#TeamTexas AYOP 2018 - Texas Gems & Pearlettes

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

In less than two weeks that march music will be blaring at Notre Dame University. Can you believe it?

While you are planning out your schedules, we just wanted to remind all the Texas Twirlers competing in the Beginner or Intermediate National Pageant that we will again be doing aTexas  Pageant Competitor Picture. This is always such a fun meet up too! The picture will occur on Thursday, July 26th before the Beginner/Intermediate Pageant awards. *Please Note* The Beginner/Intermediate pageant awards have now been moved into the FIELD HOUSE and will occur at 2:00 PM that Thursday. This is a big change from previous years, so make sure you are aware of this.

All of the Texas & Southwest Regional Beginner/Intermediate Pageant Winners should meet next to Gate 3 at 1:15 pm dressed and ready to go for the award ceremony. Please look for Ashley Wood or Mary Ann Srulowitz who will be taking the picture. If the weather allows, we will take the pics outside the field house on the benches. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Now, it is time to return to our mission to meet all 82 Texas Twirlers attending AYOP. As there are SOOO many twirlers, and so little time left, we will be pairing up several groups in the next couple of days to make sure we get everyone included, starting with this post!

Today we are meeting two groups both attending AYOP with two twirlers... the Texas Gems from San Antonio, and the Concho Valley Pearlettes from San Angelo.

The Texas Gems, coached by Major Margaret Mann, Melinda Mann White, Tori Mays, and Heather Hayden, will be sending two competitors to South Bend. These two ladies are not only teammates, but also duet partners, and feature twirlers at rival high schools. We know they will do a great job representing the Cougars, the Chargers, and Texas together!

Stephanie McBurnett

2018 Intermediate Junior Southwest Regional Pageant Winner

2018 Intermediate Junior Texas State Solo Winner

Winston Churchill High School Feature Twirler

Callyn Marvell

2018 Texas State Senior Intermediate 2-Baton Winner

2018 Intermediate Senior State Open X-Strut Winner

Tom C. Clark High School Feature Twirler

The Concho Valley Pearlettes, coached by Pamela Randolph & Tiffany Ohman, will be attending AYOP with one veteran competitor and the other twirler attending for the first time. How fun is it that they will get to go on this adventure together this year? Good Luck Ladies!

Khloe Page

Bryli Boil

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.