L-K girls attend majorette camp

Football season must be approaching because the Linden Kildare High School majorettes were on campus last week tapping, turning, twirling and tossing. The band program hosted high school majorette camp at LKHS July 19th through the 23rd. Rather than pay to send the LK majorettes away to camp at a University where they are mixed in with majorettes from many other schools, the LK band program was able to hire in a specialist to work a camp custom built for Linden Kildare. This saves money overall and ensures the routines are written to show off the girls’ strengths and touch up weak spots.

“Actually, some of the girls do both” added their band director Mr. Williams. “Their families pay for them to go away to a camp where they get to work fundamentals, get new tips, learn new tricks, stay overnight a few days and meet other girls. Then they attend our LK camp to lock in LK routines.” High school majorette sponsor Lisa Stanley who also worked the camp said “I’m super proud of the girls. They put in a lot of hard work this week.”

Reagan Lee travelled to Linden each day as the specialist writing and teaching this year’s camp, returning the girls to a more traditional style of twirling. Drum major Camdyn McNutt said “My last majorette camp was super fun! Reagan was a great instructor and I learned so many new things. I think the crowd will enjoy the different twirling style.” Sophomore Katelyn Duncan added “The routines were challenging but camp was fun overall. I enjoyed spending time with other majorettes.”

In a final comment, Mr. Williams bragged on the girls saying “They certainly are a gracious group of girls. I delivered lunch an hour late one day and none of them threw a baton at me!”