature Twirler with the Michigan Marching Band on June 26th!  Kelsey Lamkin will be one of 3 Twirlers for Grand Valley State University!! and..Mary Ciotta, will join the Purdue All American Band in the fall on the Boilerette Twirling Team! They are students of Susan Usher 

Laura (Kline) Brown and her husband Matthew Brown welcomed their first child, Elijah, into the the world on May 20. Laura is a past member of Twirling Reflections and former feature twirler for Mansfield University.

  Allison Kreiger has been named the new Public Relations Coordinator for the Miss American Outstanding Teen Organization

Britney Dancs has been named the new University of Minnesota’s feature twirler.  She will be performing in the Metrodome with the Pride of Minnesota Marching Band this fall as a freshman.  She has been Miss Majorette of Wisconsin for the past few years.  Britney is looking forward to becoming a ‘golden gopher’ this fall.

http://www.music.umn.edu/marchingband/news/dancs.html

A Big Congratulations goes out to Texas A & M Univ- Corpus Christi "Island Girl," feature twirler, 20-year-old, Jennifer L. Kotzur of Stockdale, Texas, a third year student, for being awarded with three outstanding awards at TAMUCC during the 2007-2008 Academic Year.  Jennifer received the 2007-2008 TAMUCC Islander Spirit Award: Most Spirited Islander; exemplifying outstanding university leadership, pride, and spirit.  Also she was named the TAMUCC Recreational Sports Outstanding Sports Club President of the Year and her baton twirling and colorguard sports club ICAP (Island Corp Aux. Performers) was named Rec Sports Club of the Year!  

Team Wellington Returns Home “2008 National Champions”!

“Team Wellington”, coached by Adrienne Brady of Wellington, Florida, had a very productive competition season which resulted in a couple of very busy weeks in July.  The team, which consists of 60+ girls from kindergarten through 12^th grade, competed in two National Championships.

The girls started out by attending the USTA National Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida on July 17^th.  The Middle School Team earned one 2^nd place award and one 4^th place award for their Show Corps routines, and the High School Team earned two 2^nd place awards for their Show Corps routines.  The Elementary School Team walked away with two National Championships for their Show Corps routines.  The talent starts young in Wellington!

From Daytona, “Team Wellington” was on to Boiling Springs, North Carolina where they competed on July 25^th & 26^th in the DMA National Team Competition.  The girls competed in a variety of events including Dance Twirl, Dance Line, Show Team w/ Twirl, Specialty Team w/ Twirl, Novelty Team, School Line, School Halftime, and Show Corps.  Again, the girls were very successful in their performances.  The Elementary School Team walked away with three 3^rd place trophies, two 2^nd place trophies, and five 1^st place trophies making them “National Champions” once again.  The Middle School Team had plenty to celebrate as well.  They earned one 5^th place trophy, one 4^th place trophy, one 3^rd place trophy, one 2^nd place trophy, and six 1^st place trophies making them “National Champions” as well.  “Team Wellington” wasn't done winning yet.  The High School Team achieved one 4^th place trophy, two 3^rd place trophies, three 2^nd place trophies, and two 1^st place trophies enabling them to join the rest of the team as “National Champions”!  The High School Team had another shining moment when they were awarded “Most Outstanding High School Team” for their “Fiddler” routine.  They were invited to do the routine again as a command performance during Opening Ceremonies on July 27th. “Team Wellington” has plenty to celebrate!!

Coach Brady is extremely proud of her team’s accomplishments and looks forward to another successful competition season in 2009 starting with Twirl Mania International Championships!

G. Victor Faber
Dec. 20, 1924 - May 15, 2008
G. Victor Faber, 83, of Brooksville, Fla., died Thursday at East Pasco Hospice Care Center in Dade City, Fla. Born Dec. 20, 1924, in Findlay, he was the son of Francis and Jennie L. Faber. On Dec. 5, 1951, he married C. Elayne Yant, who survives.

He founded the first Baton Twirling Association, Drum Majorettes of America, in May of 1948 and the World Twirling Association in 1960. These organizations still live on, as does Faber Trophy of Napoleon, which he also founded. He was honored in 1999 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., as the founding father of baton twirling.

He is also survived by two daughters, Vicki E. (Tim) Boyers of Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Lana J. Faber of Las Vegas.; two sisters, Norma Fletcher and Edith Faber, both of Sun City, Ariz.; a brother, Francis “Hank” of Reno, Nev.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, David and Richard.
             

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