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==Baton Twirler==

* Video: [[Norman_Crider_Video_(1961)|Norman Crider, baton twirler]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1961)

[[Category:Artists and Acts|Crider, Norman]][[Category:Jugglers|Crider, Norman]]

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−	A baton twirler of great talent, Norman Crider (1938-2009) is perhaps best remembered in the United States for his long tenure of the ‘’The Ballet Shop’’, at Broadway and 63rd Street near Lincoln Center in New York City—a well-known hub for dancers, choreographers, and collectors of ballet memorabilia and books; from time to time, the shop also offered rare and precious circus prints and other wonderfully selected circus artifacts.	+	A baton twirler of great talent, Norman Crider (1938-2009) is perhaps best remembered in the United States for his long tenure at the ‘’The Ballet Shop’’, at Broadway and 63rd Street near Lincoln Center in New York City—a well-known hub for dancers, choreographers, and collectors of ballet memorabilia and books; from time to time, the shop also offered rare and precious circus prints and other wonderfully selected circus artifacts.

	He was born August 29, 1938, in Lordsburg, New Mexico, where he spent his childhood, and had completed two years of college by the age of 17. But ballet was his true passion, and he wanted to be a dancer; unfortunately, there was no ballet school in Lordsburg—and certainly not, at that time, for young boys! To satisfy his love of performing, Norman learned baton-twirling, and went on to become the American champion and to win national and international competitions. Eventually, he created a juggling act with his baton-twirling, and left college to work as a professional performer.		He was born August 29, 1938, in Lordsburg, New Mexico, where he spent his childhood, and had completed two years of college by the age of 17. But ballet was his true passion, and he wanted to be a dancer; unfortunately, there was no ballet school in Lordsburg—and certainly not, at that time, for young boys! To satisfy his love of performing, Norman learned baton-twirling, and went on to become the American champion and to win national and international competitions. Eventually, he created a juggling act with his baton-twirling, and left college to work as a professional performer.

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 After the closing of ''The Ballet Shop'', Norman Crider moved to Winter Park, Florida, then to Indianapolis, where he died of cancer on August 19, 2009, at age seventy-one.
 * Video: [[Norman_Crider_Video_(1961)|Norman Crider, baton twirler]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1961)
 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Crider, Norman]][[Category:Jugglers|Crider, Norman]]