{"id":20761,"date":"2015-07-03T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=20761"},"modified":"2015-07-03T13:23:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T18:23:29","slug":"austin-peay-state-universitys-hannah-johstono-wins-miss-college-majorette-of-tennessee-heads-to-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/07\/03\/austin-peay-state-universitys-hannah-johstono-wins-miss-college-majorette-of-tennessee-heads-to-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University’s Hannah Johstono wins Miss College Majorette of Tennessee, heads to Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Austin Peay State University featured twirler Hannah Johstono has demonstrated her talent and skill with a baton in front of crowds both large and small during her 14 years of twirling.<\/p>\n

A regular with the Governor\u2019s Own Marching Band for the past four seasons, Johstono has captivated everyone from APSU fans gathered in Governor Stadium\u2019s Tailgate Alley to 100,000 fans at Neyland Stadium as the Governors took on the University of Tennessee Volunteers.<\/p>\n

\"Hannah<\/a>

Hannah Johstono, the Governor’s Own Marching Band’s featured twirler, was named 2015 College Miss Majorette of Tennessee and will compete in a national competition this summer. (Beth Liggett, APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

In mid-May, Johstono also proved she could win over a panel of judges when the elementary education major captured the title of \u201cMiss College Majorette of Tennessee\u201d at the Tennessee State Twirling Championships.<\/p>\n

A former competitive twirler, Johstono\u2019s priorities have been the Governor\u2019s Own Marching Band and her studies since arriving at APSU. But Johnstono said a chance phone call from a former APSU twirler reignited her competitive spark.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn April, (APSU Band Director John Schnettler) got a call from an alumnae feature twirler named Margie Beasley who asked if he had anyone who would be interested in representing APSU at the Miss Majorette competition,\u201d Johstono said. \u201cI figured it would be a great opportunity to both compete one last time, as well as get APSU\u2019s name out there among the twirling community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hannah<\/a>With just one month to prepare, Johstono quickly got to work. While most competitors spend months preparing and often utilize twirling routines from teachers or other experts, Johnstono said she put together her performance from scratch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the really surprising thing was that it ended up being a really good routine,\u201d Johstono joked. \u201cMargie helped me a lot by watching my routines and offering advice, but creating my own routine was definitely a first for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johstono\u2019s routine \u2013 as well as her personality and overall presentation \u2013 wowed the judges, as the 22-year-old twirler won the first competition she had entered in five years. The previous competition, interesting enough, had been Miss Majorette of Georgia.<\/p>\n

Up next for Johstono is the National College Twirling competition, a weeklong event held July 20-25 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.<\/p>\n

Johstono has been hard at work preparing, splitting time between Clarksville, her home of Macon, Georgia, as well as a twirling coach in Auburn, Alabama. Training has been a daily routine for Johstono, who said she hits the gym up to six days a week.<\/p>\n

[320right]\u201cDepending on what I\u2019m doing that day, I\u2019m spending at least an hour and a half working my lower body and core to prepare for my competition routines,\u201d Johstono said. \u201cAnd to train for my routines, I\u2019m finding a gym or a tennis court or anywhere I can to practice my twirling routines.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Johstono said the competition bug has bitten her again, the senior was quick to note that her first love is still preforming for Austin Peay fans and opponents alike. After she returns from Indiana, she plans to launch into preparations for the upcoming football season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like competing, but I\u2019ll be so busy with marching band and my education that I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll have time (to compete again),\u201d Johstono said. \u201cAnd honestly, marching band is so much fun that it\u2019s not a hard job for me.”<\/p>\n

\u201cMy forte is performing and being the feature twirler for the marching band at APSU really lets me be that person who puts on a show for people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University featured twirler Hannah Johstono has demonstrated her talent and skill with a baton in front of crowds both large and small during her 14 years of twirling. A regular with the Governor\u2019s Own Marching Band for the past four seasons, Johstono has captivated everyone from APSU fans gathered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,17917,262,825,3345,16243,6996,12001,26207,10989,22167,26212,26211,26213,26208,5130,1758,26210,3633,26209,1316],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-5oR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20762,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20761\/revisions\/20762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}