Young Girls Majorettes Drummers Editorial Image

Outdoor holiday the celebration of the city, 715 anniversary of the walled city of Priozersk. 09/09/2009 Leningrad oblast, Russia, Northern Europe. solemn procession. a parade of city and region, representatives of organizations and communities. Young drummers – majorettes – this is no ordinary girls who play drums. History of majorettes is rooted in the past century, tamburlaine – chiefs of military bands – appeared first in France. In the Russian Empire, the first groups of majorettes appeared in the early XX century. Then the Emperor Nicholas II established them in the hussar army. They had drums and wands, playing the role of a conductor's baton. Vestibule-rich-bitch related were originally officers of hussar regiments. But gradually majorettes became increasingly distant from military service, standing out in an independent direction of the orchestra and choreography. The role of the orchestras of drummers was very large in the twentieth century – without them does not do any street procession or demonstration. Gradually, drummers have at its disposal all new accessories – flags and banners ( twirling), pompoms ( cheerleading ), their performance began to appear sophisticated pop and acrobatic elements.