PHOENIX - High school freshman Madysin Hewitt is getting twirling lessons from her grandmother. "Three hours, four days a week," Madysin said. Becky Hewitt has been teaching twirling for 50 years.

The Double “R” Twirlettes is beginning its 64th season with classes in Throop, Scranton, Waverly and Daleville. This baton twirling group holds state, regional and national championships. The ...

This week, I decided to learn how to be a twirler of batons, knives, and fire! But I quickly learned that is easier said than done. Arianne Kasheta and Rebekah Thomas are senior twirlers at Carbondale ...

Lynnette Lepre-Van Deusen, a lifelong Carbondale resident, has been twirling a baton almost as long as she’s been walking. The director of Lynnette’s Twirlerettes Baton Twirling Group is celebrating ...

The University of Alabama's Crimsonettes are to the Million Dollar Band what sparklers are to the Fourth of July. Led by Marion Powell, a former Crimsonette (class of 1977 and '78) who's been ...

The family joke is that when Ashley Dolan was born nearly 16 years ago, she emerged with a baton in her tiny fist. Her mother, Anna Osborn Dolan, spent 10 years as a twirler for the Denver Broncos.

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