EHS Majorettes

E.H.S. Majorettes

Historical Information Many from the classes of the 50s remember Mr. Bartholomew's very adamant stand on the existence of majorettes as a part of the EHS band and there were none! Then Carolyn Bowen (now Hopper) moved to Eunice from Jal as a freshman. She had attended ENMU band camp for many years and started to twirl there. She was very talented. When she came to Eunice, Mr. Bart invited her to be a "guest twirler" with the band at half-time.

That was the beginning. Carolyn broke the barrier and the following year 1960-61, twirlers became a part of the Eunice Cardinal Band. Mr. Bartholomew nominated Carolyn for the USA Band in 1963 and she was selected. She spent the summer twirling and touring Mexico and the U.S. Carolyn shared that they performed during parades, half-times, and concerts. She said they did can-cans, rope twirling and fire batons. She said she once performed a Spanish bullfighter cape dance for the Spanish Contest. She taught twirlilng in the summer and Suzanne Carlton and Carolyn Foster, who later became twirlers, were her students.

Anyone else wanting to add stories of their experiences here, please email them to me at beverlysan@aol.com.

School Year	Twirlers
60-61	Carolyn Bowen Sharon Bormouth Mary Ann Trimble
61-62	Carolyn Bowen Sharon Bormouth Mary Ann Trimble
62-63	Carolyn Bowen Carolyn Foster Suzanne Carlton Judy Wynne
63-64	Carolyn Foster Suzanne Carlton
64-65	Suzanne Carlton Mary Ann Wotring Glenda Williams Adrienne Roddy Carol Sikes
65-66	Linda Pike Glenda Williams Mary Pat Wallis
66-67	Linda Pike Glenda Williams Mary Pat Wallis Dianne Newman
67-68
68-69
69-70
70-71
71-72	Rhonda Bolles Paulette Gladden Kaye Broom Dianne Bachman
72-73
73-74	Dianne Bachman Kate Nitsch Melanie Atkinson
74-75	None
75-76	None
76-77	Haley Guyger
77-78
78-79
79-80
80-81
81-82
82-83
83-84
84-85
85-86
86-87
87-88
88-89
89-90
90-91
91-92
92-93
93-94
94-95
95-96
96-97
97-98
98-99
99-00

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