Conner Potter, EMU FEature Twirler in Collegiate competition. Placed top 25 in country.
Stacey earns a 13th award in the Collegiate championships!
Twirletttes National Team 2011
Beginner Small Pre-teen Dance Twirl Team- "DIG" 5th place
Beginner Small Jr. Dance Twirl Team-" Don't Stop" 2nd place
NEW ALLIANCE- Saline Twirlettes and Advanced National twirlers- Sr. Small Advanced Dance Twirl Team 4th place in Finals 2nd place in Prelim
2011 HALFTIME SHOW TWIRL TEAM "Revenge of the Nerds" 1st Place Grand National Champions
Michigan Twirlers and veteran Twirlers lead the 2011 National Team; Stacey Girbach, Nathan Magyar.
Long days and a long week of national competition but the friendships , fun and memories are priceless!
Nathan Magyar, qualifies for the USA WORLD TEAM, wins a 8th place Collegiate down the field award , 14th in Collegiate halftime, 5 th in solo and 2-baton.
Team mate Harlie Dale, VA Tech, entertains announcer Todd James in the Collegiate Finals. Harlie won a 10th place in finals.
Twirlettes National Team prepares for NBTA Nationals and will debut a new Halftime routine!
U of M Twirlers Nathan Magyar & Stacey Girbach lead the National team in 2011.
So proud of these young KTN twirlers.
2011 Halftime team.
Harlie Dale, of VA; Virginia Tech Sophmore twirls with the Saline Twirlettes National Halftime team for 2011. She is also a member of the Advanced Dance Twirl team ; New Alliance.
Cassie Burke, Birch Run, MI,( Left) also joins the Saline Twirlettes National team for 2011. Cassie is also a new member to NEW ALLIANCE -Sr. Dance Twirl.
National Team members gather at the after-glow of the Spring recital 2011.
Twirlettes Perform at Saline High School in February 2011.
Twirlettes National Team performs at University of Michigan Womens basketball season closer. The team performed their Wizards of WInter routine in grand fashion with a no drop performance!!
Twirlettes National team performs at University of Michigan for 6 years.
New Alliance performs a NO DROP routine at the University of Michigan on Dec. 23rd.
New Alliance Dance Twirl team gets ready to perform in the Tunnel of Crisler arena( Univ. of Michigan). Chrissy, Conner, Stacey, Harlie and Haley.
On Dec. 23rd the team came together for a full day of practice and then the returning five performed at Michigan that evening. THe team looks forward to many months, days, and hour of practice and the new challenge for NEW ALLIANCE 2011.
NEW ALLIANCE DANCE TWIRL TEAM New Alliance team starting under the direction of Missy Townsend to include national champion twirlers from across the nation. In 2009 the team added members of the Saline Twirlettes making this team part of the Saline Twirlette family. Missy has worked with the Twirlettes for over 13 years in collaboration with Susan. The Team has expanded for the 2011 season including Saline Twirlettes Chrissy Houle, Stacey Girbach, Haley Williams, Conner Potter and Nathan Magyar. Virginia Tech Freshman Harlie Dale will be a part of the team and is the only remaining original member from 3 years ago. Michigan Twirlers Cassie Burke and Christie Harrah will also join the team for 2011.
Chrissy performs with Saline Majorettes at Nationals!
Freestyle shows personal style and interpretation!
Saline Twirlettes Kids to National Team
"KTN"Mission Statement
Kids to Nationals is a group of highly committed and accomplished twirlers who want to perform on the national level, develop team and more advanced individual skills, and pursue team experiences and opportunities. KTN twirlers give this team top priority and commit themselves to a unified goal.Our focus will be to excel both as individuals and as a team. Team members must practice on their own and show a strong, positive interest in baton twirling and their team. KTN twirlers set a standard for other Saline Twirlettes now and in the future.These twirlers have a love of twirling and work together to become the best twirlers they can be. They help teammates by encouraging and pushing each other to work hard, improving skills and growing as a team.
The KTN Team was established in 1997 to provide a higher level of training and competition to twirlers wanting to dedicate more to the sport.
KTN commitment will be made for returning KTN members in September of each year. A non-refundable commitment fee ($125) will be paid by November 1st. This commitment will be from September-July 31st of the following year. Making this commitment allows teams to be formed, practices set throughout the year, classes set, and performances scheduled. All new KTN will be asked to commit by mid January.A $175 non-refundable fee will be due at the time of the meeting.
Tryouts will be held for all teams. Director and staff will make placements and decisions. All decisions are final.Members that are not placed on a team may still compete as an individual member and are expected to follow all KTN guidelines. It is understood that a higher level of participation is required for both twirlers and parents.Practices are closed except for the last class of the month. Parents may observe at that time.
2011 Jr. State Dance Twirl Champions " Don't Stop Me Now"
2011 Pre-teen State Dance
Twirl Champions "Dig a little Deeper"
Jr. Team performs at University of Michigan Halftime.
2010 National Team after Team Dinner at Nationals!
Saline Twirlettes National Team has a succesful Nationals. 2nd place, 5th, 8th, 11th in team competition. Majorettes- 2 National titles!
Twirlettes always take time off for some fun.
Summer fun on a day off,,,National Team at the Lake! Thank you Issel family!
JUNE SUMMER CAMP!
gotta love the massage circle on the last day of camp!
Jr. Dance Twirl 2010
The strength of the team is each indivdual member...... the strength of each member is the team! ~Phil Jackson
June Summer Camp 2010 "TWIRLING WORK ZONE"
June Campers 2010
Colleen at Great Lakes Regionals 2010
Andrea at first Regional Competiton!
2009 Grand National Sr. Halftime Champions, Beth Wilson Award Winner
Twirlettes make their first appearance at the "Revised Big Show"
Grand National Champions
Five years ago, the Saline Twirlettes entered into a new division at national competition; the halftime division.This would challenge the group, be more competitive, be more conducive to more members, have more prestige at nationals, and get the Twirlettes more on the national scene. After 5 years of placing in the top 5 and the last 2 years as 2nd place the team accomplished their goal. On July 21, 2009 the Saline Twirlettes captured the Grand National Senior Halftime Show Twirl championship and was awarded the Beth Wilson Artistic Award amongst 40+ teams for the 2nd year.At the awards ceremony team members broke out in tears when the 2nd place team was announced and showed an outpouring of emotions when the senior members Nathan Magyar, Stacey Girbach, Kelsey Lamkin and Mary Ciotta accepted their 5 foot traveling trophy!!The team is comprised of members 7th grade to college;
For one year the Team will be the owner of the prestigious DeVinney traveling Dynasty trophy. The current trophy dates back to 1993 and will now holds names of teams from Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire and now the Saline Twirlettes, from Saline, MI .The Saline Twirlettes name will now forever be marked on this trophy and a winner of a Grand National title. The Twirlettes hope to share their win with the community by displaying the trophy at City hall, the Chamber office, Library and the high school trophy case for viewing.
Look at the Honors and Achievements page for more information on the team's national results! You can find pictures in the photo gallery under Nationals 2009.
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat." -Herschel Walker, 1962.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries." -James A. Michener.
2008 Beth Wilson Halftime Team Artistic Award Winner
The national champion team receives Special Recoginiton at Saline City Council meeting
Twirlettes win BIG at 2007 State Championships
The Saline Twirlettes KTN Mission Statement
The Kids to Nationals Team (KTN) is a group of highly accomplished twirlers who commit to performing on the national level, developing team and more advanced individual skills, and pursuing team experiences and opportunities.KTN twirlers give this Team top priority and commit themselves to a unified goal: to excel as individuals and as a Team.Team members must practice on their own and exhibit a positive and strong interest in baton twirling and the KTN Team.The KTN Team was established in 1997 to provide a higher level of training and competition to twirlers wanting to dedicate more to the sport.KTN twirlers importantly set a standard for all Saline Twirlettes, now and in the future.These twirlers have a love of twirling.They work closely together to promote the best in one another by working hard, improving skills and developing as a Team.
KTN commitment will be made for returning KTN members in September of each year. A non-refundable commitment fee ($---) will be paid by November 1st ($---- will be applied to summer tuition).This commitment will be from September-July 31st of the following year.Making this commitment allows teams to be formed, practices set throughout the year, classes set, and performances scheduled.All new KTN twirlers will be asked to commit by mid January.A $---- non-refundable fee will be due at the time of the meeting ($----will be applied towards summer tuition).
Tryouts will be held for all KTN performance teams.Placement decisions will be made by the Director of The Saline Twirlettes.All decisions are final.KTN members that are not placed on a performance team may still compete in an individual capacity and are expected to follow all KTN guidelines.It is understood that a high level of positive participation is required for KTN twirlers and parents.
National Team at South Bend
Great teammates~Bethany and Donovan
Saline Twirlettes Senior Team competes at Canadian Diamond Cup
A 10 Year Saline Twirlettes KTN History
8 national team titles
14“Top 10” team finishes
12 year history of individual and team success at national (NBTA) competition
90% of team members medal each year at NBTA nationals
56 Miss Majorette titles
5 college level twirlers, 2 graduated college twirlers
Two time-World Team Member, World silver/bronze medalist
Individual Invitees to The Congressional Cup and Twirlmania
3 time AAU Jr. Olympic team gold medalist
Halftime performance at the Detroit, Michigan NFL Thanksgiving Day Game
Eastern Michigan University and The University of Michigan halftime performances (men’s and women’s sports)-5yrs.
Building on the Legacy of KTN Success
By improving as a Team, individual skills and performance benefit, leading to Personal Success; by improving as individual twirlers, Team performance is enhanced, leading to KTN Success!
Who are they? Miami feature, WVU feature & PSU Jette
