Baton club
Apr. 30th, 2008 02:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kodalaiObservations On japan #87:
The Japanese have a traditional school activity for girls called 'baton twirling.' This seems to be a semi-athletic activity that's a cross between ballet and cheerleading. Our school's club is apparently one of the best in the region. I've seen them perform at bunkasai; they're very pretty to watch, although they do still drop the batons a lot.
Overall I think it's nice that they have this female-centered activity, like cheerleading, but for its own sake, without railroading it into an auxiliary activity dependent on men's athletics
The Japanese have a traditional school activity for girls called 'baton twirling.' This seems to be a semi-athletic activity that's a cross between ballet and cheerleading. Our school's club is apparently one of the best in the region. I've seen them perform at bunkasai; they're very pretty to watch, although they do still drop the batons a lot.
Overall I think it's nice that they have this female-centered activity, like cheerleading, but for its own sake, without railroading it into an auxiliary activity dependent on men's athletics
