Introduction Introduction Skits Skits - Quickies Cheers & Yells Songs Fire Starters Openings &
Closings Subject: rec.scouting FAQ#1: Skits, Yells & Creative
Campfires
Archive-name: scouting/1_skits-yells-and-campfires/part1
This file contains a number of skits and yells collected on rec.scouting and scouts-l, for your own Pack meetings and campfires. While the yells are rarely usable outside of the English-speaking countries, most skits are very easy to translate, and my cubs love them!I have also appended a compilation of creative ways to light a campfire. If you use them, be careful not to incite the kids to start playing with liquid fuels. The results can be devastating.There are a few books I know on skits, yells and campfires:
The "BSA Cub Scout Leader How-To Book". It is built to help the cub scout pack and den leaders running programs that kids enjoy. A section of 15 pages is dedicated to skits, yells and applause's. ISBN 0-8395-3831-6.
"Creative Campfires" is another fine publication. Half of the book contains songs, and the rest is crammed with skits, stories, yells and tips to set up an entertaining campfire. (Sorry - no ISBN, but it can be ordered worldwide from the BSA Supply Division - Fax +1-704-588-5822).
"Campfire Stories....Things That go Bump in the Night" by William Forgey, M.D. contains 21 campfire stories, with large typeface summary of each. Also includes the author's suggestions for how to be successful at telling campfire stories. ISBN 0-934802-23-8 published by ICS Books. Approximate price: $10US $13CA
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-- Danny Schwendener macman@bernina.ethz.ch Wolfsmeute Nidau/Glockenhof, Sihlstr. 33, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
There is a big file of songs at ftp.ethz.ch (path: rec.scouting/songs/)
There is a big file of magic campfire starters at ftp.ethz.ch (path: rec.scouting/misc.)
Note: Most of the material in this document is from the rec.scouting campfires FAQ. I have edited, corrected spelling and grammar, and formatted the text where appropriate to make a more pleasant reference work. I have also added additional material from other sources, retaining proper credit when available. If anything is improperly or not credited, please let me know and I will make the corrections.