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Gussie Nell Davis (November 4, 1906 – December 21, 1993) was an American teacher and choroegrapher best known as the founder of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, who in September 1940 became the first all-girls drill team to perform on a college football field with the forward vision of Miss Davis. The organization created a unique combination ...
The girls’ drill team was founded in 1952 by a local group of girls called the Chi-ettes with the help of Ruby Chow, a prominent Chinese American restaurateur and civic activist in Seattle, the ...
The Angelette Song from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas features a drill team performance that parodies the Rangerettes [69] In the King of the Hill episode "The Company Man" (Season 2, Episode 9), Hank asks Peggy to wear a Kilgore Rangerette type outfit when they go out to dinner with Mr. Holloway, a man heavily influenced by Texan ...
The Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team is a drill team for Chinese American girls, based in Seattle, Washington. It was established by Ruby Chow, [ 1 ] and has participated in the Chinatown Seafair Parade and the Seafair Torchlight Parade. [ 2 ]
General Motors marching girls team - The Chauffeurs, 1935, Petone, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd. Te Papa (C.002653) In New Zealand and Australia, a competitive sport involving marching teams of young women grew up and became established from the 1930s. Marching combines military precision with formations and elaborate costumes.
The junior national team is composed of gymnasts younger than 16. (Before 1997, the age cutoff was 14.) USA Gymnastics , the governing body for gymnastics in the United States, generally names the teams each summer after the National Championships , but gymnasts are sometimes added to or removed from the rosters based on their performance at ...
In 1963, women at the University of Oklahoma asked to start a female drill group affiliated with Pershing Rifles Company H-7. This led to the formation of the Kaydettes drill team. By the fall of 1965, the Kaydettes members thought that there should be a national-level organization for coed groups affiliated with Pershing Rifles.
The Broom Brigade. (1883) A broom brigade was a type of military-style women's drill team that marched with brooms instead of rifles. Drilling was a popular form of exercise at the time, when participation in sports was largely restricted to men.