Until the 1970s there were no African American members of the team. The trust is set up to provide scholarships for Rangerettes and Rangerette Managers who meet the endowment's academic criteria. On Saturday, October 19, 2019, a former Kilgore College Rangerette and her husband donated a $3.5 million estate gift to fund scholarships for the Rangerette organization. The anonymous donor was a Kilgore College graduate whose wife is a former Rangerette. ĭuring the week of Revels 2019 (April 10–13), a donation of $1,000,000 was made to the Mike Miller Rangerette Fund to complete a permanent operating endowment for the Rangerettes. Zwick's daughter, Lauren Gibler, was also a Rangerette from 2007 to 2009. Kathryn Heller Zwick is a Rangerette from Longview, Texas, who attended Kilgore College and performed with the team from 1976 to 1978. The residence was completed in August 2006 for the 2006–2007 school year, and was formally dedicated in a ceremony a few months later. In July 2005, the Zwick Foundation provided Kilgore College with a $3.5 million grant for design and construction of a new dormitory exclusively for use by the Rangerettes. Rangerettes Forever is an alumni organization that participates in various support programs for the team. Approximately 6,000 people see the show each year, with many people traveling from out of town to attend and provide a boost to Kilgore's economy. The last segment of the show is always an extended production kick routine, featuring all of the Rangerettes in the traditional uniform. The revenue generated by the shows make it one of Kilgore College's highest grossing events. There are five showings within the week of the program, and it is the last major performance of the year for the group. Revels features performances by Rangerettes with several dances choreographed by nationally known choreographers such as J.T. Revels is an annual variety show with a central theme performed at Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore College campus. Jan 2001 - Texas State Society Black Tie & Boots Ball, Washington, D.C.Jan 2005 - Texas State Society Black Tie & Boots Ball, Washington, D.C.for the first inauguration of Barack Obama Jan 2009 - Texas State Society Black Tie & Boots Ball, Washington, D.C.
Dec 2011 - 70th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony, Honolulu, Hawaii.for the second inauguration of Barack Obama Jan 2013 - Texas State Society Black Tie & Boots Ball, Washington, D.C.Mar 2015 - Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Dublin, Ireland.
Nov 2016 - 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York City.Dec 2016 - 75th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony, Honolulu, Hawaii.Jan 2017 - Texas State Society Black Tie & Boots Ball, Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of Donald Trump.Jul 2018 - Basel Tattoo, Basel, Switzerland.Nov 2018 - 92nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York City.Jul 2019 - Festival Bande, Modena, Italy.Nov 2019 - Birmingham Tattoo, Birmingham, England.Jun 2021 - Virginia International Tattoo, Norfolk, Virginia.Nov 2021 - 95nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York City.Dec 2021 - 80th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony, Honolulu, Hawaii.Directors Ī partial list of major performances over the past 20 years Utley, Davis confirmed the first performance date as September 19, 1940, as does the book, A History of Kilgore College, 1935-1981. Several sources have it as September 12, 1940, but in an oral interview with Texas State University history professor Dan K.
There is disagreement within the Rangerette alumni group and others in the dance team industry regarding the date of the first Rangerette performance. Davis served as the group's director for forty years, until June 1979. The Rangerettes became a success early on despite criticisms of their uniforms featuring skirts above the knee, which by the 1960s had become much shorter. Opting early to forgo the use of musical instruments, Davis focused her new team on dance and choreography, later naming the group the Rangerettes. He wanted something that would increase female enrollment at the college but would also keep fans in their seats during football half time shows instead of drinking alcohol under the stands. Masters wanted something different than the traditional women's drum and bugle corps. In 1939, Davis was hired away from Greenville High School by the Kilgore College Dean, Dr. The Kilgore College Rangerettes were founded by Gussie Nell Davis, a physical education instructor from Farmersville, Texas who had previously taken an all-girl's group called the "Flaming Flashes" from being a simple high school pep-squad to an elaborately performing drum and bugle corps in Greenville, Texas.
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