Have you felt joy seeing those cheerleaders and band majorettes do their spinning and twirling during rallies and parades? Well, this is actually a sport called as pep and those participants involved are using
twirler flags during their performances. These twirler flag grooves have paved its way to pop culture and they were even featured at the music video of Gwen’s Stefani song Hollaback Girl.
And usually during flag routines, they feature one to two twirler flags being utilized in a choreographed groove. Some popular competitions include the Regionals and Nationals of United Spirit Association (USA), Miss Dance Drill/Team USA. Twirler flags had become famous in the southern California areas which feature some schools sponsoring the competition often participated by grade schools, middle schools, high schools and college levels.
Cheerleading also become famous in the other sides of the world. The three time title holder of USA competitions is the Carson High School. Carson High cheerleaders were the ones who had three flags being featured. Also,this team was also a part of the Hollaback Girl Video. On the other hand, Channel Islands High School is a three time national champion and they are also the most decorated flag team in a flag competition.
Cheerleading elements had been the most featured routines and they include pyramids and kicklines. However, tricks of the twirler flag include flag tosses, exchanges and twirls. Flag routines are a different discipline in cheerleading; they are different routines as compared to cheerdances that include using a pompom.
Though twirler flag routines are usually a part of cheer competitions, they can actually be included in the color guards and marching bands. These flags are personalized and are made to fit the requirement of a competition from colors to designs that will draw attention on the performance.
Twirler flags have specialized hardware too, so that the tricks and tosses can possible be done.
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by:
The Flagman
