*~The Modernettes~*

*~The Modernettes~* The Modernettes are 8 TIME NBTA World Champions for baton and also won the Gold in 2012 for Poms. Time to start working toward qualifying for Norway 2018!

The Modernettes were established 55 years ago in 1959 under the direction of Ruby Daugherty and Marlene Moore. They began as a parade group, marching in 2-3 fireman parades per week during the summer months. A few years later, the baton corps attended its first National Baton Twirling Association (NBTA) competition and has competed there every summer since in the America’s Youth on Parade (AYOP) c

ompetition. Ruby Daugherty and Sherry School of Dance is located in South Park. Over the years, the Modernettes have performed at the Blue Water Festival in Michigan, the World’s Fair in New York, the Grand Ole Opry, as the opening act for Bobby Vinton at Heinz Hall and on a cruise ship. Most recently, the Modernettes have been a staple in the WPXI My Macy’s Holiday parade that is held each year in downtown Pittsburgh, often being selected to help open the parade with their pom routine. They are typically one of the last acts to perform before Santa Claus with an abbreviated version of their corps routine. Today, the Modernettes compete in a division called Show Corps with Props and the director is Sherry Vignoli Parisi, Ruby’s daughter. Show Corps with Props is an intricate balance of twirling, dancing and integrating props to support a specific theme.

03/10/2026

Happy Birthday to the Grande Dame of Twirling!

We 🩷 you, Sherry!

03/10/2025

Happy Birthday, Sherry!
We love you! 🧁

01/21/2025

We received a message asking the following:

Hi! This is probably a huge long shot but I was a modernette at Rubys back in the 90s. My dances were recorded in 93 and 95. Are these on dvd at all? I’d love to purchase them or get a copy. Thanks!

If anyone happens to have old DVDs from 93 and 95 of the Dance R***e, please let us know!

We are heartbroken - Sharon, we love you and will miss you always.
01/10/2025

We are heartbroken - Sharon, we love you and will miss you always.

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09/23/2024

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Ruby!
Love,
Your Cupcakes
🩷🖤🧁🖤🩷

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08/20/2024

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Firefighters battled the intense flames for several hours.

08/20/2024



For Ruby’s Cupcakes who are mourning the loss of the building we all grew up in…

The walls of the building were not what made that studio our home away from home. Ruby’s love of dance and baton twirling and the children she taught to be “class acts” is what changed that old movie theater from a building into a place where we chased our hopes and our dreams and formed life long friendships. It wasn’t always easy, and lots of blood, sweat, and tears were left on that stage, but it made us all who we are.

Our love of dance and baton twirling, and of Ruby and Sherry Vignoli Parisi are what keep the legacy of the Modernettes alive. Hold your chins up high, Cupcakes. Fire can’t keep the spirt of this sisterhood down! 🩷🖤🧁

Please keep Emily’s family in your thoughts and prayers during this time of loss. May Emily’s memory always be for a ble...
07/15/2024

Please keep Emily’s family in your thoughts and prayers during this time of loss.

May Emily’s memory always be for a blessing to those who knew and loved her. 🩷🖤

Page Mackenzie, your Modernette Family is so proud of you! Good luck to our newly crowned Miss Pennsylvania at Miss Ame...
06/16/2024

Page Mackenzie, your Modernette Family is so proud of you!

Good luck to our newly crowned Miss Pennsylvania at Miss America! 🩷🖤

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to our baton moms who drove us to corp practice nearly every day of the week!

Sherry - All of Ruby’s Cupcakes hope you have a great day! 🩷🖤🤍 🧁 🤍🖤🩷

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