Important Information and Deadlines

The Yellow Jacket Marching Band is looking for twirlers interested in the 2024-2025 Georgia Tech Feature Twirler(s) position. The band fields between one and four Feature Twirlers each season and twirlers are required to tryout every year (even returners). Please see below for important dates in the audition process:

December 31, 2023 – Deadline to submit audition video

January 26, 2024 – Invitations sent to in-person Feature Twirler finalists

Mid-April 2024 – Feature Twirler finalist auditions on Georgia Tech campus

What to submit

Candidates interested in the Georgia Tech Feature Twirler position should submit a video demonstrating their twirling abilities and supporting materials detailing their twirling background.

Audition Video

The video should be 4-8 minutes long and include one, two, and three baton skills. To be considered for the position, candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• Toss walkover or cartwheel (walkover preferred)
• 3 spins, horizontal and vertical
• Toss double illusion
• Bodywork and dance (leaps, laybacks, kicks, turn combinations, etc.)
• One additional double element trick (two different elements put together and can include bodywork and gymnastics - for example, leap walkover, kick illusion, etc.)
• 2 and 3-baton including horizontal/vertical combinations, juggle series, high low tricks, etc. 4-baton skills highly recommended.

A YouTube link or other online media link is acceptable. The link to the video, as well as the supporting materials, should be emailed to Colleen Middleton, Georgia Tech Feature Twirler Coordinator at colleen@fortedancetwirl.com by December 31, 2023. You will receive a confirmation email upon receipt.

Supporting Materials

In addition to the video, please send:

• A cover letter
• Twirling resume highlighting accomplishments and experience
• Full length photo in twirling costume
• One letter of recommendation by a twirling coach/mentor
• Copy of acceptance letter to the Georgia Institute of Technology (if already accepted – if still waiting on decision, please let us know in your email)

Additional materials, such as a second letter of recommendation, will be considered but are not mandatory.

All materials should be submitted electronically to Colleen Middleton, Georgia Tech Feature Twirler Coordinator at colleen@fortedancetwirl.com by December 31, 2023. You will receive a confirmation email upon receipt.

Live Finalist Tryout

Select candidates will be invited to an in-person audition on Georgia Tech’s campus in mid-April. The tryout date will not conflict with any major competitions. These candidates will be chosen from their audition video and will be contacted by January 26, 2024. Additional details will be included in the finalist email at that time.

Molly Meilunas

Molly Meilunas is a third-year student from Fairhope, Alabama and has been twirling baton since she was nine years old. Molly has been both an Alabama state and South regional title holder, including being named the 2018 Junior Miss Majorette of the South.

In addition, she has placed top ten at NBTA Nationals many times, even making Strut finals in 2018. In addition to competing, Molly has used her twirling talents to light up the pageant stage. She was Miss Coastal Alabama’s Outstanding Teen 2018 and Miss Troy University’s Outstanding Teen 2019. She placed in the Top Ten at Miss Alabama’s Outstanding Teen two years in a row. During high school, Molly worked as a student baton coach for her studio, Eastern Shore Twirlers. She loved to witness the joy on her student’s faces when they caught a new trick for the first time. Molly also founded her own twirling club at her high school in which she was Captain of for all four years. She loved having the opportunity to share her love of baton twirling with her community, and she cannot wait to continue doing just that here at Georgia Tech. 

At Georgia Tech, Molly is a member of the Society of Women Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and is the Academic Excellence Chair for Phi Mu Fraternity. She currently works as a Student Assistant at the Institute of Electronics and Nanotechnology and will be interning at Mary Kay Cosmetics in Dallas, TX this summer as their Quality Scientist Intern in their Research & Development Department. Molly plans on earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering and is so excited for her third season performing with the Yellow Jacket Marching Band as one of Georgia Tech’s Golden Girls!

Taylor Grossman

Taylor Grossman is a first-year student from Monroe, Georgia and has been twirling baton since she was six years old.

Taylor is the current 2022 Senior Miss Majorette of Georgia. She has also placed in the top ten at NBTA nationals in many events. At Twirl Mania 2022, she won the title of Intermediate Miss Twirl Mania 16+, and she was a finalist in the Twirl Maniac Challenge.

During high school, Taylor worked as a student baton coach for her school and her studio, Premier Twirl Dance Cheer. She really enjoyed sharing the sport she loves with the younger twirlers, and she plans to continue teaching whenever she gets the opportunity to do so. Additionally, Taylor was a varsity majorette all four years of high school, in which she performed at football & basketball games, pep rallies, and local parades.

Taylor plans on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and is looking forward to her time as a student at Georgia Tech. She is so excited to twirl and experience game days with the Yellow Jacket Marching Band as a Golden Girl!