About

Mission:
• To establish a permanent group that promotes and sponsors baton twirling and baton twirling events in the Southern California area.
• To stimulate interest for young people in baton twirling as a wholesome form of self expression and healthy method of building character and good citizenship.
• To improve and develop body coordination, rhythm, self-discipline, self-confidence and good mental relaxation through the means of a common interest for the betterment of the entire community.The complete By-Laws and Standing Rules.
Benefits:
• *Free Events to members at the SCBBA Contests
• * Annual Awards Banquet free for Honored Guests
• * Monthly Meetings
• * Gratuities to NBTA Nationals for those who qualify and have attended the required meetings and who
volunteered at a minimum of two SCBBA hosted events.
• * Family Discount (reduced contest rates for more than one twirler in a family).
• * New Twirling family Information Package
• * Liability insurance
• *Sound system for use with our contest sanction.
• * Fundraisers to help support the organization to keep the dues to a minimum.
* Membership directory and Web page
* Keeps record of all first place wins to ensure accuracy in levels attained

SCBBA Gratuities –

Purpose:
To support SCBBA twirlers who have qualified to represent our State and/or Region at Nationals. This support would help to pay for the qualifying event which would be above and beyond a regular entry fee for open events. Those not qualifying for these events would not have this extra expense.
Qualifying: Twirler must qualify at California State or All West Regional event in Advance Men’s or Women’s Solo top 8 or Advance and College Miss Majorette Pageant top 3 places or Beg. Or Int. Pageant 1st place. Exception when active twirler is away at college and is unable to travel to California State or All West Regionals, is planning to compete in the college twirl and/or college pageant and their parent is still active in SCBBA and completes necessary attendance and volunteering.
Additional quantifying criteria:
Parent or guardian must be a SCBBA member in good standing on the date of the qualifying event, have attended at least 5 general meetings and volunteered at two southern California baton events in the twirling year of the qualifying event with at least one being a SCBBA event. (Sept. to Aug. is considered the twirling year.) SCBBA board member’s position counts towards one volunteer event. SCBBA
10 board members may substitute 1 board meeting for 1 general meeting but never getting credit for more than 1
meeting in the same month.
Condition:
Those receiving the gratuity must sign a statement that they have attended the required meetings and when, where, and what they volunteered for at two baton events in Southern California (with at least one being a SCBBA event) and that the money would be used for AYOP entries for the qualifying event. This information will be given to the SCBBA Vice President for verification. (If the qualified twirler will not be attending AYOP to compete in the qualified event, no gratuity would be given. Also, any twirler can choose to decline a gratuity even if they have qualified.)

Amount:
Please refer to the SCBBA By-Laws Article III, section 7 and 8. Also, standing rules #3 and #12

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