page_title: Louisiana State University traditions
section_title: Golden Girls and Colorguard
hierarchical_section_title: Louisiana State University traditions / Golden Girls and Colorguard
caption_attribution_description: English: One of the LSU Golden Girls dances on the field during a performance of the Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band.
context_page_description: Louisiana State University is the flagship university of the state of Louisiana, United States.
context_section_description: The  LSU Golden Girls, are a feature unit with the Tiger Band and the oldest and most established danceline on the LSU campus. It was created in 1959 as the Ballet Corps by then director of bands Thomas Tyra. The Golden Girl moniker became official in 1965. Today, the line includes fourteen to eighteen dancers who audition each year to make the line and who are often members of private dance studios.
  The LSU Colorguard, a flag twirling unit not to be confused with a traditional military colorguard, was established in 1971. The original colorguard consisted of twelve female members chosen from the Tiger Band's existing musicians; additionally, ten of the members each represented one of the schools in the Southeastern Conference, while the remaining two members carried white flags. Today, twenty-four to twenty- eight female twirlers are selected from an audition process.  For a brief period in the 1980s, the Colorguard was co-ed.
caption: LSU Golden Girls
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