People's Choice: Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2022

 Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

Currently in Dallas, Texas, all the glitz and glam that comes with Miss Texas week is in full swing. Amongst all the sparkles and beads are three sets of shiny batons lighting up the stage. 

This year we have three Texas Twirlers competing in the Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen competition:

Anna Lilie, Miss San Antonio's Outstanding Teen

Baryn Brown, Miss Lubbock's Outstanding Teen

Breckyn Steele, Miss Mount Pleasant's Outstanding Teen

Tonight will be the third round of preliminary competitions, followed by the finals on Saturday! We would love more than anything to see a twirler perform on the stage this Saturday, and while these twirlers have been doing their job all week, we need #TeamTexas' support to help give them that extra boost!

How can you help? Vote for these amazing young women for People's Choice! The Top 2 People's Choice competitors will get the chance to move on in the finals this Saturday. Currently all three of our twirlers are in the TOP SEVEN for People's Choice, but let's get them to the Top 2! 

Voting for all People's Choice can be found here -> PEOPLE'S CHOICE TEEN 2022 - Miss Texas Scholarship Organization (flipcause.com), but you can find each of their individual links below as well. VOTING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD, so get to voting #TeamTexas!

Anna Lilie

Miss San Antonio's Outstanding Teen

Anna's People's Choice Voting Link

Baryn Brown

Miss Lubbock's Outstanding Teen

Baryn's People's Choice Voting Link

Breckyn Steele

Miss Mount Pleasant's Outstanding Teen

Breckyn's People's Choice Voting Link

Let's make it happen #TeamTexas, and sending the best of luck and all the love to Anna, Baryn, and Breckyn as they finish out this week like the strong young women they are! Go Team Texas Twirlers!

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. 

The More You Know: Texas Collegiate Cheers

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

With only one day until many of us are headed to the NBTA Texas State Championship, we have a very special edition of "The More You Know" for you that will be perfect for that long ride or flight to Lubbock! 

One of the most exciting parts of any contest is the Collegiate Solos & Teams! The atmosphere is always so electric when one of our collegians performs and the audience is not only clapping and cheering, but also chanting along with their performance! If you are like me, you want to chant along as well, but you may not know the right words or where the chants need to be. Solving this issue is exactly what today's post is for!

We reached out to all our #TeamTexas collegians competing at the NBTA Texas State Championship and asked them to fill us in on what we need to know. Some sent instructions, and some sent videos, but either way, we have the info, including their chants, spelled out below to make them easy to learn. 

Take a little time on Friday when you are sitting in a car or plane/airport for several hours on your way to Lubbock and watch the videos, learn the chants, and be ready to cheer your heart out for our Texas Collegians! Also, many of these twirlers will also be representing our Great State at Notre Dame University next month, so make sure you are ready to show AYOP that everything really is bigger in Texas!

University of Texas, San Antonio:

UTSA Twirlers' Video

• Chant #1 - (clap) Birds Up/(clap), Birds Up/(clap), Go Runners x 3
• Chant #2 - Spellout "U", "T", "S", "A"
• Chant #3 - Fight Song/Pre-Game = "U - T - S - A"

University of Texas, San Antonio:

UT Feature Twirler, Aidyn Mentry

• Chant #1 - Right After Introduction: "T - E - X - A - S, Go Horrrrrns!"
• Chant #2 - Fight Song after Deep in the Heart of Texas (sing-along): "Texas Fight, Texas Fight, and it's Goodbye to A&M. Texas Fight, Texas Fight, and we'll put over one more win. Texas Fight, Texas Fight. For its Texas that we love best. Hail! Hail! The gang's all here, and it's good-bye to all the rest!"

Texas Christian University:

TCU Feature Twirler Stephanie McBurnett

• Chant #1 - Right after Stephanie's Introduction: "Teeee, C, U! Frogs! Let's Go Frogs!" x 2
• Chant #2 - At the end of Fight Song it will say "Calling All Frogs" and the response is "Rah, Rah, TCU! Rah, Rah, TCU!"

Texas Christian University:

TCU Feature Twirler KK Tunnell

• Info TBA when available

Texas Tech University:

TTU Feature Twirler Kirby Stanek

• Feel free to clap along with the beat (but make sure to stay in time with the music)
• Cheer real loud at the "horns down" (yes, even you Longhorn fans!)

San Diego State University:

SDSU Feature Twirler Kaylynn Lambert

• "Chant - S * D * S * U *, S-D-S-U, Aztecs Fight!"

University of Texas, Permian Basin:

UTPB Feature Twirlers

• While they don't have a specific chant, make sure to cheer real loud during big moments!

University of Connecticut:

UConn Feature Twirler Maggie Barnett

• Info TBA when available

University of Mary-Hardin Baylor:

UMHB Feature Twirler Rachel Buck (AYOP Only) 

• Chant - "C * R * U * S * A * D * E-R-S!"

Camp Calendar Series: JJ Great Day Twirling Camp

Hello Texas Twirl Fans! 

As we all prepare for the NBTA Texas State Championship & USTA Central Regional next weekend, we have another great twirling summer camp to tell you about. Make sure to check out the info below about the awesome JJ Great Day Twirling Camp for a chance to work with some fantastic instructors.

*REGISTRATION DEADLINE June 5th* Interested in attending JJ Great Day Twirling Camp? Contact Director Janice Jackson Seamands at jjtwrldnc@aol.com or 214-697-5310.

Who? What? Where? When? Why?

Who: Director Janice Jackson Seamands
What: 2022 JJ Great Day Twirling Camp
Where: White Oak Baptist Church Gym, 117 White Oak Rd, White Oak, TX 75693
When: June 27 28, & 29th, 2022
Why:  Instruction for Novice to Elite levels. Great for Competition or Field Twirlers. National Prep Classes and Practice Time will be made available to anyone attending National Competitions. 

Wonderful Instructors: All classes will be taught by professional instructors including:

• 5X NBTA Men's National Champion & 2X WFNBTA Medalist, Joel Claudio
• 3X WFNBTA Gold Medalist & Former Modernettes Captain, Katie Seibert
• Miss Arkansas & former Arkansas Razorback Twirler, Whitney Williams
• Former ECU Feature Twirler with a Degree in Dance, Melinda Mann White
• Former Feature Twirler for SMU and Kilgore College, Alex Bridges

Not only will these instructors be leading classes and prep sessions, but they are all available for private lessons as well! Make sure to include any private lessons requests with your registration!

Camp Logistics: Camp will occur June 27, 28, & 29. Cost is $375 for the full camp. Lunches will be available to order for a reasonable fee after registration.

Each day of camp, twirlers will arrive in athletic/practice appropriate clothes and start the day with a group warm-up. They then will divide into sessions rotating each hour to a new class. Twirlers should bring with them their baton(s), twirling shoes, water, snacks, and a willingness to learn and try new things.

If this sounds like something that would be great for your twirler please contact the Camp Director, Janice Jackson Seamands, at jjtwrldnc@aol.com or 214-697-5310.

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.