Shelvy Manning has personally instructed the baton classes at the dance studios for over 35 years and has produced many champion twirlers who have received awards and titles in all levels of competition and twirled at over 20 colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Shelvy received the 1988 Eastie Award for "Most Dedicated Person to the Advancement of Baton" at the "All East" Regionals. In 1992, Shelvy became the director of the Miss Majorette of Virginia held anually in the Tidewater area, a state preliminary to the prestigious Miss Majorette of America title. In 2002 she was honored as one of the first inductees into the Baton Twirling Museum Hall of Fame.
The school offers complete baton instruction on all levels: Class work, marching unit, team and solo competition.- Baton Classes: Baton classes on all levels, beginner through advanced, are available for children, teens, and young adults of college age. Please call the studio to inquire about classes and enrollment.
- Marching Unit: Baton students twirl in many of the local parades each year including the Hampton Holly Days Festival Parade, the Chic-fil-a Coliseum Central Parade, Poquoson Parade, and Phoebus Days to name a few. Other students at the studio participate as part of the Pon-pom team, Flag team, and Dance Team.
- Team Competition: Shelvy's Superstars travel to Notre Dame University each summer to compete at the National Baton Twirling Association (NBTA) competition. In February, the twirlers attend the world class baton twirling championship Twirl Mania held at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex, Orlando, FL. They also perform locally for a variety of functions and events.
- Solo Competition: Many members of the team compete for individual titles and awards throughout the year. Many are featured twirlers for their high school bands and many of the baton twirlers have continued their twirling at various colleges and universities across the country either as part of the twirling team or as featured twirlers. Private lessons are available upon request.
Photos: © NDS
(Above) Shelvy inducted into Hall of Fame
(Right - L to R) Nicholette Amburgey (featured twirler Christopher Newport University), Courtney Lemis (featured twirler East Carolina University twirling 3 fire batons) and Tiffany Gaskins (twirler at Clemson University).
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Northampton Dance Studios/The Dance Center is the official school of the Tidewater Dance Theater, Inc.
To inquire about the company, the school, performances, current events or upcoming projects, please call 757.930.3444 or email: dance @ ah5678.com (remove all spaces)
Serving Hampton, Newport News, York County, Tabb, Poquoson, Gloucester, Williamsburg and beyond.
Located near Christopher Newport University and Mariner's Museum.
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