Anyway, he is officially a Boy Scout now. On to tons more camping adventures. He just had is first lock in on Friday and we are all going camping for Mother's Day!
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Arrow of Light '14
Chris graduated from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts in the Arrow of Light ceremony. The ceremony was far from PC. Some of the older boys dress in full on Indian apparel and walk out to the meticulous beat of a single drum. Arrows are pulled from the quiver and shot into a bulls eye. The boys are asked to stand in the audience so an Indian "helper" can come out and escort them (hand on shoulder leading them) ever so sllllooooowwwwllly to the stage to face the Indian. All this to the same single drum beat. Once all the graduating scouts have found their way to the stage the Indian presents them each with a necklace (after he spends 5 minutes trying to untangle each one from the next). After they all have their hardware they get to "cross over" the bridge and become Boy Scouts. It was the most serious of ceremonies ever and it took everything I had not to burst out laughing.
Anyway, he is officially a Boy Scout now. On to tons more camping adventures. He just had is first lock in on Friday and we are all going camping for Mother's Day!
Anyway, he is officially a Boy Scout now. On to tons more camping adventures. He just had is first lock in on Friday and we are all going camping for Mother's Day!
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Whoo Hoo! Way to go Chris!! We love scouts! Happy camping!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's awesome!! You're amazing!
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