Titania Ann Gentry reminisces about growing up in a small southern town in the 1940s, when her ambition was to become a champeen baton twirler. She fulfills her dream, and years later she still feels that her achievement at age 13 justifies anything that has happened to her since--a view her two daughters do not share. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.