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Halftime USA Camp Staff
Staff members
have been selected from major college and university bands,
dance lines and national champions with expertise in their
particular field. Meet and work with a staff that has been
there. Talk to them about what it's like to go out on the
field for the first time before thousands of fans.
Whether you are a dancer, flags, majorette, etc. - this is
an excellent time for everyone to go to camp together and
build a working relationship. As a group or as an individual
wishing to learn so you can audition for a spot on your
school line, you are welcome. Meet and work with a
championship staff.
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 MAJOR JACK DEVENNEY:
N.B.T.A. National rules Commissioner,
has served for many years on the
NBTA Board of Governors.
Jack has had a varied career, from an American Legion Drum & Bugle
Corps mascot, drummer, high school drum major, U.S. Navy Drum & Bugle
Corps, drum major at Great Lakes Naval
Training Station, performer for
pro-football and baseball games, night clubs, stage and television, he
has served as an M.C. for many events, including nationals at Caesar's
palace in Las Vegas and Notre Dame University.
Jack pioneered the early development of spinning, twirling and tossing,
silks (Tall Flags), double flags, capes, rifles, devil sticks, knives
and many more of today's show routine novelties. For many years Jack
was
on both the state and national convention staff
of Dance Masters of American
and Dance Educators through out the USA and Canada.
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 SHIRLEY ROSS DEVENNEY:
Shirley has had
an outstanding
career from grade school mascot, drum major, feature twirler
and choreographer for her high school band to feature twirler, captain
and choreographer for the "Ole Miss" Rebellette Dance Team and
professional performances with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, Stan
Kenton and many others.
Material and routines choreographed by Shirley have been featured at many
high school, university and bowl games. Shirley is the originator of the
"Southern Style" of dance twirl.
She developed many of today's popular rolls as applied to solo baton routines.
A former Mrs. Majorette of America, she is in that lofty position as one
of the worlds outstanding female instructors.
Her students have won
every major title there is to win in the twirling
art/sport. Many can be found fronting a number of
today's university bands and a number serve as
university choreographers. |
 Jack
and Shirley are internationally respected and have taught
camps and clinics across the USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico,
Belgium, Switzerland and Spain. Between the two they have
had at least one state or national champion in seventeen
states.
In July 2002 both Shirley
and Jack were inducted into the National Hall of Fame at
Notre Dame University.
Jack and Shirley are your camp directors at all camps. |
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