These baton-twirlers were basking in glory after scooping top Scottish titles for their majorette techniques.

Not only did the trio stay in the same street in Glasgow, but two of the girls are aunt and niece.

Kelly Anne Brown, 5, walked away with Miss Baby Princess Scotland.

Her aunt Tracy Brown, 10, won Miss Junior Novice Princess and neighbour Christine Dolan, 8, walked off with the Miss Juvenile Princess.

The girls, who all lived in Gartloch Road, in Garthamlock, Glasgow, were coached by 21-year-old Sandra Aitkenhead, from Clarkston.

Sandra, who has been teaching dance in the area for two years, said: “I was amazed when my girls walked off with the titles.

“Apart from them being two relatives, it is unheard of that the next door neighbour gets in on the act as well.”

Majorette troupes are popular in the United States these days but it was an entertainment originally performed as a typical carnival dance in Germany.

And in the 1980s, it was all the rage in Glasgow too. 

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