{"id":12419,"date":"2023-07-17T12:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/?page_id=12419"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:55:45","slug":"silver-twins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/ensembles\/aamb\/auxiliaries\/twirling\/silver-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero has-none-background minheight-700\">\n        <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__content\">\n                \n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-diagonal-hero__header\">Silver Twins<\/h1>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__subtext\">\n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This dazzling duo adds a splash of silver to the team. Traditionally twins or look-a-likes in this feature position, they twirl in precise coordination with one another.<br><br>In the 1960\u2019s twirling twins Karon and Sharon Roeske attended Purdue. Al G. Wright, who was director of bands at the time said, \u201cThe chance of finding twins that are twirlers in a million to one, so I named them the \u2018Silver Twins\u2019 and put them on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SilverTwins.jpeg\"\/>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-accordion-wrap  purdue-accordion-wrap--large\">\n    <div class=\"section has-gray-background has-padding-top-none has-padding-bottom-none\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-accordion\">\n                <h2 class=\"accordion__heading purdue-accordion__title \" id=\"title-3c37311f-47ee-4b60-bccc-07ddd8632752\">\n                    <button aria-controls=\"content-3c37311f-47ee-4b60-bccc-07ddd8632752\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Silver Twins Through the Years<\/button>\n                <\/h2>\n                <div class=\"accordion__content purdue-accordion__content\" id=\"content-3c37311f-47ee-4b60-bccc-07ddd8632752\" hidden aria-hidden=\n                \"true\">\n                    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Karen &amp; Sharon Roeske, 1960-1963<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lana Barminski &amp; Susan Ragsdale, 1963-1964<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Janice &amp; Jean Kelley, 1964<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jane &amp; Judith Sorensen, 1964-1966<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All American Twins ~ Janet Carlson &amp; Karen Drotleff, 1966-1967<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Janet &amp; Joyce Carlson, 1967-1971<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cheryl &amp; Sharon Fenzau, 1970-1973<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candi &amp; Randi Brough, 1971-1975<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All American Twins ~ Claudia &amp; Stephanie Banvard, 1973-1974<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susan Johnson &amp; Cyndy Love, 1976-1979<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linda &amp; Sharon McCaffrey, 1977-1979<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jane &amp; Jean Gilbert, 1980-1984<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dawn Beck &amp; Kimberly Crum, 1985-1986<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bibi &amp; Lani Barnes, 1986-1990<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa &amp; Renee Rhodes, 1990-1991<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robyn Beck &amp; Dawn Vardaman, 1992-1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelly Beyer &amp; Ann Burman, 1993-1994<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin Griffin &amp; Alisha Stenger, 1995-1997<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin Buescher &amp; Wendy King, 1998-2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kim Benson &amp; Krista Woodward, 2001-2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tracy Johnson &amp; Julie Thompson, 2003-2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Megan &amp; Morgan VonDielingen, 2004-2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chellie &amp; Sara Zou, 2008-2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jordan Foster &amp; Alyssa Lyzen, 2012-2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alyssa Lyzen &amp; Julianna Johnson, 2013-2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alicia Dennie &amp; Brooke Wyatt, 2017-2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brooke Wyatt &amp; Alexis Piskulic, 2018-2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alana Diedrick &amp; Alexa Lytle, 2022 \u2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":10617,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12419"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48607,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12419\/revisions\/48607"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}