Troop 122

Troop and Eagle Court of Honor

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

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The Troop and Eagle Court of Honor for Shaun Haile & Joey Lee was held at First United Methodist Church in Rogers, Arkansas on March 29, 2010.

Buffalo River Trail from Kyle's Landing to Pruitt

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

We began the hike near Kyle's Landing. There were 10 boys and 2 adult hikers. We also had 2 aditional leaders who gracioulsy shuttled our vehicals and cooked us an awsome chile dinner.

Devil's Den - November 08

noreply@blogger.com (Trish Love) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:46:00 +0000

The troop visited Devil's Den in November. Some of the older boys hiked the Butterfield Trail. The younger boys worked on advancement and also did some hiking. Mr. Love came down on Saturday night and taught them how to bake brownies three ways -- in a Dutch oven, in a reflector oven and in a cardboard box oven.

noreply@blogger.com (Trish Love) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:41:00 +0000

The Greyhound patrol had a fun campout at John Blair's property in Little Flock. These new Scouts earned their Totin' Chip and Fireman Chit. They learned knots, lashed, built fires and worked on other requirements.

Video From the Camporee Races

noreply@blogger.com (Trish Love) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:07:00 +0000

Here are the other race videos as promised in the Camporee story below. (I had a hard time getting them uploaded)

Joe's crash with the Irish car.

Penn's crash with the Irish car. (Yes, the car had some issues!)

Fall Camporee an Exciting Event - by Trish Love

noreply@blogger.com (Trish Love) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:19:00 +0000

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The Fall NASCAR-themed Camporee was great fun for all! Our two car entries did very well despite several crashes, bent wheels and subsequent repairs. The Irish car came in third overall and the Greyhound car ran a number of races before finally getting beat twice in this double-elimination event. You will find video of both cars below. The Irish video features the much-anticipated crash video with Joe taking the roll. I also posted a good one of Penn crashing the Irish car.....we got smarter and took off the seat belt on that one so when it rolled he just fell out!

The Greyhounds

Saturday evening, our Mic-O-Say tribesmen and one OA member from another troop worked together to come up with a very cool campfire opening that was very successful! Read the detailed account below:

The crowd arrived just as dark was falling. A Wood Badge beading ceremony that lasted until it got good and dark, then lanterns were lit as footlights and we were on. Adult leader John Gray was dressed Osage style with a tunic, sash, cloth pants and some very cool fringed ankle boots he had made. He was wearing a bear skin on his back with the head over his head and tied under his neck. Mr. Gray led Tracy Jandebeur and I in and we took seats at the big suspended OA drum.
Mr. Gray stood as John Brunner entered. He was dressed in his MOS Warrior costume with ribbon shirt, fancy style back and arm bustles, Apache leggings, headband with feathers and breech cloth. He approached Mr. Gray and asked, "Wise One, are you ready to light the campfire?" To which Mr. Gray answered, "Brave Warrior, you may light the fire."

John then turned to me at the drum and said, "Tom-tom beater, summon the flames!" and I let go with a drum beat call that was echoed in the distance by another Tribesman (Nick Webster). Then in ran Isaac, screaming loudly with a flaming torch in his hand (very impressive). He circled once and then tossed the torch onto the fire --- which went up fairly quickly, having been well doused with "girl scout juice".

After he ran out, Mr. Gray welcomed people to the campfire and mentioned the OA lodge chapter and basically stalled for a moment while Isaac got his arm bustles on.
Then, with a "Let the dance begin!" I drummed in the running dancers. There were 6 total -- John, Joe, Nick, Isaac, Cameron and one OA guy, Jeremy, from another troop. We had split my costume stuff between Cameron and Jeremy so they could look the part, since they have not yet built costumes.

At this point, our original plan was for Tracy and I to listen to the chant in one ear via I-Pod and drum and chant, with the boys also chanting. Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties that prevented that from coming off as we hoped. So, we just drummed, which turned out just fine. The dancers performed the Warrior's Dance and then upon completion, ran back out and into the night.

The boys did well and the audience was impressed. We had several adults comment that it was good to see an OA presence again, so we feel like we achieved our goal. I was proud of them and they were delighted with the response and the way it all worked out.

Here are pictures of the weekend. Many pictures of cars from the other troops -- there was an amazing variety! Remember, you can click on the little Picasa color wheel in the corner to open the album and save copies of your favorites.

Fall Court of Honor A Special Evening

noreply@blogger.com (Trish Love) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:30:00 +0000

We had a great Court of Honor last night even if it did go a bit long due to some very well frozen hamburgers! The side dishes and desserts were yummy and the company pleasant. We hope everyone enjoyed having it outside for a change. We will do a thorns and roses with the boys to see what they liked and disliked on Monday.

Posted are a couple videos. The first one is of the Mic-O-Say Tribesman performance of the Warrior's Dance. Mic-O-Say is the honor camping society of Camp Geiger in St. Joseph, MO, where a group from the troop has camped the last couple of summers. As mentioned, Tribesmen are required to learn Native American dance and create their own Native American costume as part of their advancement in the tribe - both are works in progress. This was their first "appearance" outside of camp. Mrs. Jandebeur and Mrs. Love stepped in to fill out the ranks a little while the local tribe grows. The plan is to incorporate our OA members also and create a Troop dance team.

The second video is the photo story that Historian Joe Love put together depicting scenes from the last six months of troop outings and events. The selected music is that which the boys who went to Camp Geiger will remember as "evacuation night sing along music." Enjoy!

noreply@blogger.com (Troop 122) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:06:00 +0000