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RED STAR PRODUCTIONS RESUME 2008
2008- May – Miss New Hampshire- Katrina Bernard, Meghan Lamontagne and Alyssa Mc Laughlin
2008- April- Veterans of Foreign Wars Community Service Volunteer Award
2008- February - Disney Twirl Mania Juvenile and Senior Dance Twirl and Pom Team Champions
2008-Welcomed Presidential Candidates John Mc Cain and Rudy Giuliani to Derry Opera House
2008- six Red Stars lead Bowl Game College Bands at The Alamo Bowl, The Car Quest, Motor City, Capital One
2007- America’s Fourth of July Parade and Show- Washington, D. C.
2007- Disney Magic Kingdom Parade- February 17
2004- Germany performing tour- arranged through former red Star Jill Gorrie and Broadway Tour staff
2003- Liberty Bowl Halftime- with Lou Rawls- Memphis, Tennessee; Beale Street Parade
2003- Nokia Sugar Bowl Halftime
2001- Carnival Cruise Lines- performance on “the Destiny”
1999- Carnival Cruise Lines performance Tour- “The Sensation”( ship later used to house workers after Hurricane Katrina)
1994-1999- Performed six shows for President Clinton and/or Vice President Gore
1998- 2006- Magic Kingdom Parade
1996- Shows at Universal and Disney World( our picture is still on the wall of Disney staging area behind
“Pirates of the Caribbean”
1995- St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Dublin, Ireland- The Lord Mayor of Londonderry Northern Ireland came to see the team compete in Limmerick. We brought gifts, pictures and souveniers of Derry and Londonderry, New Hampshire; Lord Mayor did as well
1992-Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
1991- New York City St Patrick’s Day Parade
1989- Performing Tour #2 –Costa Del Sol Spain
1989- George Walker Bush Inaugural Parade- also a show in New Hampshire
1987 – Performing Tour- Denmark/ Soviet Union- one of first American groups allowed after Glasnost
1985 – first performing tour of Spain
1979-present- National Championships- University of Notre Dame each July
The Red Stars perform in shows and parades all over the East Coast twelve months a year
AWARDS
2007-NBTA National/World College Halftime and Dance Line Champions
2007- Proclamation from The New Hampshire Legislature for Outstanding Achievement in representing New Hampshire
- National Champions fourteen times in twenty six years
- Northeast Regional Champions from 1980 – present- won “Regional Team of the Year” so many times, the trophy was retired to Red Stars in 1992
- New England Team of the Year-2006
- Red Stars have won, literally thousands of awards in thirty years
- Presented Proclamations by Governors Gallen, Gregg, Sununu and Merrill- for Outstanding Achievement and representation of New Hampshire
- Presented Proclamations from Derry Town Council-three times
- NH Brain Injury Award for support of the annual Walk By the Sea- Red Stars have performed prior to the walk and raised money since its inception
- Coach Hutchinson was inducted into the first National Baton Twirling Association Hall of Fame Class in 2003
- Coach Hutchinson was selected “Choreographer of the Year” at Wide World of Sports, Twirl Mania- 2004
OTHER FACTS
*The Red Stars raise most of the money needed to fund competition and travel with Fund Raising
· The Red Stars perform a benefit show each December in Newport, N. H. to benefit that community’s “Tots for Tots Giving Program”
· Other benefit shows:
· “Make a Wish Foundation”- Salem, N.H.
· Relay for Life- Derry, N.H.
· Foster Grandparents- Manchester, N.H.
· New Hampshire Brain Injury Foundation Walk By the Sea
· American Cancer Society Walk- Boston- Esplanade Kick-Off
2007-2008 College Twirlers
Lauryn DeBaie- Penn State University
Ashley Tiller, Groveland, Mass.- Boston Colleg
Melissa Gaffney, Woburn, Mass.- Syracuse University
Courtney Cormier,Derry, N.H.; University of Tennessee
Alyssa Mclaughlin, Derry, N.H., University of Connecticut
Freshmen:
Erica Andrew, Salem, N.H. Tulane University- twirled new Orleans Saints game
Adria Farr, Windham, N.H. –University of Tennessee
Meghan Lamontagne, Pelham, N.H. Purdue University “Golden Girl”- this position is the oldest twirling position in the country( 52 years); Meghan is one of only three freshmen to get the position and the only New England twirler ever
Former College Twirlers
Boston College- 1988-1989- Michelle Merrill
Hofstra University- 2001-2005- Danielle Bond
Penn State-
1989-1992- Lori Branley Fischer, Blue Saphire, Feature(Coach’s daughter)
1994-1998- Abigail Cook Diehl, Majorette Captain
2000-2004Andrea Fletcher, Majorette Captain
Syracuse University-
1990-1994- Lisa Branley(coach’s daughter) and Rebecca Fowler- The Orange Twins
2000-2004- Keri Ann Lynch, Orange Girl
University of Miami- 2003-2007- Jamie Kaseta
University of New Hampshire- 1998-2002- Karin Kilar
100% of Red Star High School Graduates have gone on to college
98% of those have graduated from college
75% of those have earned post graduate degrees
The pageants
Red Star twirlers have won countless awards in the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program- approx. $100,000.00!
Miss Derry Tradition
Lori Branley Fischer- Miss Derry-1993( Coach Hutchinson’s daughter)
Suzanne Loisel- Miss Derry-2005
Jennifer Saucier Miss Derry-2006
Katrina Bernard Miss Derry-2007
Previous Miss New Hampshire Finalists
Lori Branley Fischer, Suzanne Loisel, KeriAnn Lynch, Jennifer Saucier, Katrina Bernard
Miss Outstanding Teen- Meghan Lamontagne
Other Pageant Winners/Runner Ups: Lauryn DeBaie, Alyssa Mc Laughlin, Adria Farr,(NH and Tennessee); Courtney Cormier( Tennessee)
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