Ozzie Nelson's ridiculous baton

The director of a stage band is largely window dressing, but it still irks me to see those massive batons used by some of them in an entirely improper manner. Take Ozzie Nelson (of the Ozzie and Harriet TV show) for instance. Before he was a television star he was a band leader, and he used one of those ridiculously-large batons that he waved largely to no purpose. The way he used it, it would have been almost impossible to see the beat from his baton. Below is a link to a video of his band. And yes, that is Harriett singing midway through the clip.

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