Maddie Tibbets is a full-time student at Troy University, but she also spends a lot of her time being a captain for Troy University’s Majorettes.
Tibbets’ first season with the majorettes was in 2021. Now, this year is her second season as a captain for the majorettes.
She says it’s a dream come true to be a part of an organization that she’s always admired.
“[We] used to come to Troy for band days in high school, and I just fell in love with the majorette line,” said Maddie Tibbets, a senior social work major from Panama City, Florida. “I just knew this is what I wanted to do, so that’s really how I got involved, and I’ve loved every second of it.”
Tibbets has a lot on her plate from choreographing all the routines seen on the field during the football season, teaching those routines and even giving her input on the majorettes’ uniforms.
Tibbets said it’s her and her co-captain’s responsibility to produce great communication for the public and the other auxiliary groups.
“We do help run our social media accounts, and we are the main source of communication for the lines between anything we talk about with our auxiliary coordinator,” Tibbets said.
With a combination of being a full-time student and putting in long hours for the Majorettes squad, Tibbets said the hardest part for her is prioritizing all her responsibilities while still trying to maintain her social life.
“It can be hard because our weekends are so consumed with football games and everything, so a lot of the times, we don’t necessarily get to do all the things everybody else is doing,” Tibbets said.
Tibbets said it’s important for the captains to be aware of everyone on the squad’s physical and mental state.
“We try to schedule everything in advance as much as we can,” Tibbets said. “Also, not only recognizing when us, as captains, start to get a little burnt out, but also just being able to tell when the girls on the line are tired and they need a break.”
With the girls on the majorettes line being with each other a lot, Tibbets said their friendships with one another has grown.
“For our team, we do get to be each other’s support systems and we are each other’s friends,” Tibbets said. “We try to hang out where we can separate majorette and our personal friendships.
“We make it a priority to be in each other’s lives and support all the walks of life and all the things they want to be involved in.”
With the upcoming performance season coming up, Tibbets is excited for it and has one main goal for not only the Majorettes, but for every other auxiliary group as well.
“Our main focus is just being a stronger unit as a whole, and focusing on bringing majorettes, danceline and colorguard all together,” Tibbets said. “We want our choreography and our show styles to really compliment one another.
“We want to carry on the legacy of the people before us and share what we love to do with everybody.”
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