TwirlZone recently spoke with Joyce Perrone, contest director of the 10th annual Twirl Mania Championships held February 18th thru Febuary 21st at the Disney Wild World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. The 2005 Twirl Mania event brought together over four thousand twirlers from different leagues to celebrate the sport of twirling. Athletes travel as far as Ireland, England, Scotland, Netherlands and Thailand to take part in the Twirl Mania contest.
The Twirl Mania competition offers an event for everyone, teams and individuals alike. Several featured events include Twirl Mania Gold, Miss Twirl Mania and the Collegiate Classic. Twirl Mania Gold competition challenges twirlers to excel in three different events, freestyle, twirl and 3-baton. The Miss Twirl Mania pageant is open to all divisions and incorporates twirling, strutting and modeling. Collegiate Classic features several top university twirling lines.
Twirlers are invited to perform and compete in parades at the Magic Kingdom Park. Friday evening, several twirling teams, advanced and elite soloists performed in the "Spector Magic" night parade. On Saturday afternoon, the Juvenile Parade Competition was held and several teams, novice, beginner and intermediate soloists perform in the "Share a Dream Come True" parade. Later that evening, Junior and Senior teams competed in the final Twirl Mania "Spectro Magic" night parade. The parades add energy to the week and entertain Disney visitors from all over the world.
Perrone and her husband Ralph along with many other volunteers have created an enjoyable twirling event for all ages and divisions. Twirl Mania continues to grow every year and keeps participants excited about twirling. Perrone plans to continue to spread the excitement of twirling and share the Disney Twirl Mania experience for years to come.
