There are no days off for “drummies.” On a national holiday, the Fairmont High School Drum Majorettes gather to practice elaborate routines. This story appears in the February 2019 issue of ...

Drum majorettes or “drummies” first appeared in the 1970s with marching girls performing in street parades. Today, in many South African schools, it is a competitive sport. When Karin Verster first ...

A drummie from Blue Downs is looking forward to her big shot as part of a squad of 26 girls set to compete at this year’s ...

The drummies learned about dolphins and were made aware of pollution and how they could participate in cleaning up the environment. Drum majorettes have some fun during their time off from the ...

I became aware of Drummies through the Taylor Wessing Portrait ... and the pride of representing their majorette team. Mann states that pride is so important in the communities in which she ...

Movie"In a meditation on the meaning behind sports in a PostApartheid South Africa three young girls muse on their hopes and dreams as aspiring Drum Majorettes" ...