There are a few things baton twirlers need to do together before we become a official olympic sport. First of the modeling portion of overall Majorette titles, needs to go. How are we suppose to compare ourselves to soccer players or even ice scaters if we spend around an hour and a half curling hair & doing makeup and almost a grand on a gown just to walk around and turn infront of judges for less than a minute? i agree that everyone needs to have posture, poise and presentation, but making us look like beauty queens is not the way.

    For example, in the picture is me and one of my younger teammates Makayla. Our hair is down and curled, our costumes are sparkling and we are wearing title sashes. This does not look like a sport. We look like beauty queens. Take away the sashes, wipe off the makeup, put on a tank top and pants and put the hair up in a bun. Twirling is just as challenging as any other sport but we recieve no credit or regongnition for it. Its time for that to change.