These Ceremony ideas are from the Scouts-L mailing list. -srt
Materials needed:
Second Class Patch and Card (per Second Class Scout)
Second Class Poster (available from Council Office)
Flashlight
Participants: Second Class Scouts to be honored
Scoutmaster
Senior Patrol Leader
One other Scout to hold Poster and Flashlight
(at this part of the Court of Honor, the lights are dimmed and the Scout holding the Second Class Scout poster and flashlight takes his place to the right of the Senior Patrol Leader.)
Scoutmaster: "At this time, I will turn this part of the Court over to _____________, Senior Patrol Leader, for an advancement presentation."
Senior Patrol Leader: "Will the following Scout(s) come forward, face the audience, and form a line to the right of the Scoutmaster".
(Calls names of Scouts).
"These are Scouts that have been with us for at least three months. They have learned much about our Troop and about Scouting. They have learned how to take care of themselves and others, have learned how to use a map and compass to find their way, and most of all have seen firsthand how much fun it is to be a Scout."
(at this time, Scout holding Second Class Poster shines flashlight on poster to illuminate the poster)
"It gives me great honor to officially recognize these Scouts as Second Class Boy Scouts. May the scroll of your new rank remind you of the fun and enjoyment that you have had so far in your Scouting experience. May it also spur you onward to complete the requirements and to become First Class Boy Scouts."
(Scoutmaster presents rank patch to each Scout, shaking hands with each using the Scout handshake. The Senior Patrol Leader follows behind, presenting the Second Class Rank card to each Scout.)
"Congratulations to each one of you, Scouts. Mr.(Ms.) Scoutmaster, I now return the Court to you."
--end of ceremony
(taken from old "Quick Award Ceremonies for New Troops" from the Lonesome Pine Council, BSA)
Settummanque!
(MAJ) Mike L. Walton (Settummanque, the blackeagle)
(Email)
mwalton@alpha.comsource.net/kyblkeagle@aol.com/mikewalton@gnn.com
This is a short ceremony I wrote,
MC: Will Scouts ________ and their parents please enter the circle.
Scoutmaster: "Like the braves of long ago who first learned how to build a fire before learning how to hunt and cook. You also have learned many things that serve as a foundation in your Scouting career. Forget not these lessons but take them, teach them and apply them. They will serve you well along the trail to Eagle and yet they will follow you further as you travel through life.
(present the Parent with the rank to be pinned on the boy and the boy the
Mother's pin to be pinned on her ribbon.
YIS
Greg Gough
SM Troop 201, Ozark, MO. I used to be an Owl but I will always be
an Eagle!
Last modified 11/30/95