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Majorette (dancer)
A group of majorettes
Occupation
Names	Majorette
Activity sectors	Entertainment, dance
Description
Competencies	Hand-eye coordination, physical fitness
Fields of employment	Marching bands, parades
Related jobs	Cheerleader, dancer

A Majorette is a girl or woman doing choreographed dance or movement, primarily baton twirling associated with marching bands during parades. It derives from girls', in the late 1800s and early 1900s, involvement in drill and gymnastic teams or groups that used apparatuses similar to those found in rhythmic gymnastics. Majorettes can also twirl knives, fire knives, flags, light-up batons, and fire batons. They do illusions, cartwheels, and flips, and sometimes twirl up to four batons at a time^[1].

[edit] Fictional majorettes

• Jetta Handover (Kath Soucie) from the TV Show "Clifford the Big Red Dog"
• Adrian Lee (Francia Raisa) from the American TV series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
• Vicky from the American horror movie "The Majorettes"
• Sissi Delmas (Jodi Forrest) from Code Lyoko (attempted, but Jim kicks her out due to her clumsy movements in XANA Awakens)

[edit] See also

• Marching band
• Dance Squad
• Gymnastics
• Dance
• Colorguard
• Pep flags

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