#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - JJ's SuperStarzzz

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

In just 24 hours the music will turn on in the Field House and the Arena at the Joyce Center and AYOP 2017 will officially begin! We are loving seeing everyone's travel pictures and all the support coming out of #TeamTexas! Let's keep that up throughout the week!

Don't forget!!! 5:00 pm South Bend Time TODAY we have the All Texas Twirler picture at the double staircases in the lobby of the Joyce Center. Wear your red Team Texas shirts please :)

We have one more team to meet to round out our 70 Texas Twirlers competing this week. This team is from all over Texas, but will have four representatives in their National Pageant. The JJ SuperStarzzzz, taught by Janice Jackson Seamands, are here in South Bend and ready to put their best out there. We can't wait to see them shine!

Alex Bridges

*2017 Collegiate Miss Majorette of the Southwest

*Southern Methodist University Feature Twirler

Maggie Barnett

*2017 Junior Miss Majorette of Texas

Lily Barnett

*2017 Texas State Intermediate Pre-Teen Pageant Winner

Brooklyn Maxwell

*2017 Beginner Juvenile Southwest Regional Pageant Winner

Rachel Dugan

*Stephen F Austin State University Feature Twirler

Kendal Baker

*2017 Texas State Senior X-Strut Champion

Good Luck SuperStarzzzz! We can't wait to see y'all on the floor and we know you will rock it!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Letter from the Governor

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

The big day is almost here! All 70 Texas twirlers are descending upon South Bend as we speak, getting in their final practices, and mentally preparing for Tuesday morning. We all know what a big deal it is to be a part of AYOP, but rarely do those not in our community understand what an event Nationals is for NBTA! Due to this, imagine our surprise here at the Twirling Is Catching TX Blog, when the below letter arrived from Greg Abbott, and Governor of the State of Texas...

Wow! What a sweet and encouraging letter. Please take a moment and share this with your twirler if they have not already seen it. This letter will be displayed in the Monogram Room at the Joyce Center all week. If you would be interested in having a scanned copy of it sent to you, please email TexasTwirlContact@gmail.com. 

We also want to wish Good Luck to the 70 Texas twirlers competing at AYOP representing the State of Texas, whether it be in the national pageants, individual events, collegiate events, or National Majorette. It is going to be an exciting week following everyone! Be on the lookout for the following names this week as the postings go up... Go #TeamTexas! 

Abby Morgan * Adelyn Brotherton * Alex Bridges * Alexis Archer * Alexus Farquaharson * Allyson Padron * Amber Sorenson * Analeia Aleman * Ashlyn Therkelsen * Ava Medellin * Bailey Williams * Bethany Williams * Brooklyn Maxwell * Brylee Jesko * Callyn Marvell * Cayla Watson * Chailie Alsaffar * Chelsea Morrow * Clare Fiore * Clayton Wilkerson * Dylan Brotherton * Emily Mitchell * Emily Perkins * Emily Smith * Emma Zuar * Erica Kuntz * Griffin Maynard * Hailey Wood * Jaidyn Poole * Jaycee Kelley * Jenna Bowen * Jennifer Pena * Josie Linson * Julie Griffee * K.K. Tunnell * Kaitlen McNeill * Kaley Dowell * Kathleen Knesek * Kaylee Williams * Kayli Bull * Kaylynn Lambert * Keely Knesek * Kendal Baker * Khloe Page * Kirby Stanek * Lilly Barnett * Lily See * LoRee Price * Madeline Wood * Maggie Barnett * Michael Lopez * Nicole Carter * Paige Farah * Paige Glass * Paxton Parliament * Rachel Dugan * Rachel Hutchinson * Raegan McWilliams * Rebekah Gonzales * Samantha Kuntschik * Shae Willingham * Shaylee Sjolander * Skylar Grant * Sophia Dinubilo * Stephanie McBurnett * Trenton Haltom * Tricia Still * Adaline Bebo * Lindsay McCormick

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - M&M Majorettes, BETA, and Twirling Prodigies

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Only 4 days until competition begins. It is amazing how fast time has flown. Please make sure if you are traveling this weekend you are being safe. We can't wait to see everyone at Notre Dame!

Today we have three groups we are introducing because we are so close to the AYOP start date, and we have SOOO many Team Texas twirlers, so lets just get this going!

M&M Majorettes - LoRee, Nicole, Brylee, and Kaitlen

*LoRee Price, Nicole Carter, Brylee Jesko, and Kaitlen McNeill
*The M&M Majorettes are coached by Vanessa Moffett

*They are from the San Angelo Area

*Kaitlen will be competing in the Collegiate events, 

representing Angelo State University

Blair's Elite Twirling Academy - Tricia Stills

*Coached by Blair Maxwell

*From Kilgore, Texas

*2017-18 Kilgore College Twirler

Twirling Prodigies - Kaylee Williams

*2017 Beginner Senior Southwest Regional Pageant Winner

*2017 -18 Whitehouse High School Head Majorette

*Coached by Shelby Elder

Twirling Prodigies - Emily Mitchell

*2017 UIL Performer of the Day

*Coached by Shelby Elder & Janice Seamands

*From White Oak, Texas

We wish a special good luck to all of these twirlers. We know you will have a great week. Just enjoy it and leave it all out on the floor! 

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Texas Tech Twirlers & BT Performers

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Did you know... The All Texas Twirler photo op will be on MONDAY, July 24th at 5:00 pm in the lobby of the Joyce Center at the double staircases. We will start the set-up for the first pic around 4:45 pm. We will be taking pictures with three different set-ups, so even if you are running a bit late, still come so we can get you in one of the set-ups. We do ask that everyone please have your red #TeamTexas shirt on, or a red shirt if you didn't get one. You will also wear this shirt on Friday, so we do recommend just wearing it for the picture unless you have access to a clothes washer. We can't wait to show what Texas pride looks like when it is in full force!

Speaking of Texas Pride... our twirlers today are some of our more northern Texas Twirlers and they sure know how to rock the Red & Black! The Texas Tech University Twirlers have been a twirling staple in Texas for decades. We love seeing them every year competing at AYOP in the Collegiate Team category and representing us in their respective Pageant events.

The Texas Tech Twirlers are coaches by Bethany Tolley, who is also the Coach for the BT Performers. Bethany will be sending six twirlers to Nationals this year. Three of these twirlers will be competing in the National Pageant, and the Texas Tech University Twirlers will be competing in Dance Twirl, Collegiate Half Time, and the new Pride & Traditions Pre-Game event.

*Pictured from Left to Right...

Paxton Parliment

*Texas Tech Twirler

*2017 Intermediate Senior Texas State Pageant Winner

Kirby Stanek

*BT Performer

*2017 Junior Texas State Royalty

Shae Willingham

*Texas Tech Twirler

Allyson Padron

*Texas Tech Head Twirler

*2017 Texas State Collegiate Royalty

Raegan McWilliams

*Texas Tech Twirler

Emily Smith

*Texas Tech Twirler

We wish these Red Raiders and BT Performers a great week at AYOP. Wreck Em Tech! Guns Up!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Mickey's Majorettes

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Did you know... Thursday, July 27th, exactly one week from today, is the Annual Twirling to Fight Cancer day! Twirling to Fight Cancer (formerly Twirling for the Cure) is a great organization that has done a lot of good toward raising awareness and money for breast cancer. How can you be a part of the Annual Twirling to Fight Cancer Day? If you ordered a TTFC Shirt, make sure to wear it on Thursday, July 27th to show your support. Didn't get one but still want one? Check out their shop at the Comfort Suites (the shirts are super cute!)! You can also visit www.facebook.com/T2FCancer/ to learn more about supporting Twirling to Fight Cancer!

As we continue our journey to meet all our groups, we head back to the Houston area to meet some twirlers that are known for their style, skill, and their good sportsmanship. Lead by their awesome Coach/Director, Patti Mickey, as well as Coaches Kayli Mickey-McIntosh & Caroline Carothers, the Mickey's Majorettes always show some fabulous twirling. This year the Mickey's Majorettes have six twirlers attending AYOP, and they could not be more excited. We wish these lovely twirlers a great week at Nationals and we know we will be hearing wonderful things from them!

Rachel Hutchinson

*2017 Senior Miss Majorette of the Southwest

*Woodlands High School Feature Twirler

Sophia Dinubilo

*2017 Pre-Teen Miss Majorette of Texas

*2017 Texas State Pre-Teen Solo & Strut Champion

Kaylynn Lambert

*AAU Mini-Nationals Feature Twirler Champion

*2017-18 Woodlands High School Feature Twirler

Hailey Wood

*2017 Tiny Tot Southwest Regional Basic Skills Winner

*2017 Tiny Tot Beginner State Solo Winner

Emily Perkins

*2017-18 Oklahoma University Feature Twirler

*2017 Texas State Senior 3 Baton Champion

Clare Fiore

*2017-18 University of South Dakota Feature Twirler

Way to go Mickey's Majorettes! We are so proud of all of you and know you will do an amazing job representing us on the National stage. Good luck!!!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Collegiate Twirlers

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Did you know... if you ordered one of the awesome #TeamTexas shirts, make sure to wear them on Friday, July 28th. This is the day we will come together and show the rest of the Nation how strong Texas is, and how many of us there are. It will be so cool to see all 170 shirts walking around the facility! This is also the day of the Collegiate events, so it will go a long way to show our Collegian twirlers that #TeamTexas is here for them and cheering them on!

We are officially less than a week away from AYOP being in full swing. Since we are talking about supporting our Collegiate Twirlers, we want to make sure we recognize them so we know who to cheer for, and what to cheer! We want to hear ALL of #TeamTexas rooting for ALL our Texas Collegiate twirlers! Have a teammate twirling for a University? Great! Cheer them on! Don't know that twirler from that other University from Texas? That's fine! Cheer anyway.

When it comes to cheering for our Collegians that Friday night, lets remember that this isn't the Texas vs Tech game, and we don'y take sides... This is AYOP and #TeamTexas supports our own!

• University of Texas - Erica Kuntz (Hook Em Horns)
• University of Houston - Rebekah Gonzales (Go Coogs!)
• Stephen F Austin University - Rachel Dugan (Axe Em Jacks)
• Southern Methodist University - Alex Bridges (Go Mustangs!)
• Texas Christian University - Ashlyn Therkelsen (Fear The Frog)
• UT - San Antonio - Michael Lopez & Julie Griffee (Go Roadrunners)
• Angelo State University - Kaitlen McNeill (Ram Em Horns)
• Tarleton State University - Kaley Dowell (Go Texans)
• Oklahoma University - Emily Perkins (Boomer Sooner)
• Texas Tech University - Paxton Parliament, Allyson Padron, Shae Willingham, Raegan McWilliams, Emily Smith (Wreck Em Tech)

While many of our Texas Collegiate twirlers have been/will be recognized in their Team's post, we have a few twirlers not originally from Texas that twirl for Texas Universities, and several Texas twirlers that are currently twirling for Out of State Universities that we wanted to recognize as well...

Paige Glass

Baylor University - Sic Em Bears!

*2017 Senior Miss Majorette of Texas

*2017-18 Baylor University Golden Girl Twirler

*Texas State UIL S&E Performer of the Day

Adaline Bebo

Baylor University - Sic Em Bears!

*2017 Miss Fort Worth & Top 15 at Miss Texas

*Baylor University Golden Girl Twirling Captain

*NBTA & USTA World Team Member

Lindsey McCormick

Mizzou - Go MIZ. Tigers Fight!

*2017 College Miss Majorette of Missouri

*University of Missouri Feature Twirler

Trenton Haltom

U of Nebraska - Go Cornhuskers!

*University of Nebraska Feature Twirler

*Formerly a University of Houston Feature Twirler

We are so psyched to see all of our Collegiate Twirler (in state and out) rocking it on the floor during Collegiate Night! Make sure you wear your #TeamTexas shirts loud and proud and cheer these amazing twirlers on as they represent what we do. Good luck Collegians!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Vick's Chicks

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Did you know... on Thursday, July 27th at 3:30 pm we are going to be taking a picture of all the Southwest Regional and Texas State Beginner & Intermediate Pageant Winners? This is always such a fun picture and we hope everyone can make it! Since the Pageant Awards are at 4:00 pm, all the Beginner and Intermediate pageant winners should be in costume and awards ready, so just arrive a few minutes early and meet us in the lobby next to the double staircases. We will snap a few cute pics and then let your twirlers get lined up for awards.

The countdown is now at only 8 days! We are almost there, but before the big day comes, we still have a few more team posts to make. Today we are in the Fort Worth area meeting a team that will be well represented in both the Beg/Int Pageant Pic and the All Advanced Twirler pic! With five twirlers competing in their respective pageants, and 4 twirlers competing in the National Majorette/Little Big One event, it is sure to be a great contest for the Vick's Chicks! We know Coach Vicki Ray will be beaming all week after getting to watch all her awesome twirlers in such important events!

Emma Zuar & Ashlyn Therkelsen

Emma Zuar (left)

*Attending AYOP for the 4th time

*2017 Junior Texas State Royalty

*Competing in Junior National Majorette

Ashlyn Therkelsen (right)

*Attenting AYOP for the 14th time

*Texas Christian University Feature Twirler

*2017 Senior Miss Majorette of Nebraska

*Competing in Senior National Majorette

Paxton Parliament & Adelyn Brotherton

Paxton Parliament (left)

*Attending AYOP for the 4th time

*2017 Intermediate Senior Texas State Pageant Winner

*Texas Tech Twirler & Team Member

Adelyn Brotherton (right)

*Attending AYOP for the 3rd time

*2017 Juvenile Miss Majorette of Texas

*Competing in the Juvenile Little Big One

Chelsea Morrow and Jaycee Kelley

Chelsea Morrow (left)

*Attending AYOP for the 3rd time

*Competing in Pre-Teen National Majorette

Jaycee Kelley (right)

*Attending AYOP for the 1st time

*2017 Tiny Tot Beginner Texas State Pageant Winner

Dylan Brotherton

*Has attended several times, but competing for the 1st time

*Competing in the 0-6 Novice Division

Good Luck Vick's Chicks! #TeamTexas is cheering for all of you and we can't wait to see how well you do at Notre Dame! 

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Team Aleman & the Texas Honeybee Baton Twirlers

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Did you know... on Tuesday, July 25th, the first day of AYOP, we will be doing an ALL Texas Advanced Twirler Picture? This isn't just for those competing in National Majorette/Men's National, and it is not just for Advanced Pageant competitors... it is for any #TeamTexas twirler that competes in the Advanced division.

When & Where will it be? The picture will be taken BEHIND the "Blue Curtain" in the arena immediately following the last competitor in the first round of the National Majorette/Men's National event. This will be while they are tabulating the Top 20 to make that announcement. Please be in costume of choice and meet us on the floor next to the entrance to Section 14. Have any questions? Email texastwirlcontact@gmail.com.

Now, we are officially in SINGLE DIGITS! Only 9 days until competition kicks off, which means only 9 days until the All Advanced Texas Twirler Picture, which will include both of the twirlers featured in today's post.

Today we meet two of our Advanced level twirlers: Our 2017 Juvenile Miss Majorette of the Southwest, Analeia Aleman, and our 2017 Pre-Teen State & Regional Men's Solo Champion, Griffin Maynard.

Analeia Aleman

*2017 Juvenile Miss Majorette of the Southwest

*2017 Regional & State Juvenile Advanced Solo Champion

*2017 Regional Juvenile Advanced X-Strut Champion

*Coached by Brianna Costello & Christina Aleman

*From Sherman, TX (North of Dallas)

Griffin Maynard

*2017 PreTeen State & Regional Men's Solo Champion

*2017 PreTeen State Men's Rhythmic Champion

*Pictured with Coaches Sara Rudin & Kristen Tate

*Member of the Texas Honeybee Baton Twirlers

*From Cedar Park, TX (Austin Area)

We wish these two the best of luck on the floor at AYOP. We look forward to seeing your performances in the Little Big One and Men's National events, and hope to see you in the finals as well! 

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it. 

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Team Archer & Concho Valley Pearlettes

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Did you know... there is a Tumblr that actively posts the results from many Texas area contest, including State and Regionals? This Tumblr will be in full force the week of AYOP! Won't be there but want to follow along with the success of our #TeamTexas twirlers? Visit http://texastwirlresults.tumblr.com or follow "Texas Twirl Results" with your Tumblr app. Any event that has a #TeamTexas Twirler placing in the Top 10 will be posted to the Tumblr account in as close to real time as we can manage. This will include the announcements for National Majorette as well!

Now, can you believe there are only 10 days until the fun begins? We have sooo many more twirlers to introduce and only a little over a week to do it, so several of the upcoming posts, including today's will feature twirlers from more than one group. We will kick this off by visiting different sides of Texas as we meet our Intermediate Tiny Tot Regional and State Pageant winners!

Our Regional winner is Alexis Archer from Team Archer. Alexis is from the Dallas area and is coached by Cindi Bourland Archer and Sheri Arber. Our State winner is Khloe Page from the Concho Valley Pearlettes. Khloe is from the San Angelo area and is coached by Pamela Randolph.

These two girls are just the sweetest competitors! They can always be counted on to cheer for each other, and even share in their awards. We just adore these two cuties and love the values being held by our Tiny Tots. These girls are the future of the sport in Texas, and the future looks bright!

Alexis Archer

*2017 Intermediate Tiny Tot Southwest Regional Pageant Winner

Khloe Page

*2017 Intermediate Tiny Tot Texas State Pageant Winner

Good luck darling girls! We cannot wait to see how awesome y'all do on the floor at AYOP!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it. 

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Alamo City Strutters

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

12 days until AYOP! So yesterday's post we announced that 170 Team Texas t-shirts were ordered. Well today we get to announce that the Team Texas shirts are in the mail and on their way to your coaches. YAY! When you get your shirts, we would love to see some social media posts. Use the hastag #TeamTexas and make sure to tag the blog on both Facebook.com/twirlingiscatchingtx and Instagram (@twirlingiscatchingtx). Lets get to some real excitement building around the awesome 68 Team Texas Twirlers competing next week!

Also as a side note, Pat has several extra shirts for those twirlers or twirl parents that didn't order on the first go round. Currently Pat has 1 Youth Small, 4 Youth Medium, 2 Adult Medium, 1 Adult Large, and 2 Adult XL shirts. Pat cam bring the shirt to AYOP and give them to you that Monday. If you are interested in claiming one of these shirts, please email pmontgomery877@yahoo.com.

Talking about the Team Texas shirts, we want to give a BIG shout out to the coach of the team featured in today's blog post. Pat Montgomery, coach of the Alamo City Strutters, is the force behind the design and getting the orders done for these shirts. We appreciate Pat making this happen. When you see her at AYOP make sure to give her a hug or a high five and tell her thank you!

We also appreciate what a great job Pat Montgomery has done with keeping baton twirling going in the San Antonio area. This year, for AYOP, the Alamo City Strutters will be sending nine twirlers, making them the largest group from Texas attending Nationals. The Alamo City Strutters team includes two Collegiate twirlers, five High School Twirlers, and two grade school aged twirlers, ranging from the Novice to Advanced division. While the Strutters will be competing in individual events, they will also be sending their award winning Senior Dance Twirl Team, Invictus. We know Invictus and all of the Strutters will do a great job representing Texas!

Team Invictus

*Texas State & Southwest Regional Senior Dance Twirl Champions

*Michael Lopez, Rebekah Gonzales, Abby Morgan, Lily See, and Maddie Wood

Michael Lopez

*USTA & NBTA Men's Champion

*UT-San Antonio Feature Twirler

Rebekah Gonzales

*University of Houston Feature Twirler
*State & Regional Collegiate Pageant Royalty

Abby Morgan

*State & Regional Senior Pageant Royalty

Maddie Wood

*Brandeis High School Feature Twirler

Lily See

*Reagan High School Feature Twirler

Samantha Kuntschik

*Gonzales High School Twirler

Ava Medellin

*2017 Beginner Preteen SW Regional Solo Winner

Kathleen & Keely Knesek

*Kathleen - Shiner High School Twirler

We want to wish all of the Alamo City Strutters and Team Invictus the best of luck at AYOP. We are all cheering for y'all and cannot wait to see your names on the awards postings!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it. 

#TexasTexas AYOP 2017 - Twirling Sweet Sensations

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Can you believe in less than two weeks we will all be staring at that big blue curtain and seeing our favorite twirlers compete at AYOP? It is like Christmas for baton twirlers!

We are super psyched to announce that there were 170 #TeamTexas shirts ordered. Wow! It will be see amazing to see those 170 shirts walking around the Joyce Center on Friday, July 28th. If you ordered one, please make sure to wear it the Friday of AYOP! Lets show the rest of the State how much Texas supports all of our twirlers, especially our Collegians competing that night.

Now, continuing to meet all these amazing Texas twirlers, we travel to a little north of San Antonio to meet the three young ladies from the Twirling Sweet Sensations that will be attending AYOP.

The Twirling Sweet Sensations, coached by Michele Sweet Pangrac and Mary Ann Srulowitz, are a great group from Schertz that is doing a lot to grow our sport in South Central Texas. This year they will be sending three students: Julie Griffee, Bethany Williams, and Bailey Williams. Julie & Bailey will be representing Texas as their respective State pageant winners. This is a really big deal for these twirlers, especially Julie who had to overcome some major hurdles this yearz They all walked in to the State competition with amazing determination and saw their hard work pay off. 

Julie Griffee

*2017 Beginner Senior Texas State Pageant Winner

*2017-18 UT-San Antonio Feature Twirler

Bailey Williams

*2017 Beginner Juvenile Texas State Pageant Winner

Bethany Williams

*3rd Runner Up Pre-Teen Intermediate State Pageant

We are so proud of these three ladies and everything they have accomplished this year. We know they will do a great job at AYOP. Good luck ladies! 

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it. 

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Vicki Michelle

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

14 days and counting! Who else has started packing? I swear it is a week long process. We know so much is going on for everyone, so we will just wish everyone a good week of prep and practice.

Continuing our mission to meet all the Texas Twirlers competing at AYOP, we go to Houston, TX today to meet the two lovely ladies from Vicki Michelle!

Twirlers Jaidyn Poole and Kayli Bull will be attending this year representing the Vicki Michelle studio. While Kayli has been to AYOP before, this will be Jaidyn's first time. As long as she gets a pretzel and a picture in front of the monogram room, we know she will have a great experience.

Kayli Bull

*1st Runner-Up Beginner Junior Regional Pageant

Jaidyn Poole

*2017 State & Regional Pre-Teen Show Twirl Champion

We wish these two a great week at AYOP. Enjoy the trip and leave it all out on the floor!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it. 

#TeamTexas AYOP 2017 - Twirl ATX

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Since there are only 16 days left until AYOP, and we have SOOO MANY Texas Twirlers attending, we will have a new post every single day until we leave for Indiana to be able to get everyone in. That is super exciting and we can't wait to see everyone there.

Today's group is from the Capital of Texas, and this will be an especially exciting AYOP for them. They will not only be sending seven students, four of which have never been, but they will also be competing in a Team event for the first time on the National Level.

Twirl ATX, coached by Ashley Wood, Whitney Coons, and Deb Herbster, is a team based out of the Austin Area. While the studio is only completing its fourth season, this will be the third time Twirl ATX has sent students to compete at AYOP. All seven twirlers will be competing in individual events, but the members of Team Spark are most excited about putting their Beginner Junior Dance Twirl Team out on the National floor with their "Pretty Little Liars" routine.

Amber Sorenson

*2017 Pre-Teen Miss Majorette of the Southwest

*Member of Twirl ATX Team Spark

Hailey Wood

*2017 Tiny Tot SW Regional Basic Skills Winner

Josie Linson

*Round Rock High School Feature Twirler

*Twirl ATX Team Spark Captain

Kaley Dowell

*2017-18 Tarleton State University Feature Twirler

*Member of Twirl ATX Team Spark

Shaylee Sjolander

*Competing in the Intermediate 11 year old division

*Member of Twirl ATX Team Spark

Alexus Farquharson

*Competing in the Beginner 16 year old division

*Member of Twirl ATX Team Spark

Clayton Wilkerson

*Competing in the Senior Men's Division

We wish the members of Twirl ATX and Team Spark a great week at AYOP! We hope you enjoy all of the experiences and show them what Texas Teams can do!

We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.