The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps is a Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

-based visual performance

Performance art

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 ensemble of gay male volunteers. The name is a play on the Reserve Officer Training Corps. The group appears at gay events in Chicago. It also travels across the country to perform at various LGBT

LGBT

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 events.

The group formed in 1992 by Ron Rubright, Bruce Linsmeyer and Chuck Henson and was meant to provide light entertainment to gay pride

Gay pride

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 parades that they felt were rather too serious. Their uniform borrows elements from military garb (khaki or camouflage, black boots) but then also includes camp

Camp (style)

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elements: members are encourage to personalize their wardrobe. In addition, although the group marches in unison and performs synchronized movements, the music is generally techno, disco or a gay anthem. The group's performance consists of "a precision, military-style warm-up routine, and traditional routines to dance or disco music."

External links

• Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps — official website