The drum majorettes catch their batons ... From the earliest days of their existence, according to marching band historian William D. Lewis, black colleges and universities took great pride ...

On a national holiday, the Fairmont High School Drum Majorettes gather to practice ... their 20s are drawn to the mix of cheerleading and marching band. They rehearse elaborate routines for ...

Baton twirling is alive and thriving in Lancaster County, where Paula McAdoo has trained generations of champions and ...

Jim Mitchell, a former University marching band drum major who performed the national anthem before each Gophers football home game, died March 16. He was 59. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, died of an ...