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Summary: Get started twirling baton today! Get tips on how to become a baton twirler for a marching band or just for fun, in this free instructional video.
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About the Expert
Suzanne Von Schaack Suzanne Von Schaack learned how to twirl baton when she was a young girl many years ago. Her first classes were with the twirlers that were in the band at her... read more
Hi I'm Suzanne Van Schaack with Expert Village. I'm here to teach you about baton twirling it's a little bit of a lost art. There's a lot of flag twirling today but not a lot of baton twirling. I teach baton twirling and I've done it in boot camps for a lot of young kids. First of all the baton is a very sparkly way of leading a band or being on the football field and twirling away. It's also great exercise. I did it when I was young and I also competed. Back in the day when I was younger, I used to go to baton twirling camp at Wisconsin Dells and boy were those guys great. Now you see them once in a while, like UCLA, or some of the big college bands. So let me take you on a journey and show you some tricks of the trade that I've learned through my life.