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  Deborah Young Love July 26, 2014 at 10:09pm

  It's just natural my sister....just natural for just....loooook out Carolyn for that tree....hahaha...just kidding...swag on sis...swag on. smile

  Deb
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  Carolyn Hill Morris July 26, 2014 at 6:05pm

  I believe that about your swag/walk.  I have often been told that I seem

  to float in the room as tho' Im being carried.  Never thought of it coming from the training of Ms. Holloway until you mentioned it.   What a great

  compliment to her. 
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  Deborah Young Love July 25, 2014 at 7:45pm

  I was at church last week and our Pastor's wife watched me walk away from her table after talking to her and she called me back over and said.  "You know Sis. Love, you have a cute little swag about your walk.  It is not flirty or anything of that nature, but it is so distinct, so unusual and different, so tasteful, so woman/lady like."  I told her that I used to be a majorette and it is just natural for me to walk the way I do.  With my shoulders back, toes pointed when I walk, legs always going forward in a straight foward direction and always, always my butt is tucked...hahaha...she laughed. Ya'll it is just enbedded in me.  We never forget what we are taught...if it is drilled correctly, and I was so blessed to have been drilled correctly to always be a lady and to always carry myself in that manner.  Thank you Madear, Mrs. Holloway, Evelyn, Winnie, Nita, Gloria, and Mary...my mother, my instructor, and my sisters...that's just what they did and do.
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  Sheila (Jenkins) Hill August 17, 2012 at 6:25pm

  Hello everyone in 1967 I was one of Ms Holloways majorettes under the leadership of Deborah Young. We had so much fun doing that time, but we worked very hard every day in practice to make our routine perfit for game night. You had to hold on to your baton and not drop it. The eyes would make you keep our lines straight or you would hear Ms Holloway yeal your name out of that window. You did not want that.
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  Deborah Young Love September 30, 2011 at 7:29pm

  The picture of the majorettes, with Carolyn Williams and Willie Mae sitting down posing and the majorette line standing behind them...all  had "eyes" in the back of their heads...because Ms. Holloway was watching out of the window behind them.  Remember that "one" window that she always went to when we were out practicing on the "hard top?"  {I think it was Momma Reeves classroom...and you know they were tight friends}, I can still feel her eyes today...always watching...and us/me "always being a Statue of Elegance" for the world to see and to "recognize!"
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  Ella L. Banks August 11, 2011 at 12:55pm

  Everybody remembers Mrs. Holloway.  She was truly the picture of elegance and style.  At that time I considered her rich because she was always so groomed and matched.  She looked so proud and always smiling.  Ladies we had a jewel!  Those were the days! I am so thankful that she was a small part of my life.  I think she truly loved her interaction with all of us!
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  Dian Britt Whitaker August 10, 2011 at 7:54pm

  My name is Dian Britt Whitaker I was a cheerleader(class of 66), and my grandkids are always asking me to show them what I can do. Those were good times at P C Cobb, and the lessons that Hazel Mae taught us have lasted me even until today. I have never dyed my hair that was a no no with her, and

  people ask me why is my head always in the air. We were taught pride in high school that is how I respond.
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  Deborah Young Love December 22, 2010 at 6:53am

  Thanks Galen for adding my comment. (See comment below). Are there any Majorettes out there who want to see if they still got what it takes to be a majorette? Does anyone still have their "original" baton?  I still have mine and I still use mine to practice with.  Does anyone still remember any of the routines.  I do, but not completely.  I mostly mix them all together, and basically make up my own routines...smile. Can I get a shout back?
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  Galen Ollison December 21, 2010 at 4:29pm

  Deborah, I got by email the copy of your post about your majorette days and adventures. Since it's not on this page I reproduced it below in case someone hit the red "x" by mistake after you typed it on this page. (It has happened to most of us at some time or other.) I know you ladies had a great time because we had a great time watching you.
  
  Your suggestion is a great one, and I'm sure would be enjoyed by all. I'd definitely like to be a helper in making that event happen. I've been working on ideas of a "reunion" of the Ambassadors Choir members -- complete with full concert of course :) -- to submit to that group and see what they think. Wonder what the likelihood of combining these two would be?
  
  Let's see what takes shape, ok? Sounds exciting.
  

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  " This is Deborah Young Love and I was a majorette as well as my two sisters, Gloria Young Conway and Mary Young Johnson. I was the baby girl out of six sisters. I was the co-captain of the majorettes-67 and I must say that I am still today a high stepping individual. My children and husband Charles Dwight Love-Lincoln Class '67 always tell me that all I need is a baton in my hands when I'm walking. I still twirl my baton on the weekends, and have performed many solo performances at my job when we had Diversity Talent Show Days. People are still amazed...at the age of 61... that I can still twirl and still flip the baton and twirl it around my legs, neck and thighs. I love/loved being a majorette because I was taught by the best and I learned from the best, but was instructed by the most elegant individual---Mrs. Hazel Mae Holloway and I thank her daily for making me an outstanding, and smart "young" lady. And I love being a lady. Does any of the majorettes out there still twirl their baton? I would love to have some sort of talent show with some of the majorettes to see if we could come up with some old routines we used to do. (Remember the word "routine?" Doesn't it bring back memories?) Galen why don't you set up something for us....smile "
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  Carolyn Hill Morris December 20, 2010 at 2:01am

  I was a member of the Majorettes, during my '53-'57 yrs.  Edwina Corney was our Drum Major.  I think Mrs Holloway was the very first person to introduce us girls to society and how to carry ourselves as ladies. You had better be a lady in her present AND out of her sight  

  She taught us so much as some here has stated.  What wonderful and very fond memories of all those years, thats why this campus (site) means so much to me.  It has truly transported me to those times,,and THEY WERE GREAT!!! I'm glad we get to be YOUNG twice in our LIVES...LOL!!!!