It's important to have goals in life:
And remember, don't settle for any of those amateur batons!!
The ad mentions "professional" batons about 9 times, so apparently, the 1940s were the heyday of the National Drum Majors League (before free agency ruined it all, of course).
In this alternate universe, drum majors were popular!!
Disquieting image: Bob doing "all kinds of tricks" while waggling his professional baton:
Thrill of a lifetime, indeed!!
Ad from Don Fortune #6 (1946)
And remember, don't settle for any of those amateur batons!!
The ad mentions "professional" batons about 9 times, so apparently, the 1940s were the heyday of the National Drum Majors League (before free agency ruined it all, of course).In this alternate universe, drum majors were popular!!
Disquieting image: Bob doing "all kinds of tricks" while waggling his professional baton:
Thrill of a lifetime, indeed!!
Ad from Don Fortune #6 (1946)
Since the vast majority of drum majors/majorettes would be with school bands, the term "professional" is used rather loosely. The only other twirlers you would see at the time were beauty pageant contenders with no other discernible talent.
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