Canton Elite Show Corps is a competition marching unit and twirling team just beginning our eighth year and have already won numerous awards! We march and compete in 20 parades a year throughout Ohio and have performed in the 2003 AXA Liberty Bowl halftime show and Beale Street Parade in Memphis, TN. We have been selected for the 2004, 2006 & 2007 Community Choice Award at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Community Parade and have performed halftime for the Canton Legends indoor football.  We also have students that compete as soloists in many of the baton organizations and have formed a competition twirling team.

     Our corps colors are pink, silver and black and consists of a junior color guard; Senior flag line, senior, junior, juvenile feature twirlers; senior, junior, juvenile majorette unit and percussion section. Our twirlers are from the Stark County area including, Canton City, Canton Local,  East Canton, Sandy Valley, Plain Local, Northwest Local, Perry Local and Tuslaw Local school districts. We also have students from Kent State University and Bowling Green State University. They range in age from 3 through 20.

For more information on the corps please see our web site at http://cantonelitebaton.tripod.com

     The corps is directed and instructed by KARLA NEFF. All lessons are taught by Karla who is a TU twirling coach though and licensed thru the State of Ohio, Board of Education. She is also a choreographer.  She has choreographed musicals for various middle schools and high schools for their musicals.  She is a past NBTA competition twirler and a former majorette advisor for various high schools in the past 10 years.