What (who) is twirling baton - definition
LIGHT METAL ROD USED FOR KEEPING TIME, TWIRLING, AND JUGGLING IN MARCHING BAND AND PARADE PERFORMANCES
Baton twirlers; Baton (twirling); Baton Twirling; Baton twirl; Baton tossing; Baton toss
![Baton practice, [[Manzanar War Relocation Center]], 1943. Photographed by [[Ansel Adams]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baton-practice-Manzanar-Adams.jpeg?width=200 "Baton practice, [[Manzanar War Relocation Center]], 1943. Photographed by [[Ansel Adams]].")
![A twirling group called The Prime Time Twirlers in [[The Villages, Florida]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prime Time Twirlers 2023.jpg?width=200 "A twirling group called The Prime Time Twirlers in [[The Villages, Florida]].")
twirling baton
<graphics> The overstrike sequence -/|-/|- which produces an
animated twirling baton. If you output it with a single
backspace between characters, the baton spins in place. If
you output the sequence BS SP between characters, the baton
spins from left to right. If you output BS SP BS BS between
characters, the batton spins from right to left.
The twirling baton was a popular component of animated
signature files on the pioneering PLATO educational
time-sharing system. The "archie" Internet service is
perhaps the best-known baton program today; it uses the
twirling baton as an idler indicating that the program is
working on a query.
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(1995-02-23)
Baton (conducting)
![Batons used by [[Arturo Toscanini]], on display at a [[Smithsonian]] museum.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arturo Toscanini batons from 1940s - Smithsonian Museum of Natural History - 2012-05-15.jpg?width=200 "Batons used by [[Arturo Toscanini]], on display at a [[Smithsonian]] museum.")
![[[John Philip Sousa]] conducting with a baton (1911).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John Philip Sousa cph.3b35816.jpg?width=200 "[[John Philip Sousa]] conducting with a baton (1911).")
![J. B. Lully by [[Paul Mignard]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul Mignard - Jean-Baptiste Lully.jpg?width=200 "J. B. Lully by [[Paul Mignard]]")
![[[Igor Stravinsky]] conducting with a baton (1929).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stravinsky Igor 1929 by F Man. Germany.jpg?width=200 "[[Igor Stravinsky]] conducting with a baton (1929).")
STICK FOR CONDUCTING MUSIC
Conducting baton; Conductor's baton; Baton (music); Conductor baton
A baton is a stick that is used by conductors primarily to enlarge and enhance the manual and bodily movements associated with directing an ensemble of musicians.
Rhené-Baton
FRENCH MUSICIAN (1879-1940)
Rhene-Baton; René-Emmanuel Baton; Rhené-Bâton; Emmanuel Rhené-Baton
René-Emmanuel Baton, known as Rhené-Baton (5 September 1879 – 23 September 1940), was a French conductor and composer. Though born in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, his family originated in Vitré in neighbouring Brittany.
Wikipedia
Baton twirling
Baton twirling involves using the body to spin a metal rod in a coordinated routine. It is similar to rhythmic gymnastics or color guard.
Examples of use of twirling baton
1. Sunday We now possess the following÷ a cheerleaders twirling baton, another set of Christmas lights, Christmas wrapping paper, a black lacy hat of the type worn at Ascot or smart weddings still in its box and sundry Genesis and Beatles CDs.