Spring 2003 Camporee
Metro Lakes
District
May 16, 17, 18
Dear
Scouts and Scouters,
Your
Troop is invited to attend the annual Metro Lakes District Spring Camporee.
This year’s theme is “The Star Spangled Banner”. The Camporee dates are May
16-18.
This
registration packet should help you understand what is happening at the
Camporee so you can publicize it to your Troop. Activities include the mass
model rocket launches, bugling competition, flag pole raising competition, flag
presentation competition, flags of the world competition, flag trivia, Star
Spangled Banner trivia and singing competition, and much more. Saturday evening after our regularly
scheduled campfire we will be doing a mass flag retirement ceremony with an ash ceremony to be a part of it. If your Troop has a flag, or flags, that you
would like to be a part of this ceremony please let me know right a way.
In
addition to the exciting events we have planned this year we are also going to
have a Dutch Oven Cooking Competition. Each Patrol can submit one entry. Troops
must notify the staff that they are planning on entering prior to
We
need your assistance with staffing this event. With many exciting activities
planned for the 20-30 Troops and over 300 Scouts and Scouters
we need Staff Members! Each Troop is asked to encourage one older Scout,
preferable one who is not currently an SPL or PL and who is a member of the OA,
to volunteer to work on the Camporee Staff.
Please contact either William Peterson or Anthony Garcia if you would
like to be on staff that weekend. If
you, or an older Scout in your Troop, have experience with mass model rocket
launches we would REALLY like to talk to you about it.
If
there are any adults who would like to assist with the planning and staffing
for future Camporees, you can also contact me as
fresh ideas are always welcome for these events.
Call
me, Ted McLaughlin, District Camporee Program Chair, at (763) 503-1133; or
email at mclaught@visi.com, if you are
interested in being either on staff for either this Camporee, or are interested
in helping with planning future Camporees.
I
am looking forward to seeing all of you at the Camporee!!!!
Ted
McLaughlin
Metro
Lakes District Camporee Committee
Program
Chair
Table
of Contents
Welcome
Letter 2
General
Information 3
Camporee
Policies 4
Event
Schedule 5
Patrol
Requirements 6
Event
Descriptions 6
Registration
Form 7
Pre-Registration
Form 8
General
Information
First Aid
First
Aid will be available at Heritage Lodge. However, each Troop should be able to
take care of minor injuries. Injuries requiring medical attention should be
reported to and attended by the staff at Heritage Lodge. Please have proper
medical forms for each person. We will try to have trained medical personnel on
staff for this Camporee.
Permission
Slips
Every
Scout should have a permission slip signed by their parents/guardians giving
permission for any medical treatments, hospital visits, etc. These forms should
be kept in the campsite and be readily accessible in the event of an emergency.
We will not be doing rifle or archery this time so you will not need separate
permissions slips for that this year.
Uniforms
Scouts
should be in Class “A” uniforms upon arrival, at worship services, Flag
Ceremonies, and during the campfire program. During the day on Saturday Scouts
may dress in either Class “A” uniforms, or Troop tee-shirts. Patrols should
dress consistently.
Fees
The
cost for the Camporee this year is $10.00. This includes a nifty patch, camp
fees, a model rocket (which hopefully they will be able to take home if they
can find it), rocket motor, prizes, cracker-barrel, awards, and other assorted
supplies and equipment. Not too bad for a great weekend.
Camporee Policies
The
following rules were made to help us have a successful and safe camping
experience. It is the responsibility of the adults in charge to see that their
Scouts know and understand these rules. Anyone caught violating them may be
asked to leave the camp.
Vehicles: Speed limit is
15 mph
No
passengers in back of truck or trailer. Vehicles limited to
main roads and parking areas only.
Trailers may be left in a campsite but the vehicles should be moved to
the parking lots.
Fires:
Campfires are allowed in designated spots.
All
liquid fuels must be used with adult supervision.
NO
CAMPFIRE MAY BE LEFT UNATTENDED!!
NO
FIRES OUTSIDE OF FIRE RINGS!!
Firearms:
Firearms, explosives, and fireworks are prohibited.
Conservation:
Please conserve our natural resources. No digging, trenching, or raking.
ABSOLUTELY
no cutting of brush or standing timber is allowed. The Ranger will assess a
$1.00 per foot fine up to
the maximum value of the tree for cutting timber.
Adults:
At least one responsible adult (21 or older) must be in camp at all times.
Knives:
NO straight bladed knives are allowed in camp.
Lights
out: Scouts are not allowed out of their site after lights out with the
exception of to and from the latrine.
PLEASE
respect others during lights out. Scouters are asked
to bring roaming Scouts to the headquarters after lights out.
Radios:
No radios, stereos, tape players, headsets, etc. are allowed in camp.
Swimming:
Any Scout caught swimming or wading in the lakes or river without permission
will be asked to leave camp.
Event Schedule
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Patrol
Requirements
Each
Patrol will compete in all events. The Patrol will be issued an Event Card indicating
the location and time of each event. The
SPL will receive the Event Card at the SPL breakfast on Saturday morning. All members of a Patrol must stay together at
all times.
There
will be water located at the event sites, however,
Scouts will be required to have their own cup. There will be no drinking from
the water jugs allowed.
Each
Troop should also plan for a skit for the campfire – it helps to have this
planned out in advance. Remember what happened last time to the Troops with no
skits.
Star Spangled Banner Events:
Mass
Model Rocket Launch!! - Each Scout will have an opportunity to launch his model rocket
(weather permitting). Hopefully Scouts
will come to the Camporee with the rocket already built, but if not we will be
set up to help the few (hint,
hint) Scouts who still need to make them. Firing preference for the model
rockets will be given to the Scouts who bring a pre-made rocket to the
Camporee. In the event that we run out
of time Scouts who make theirs on Saturday will not get a chance to launch
them. Please see the pre-registration
page for more information. In the event
of bad weather we are going to be organizing a few other things to take this spot.
Flag
Pole Raising Competition - Each Patrol will get a chance to build a flag pole. The Patrol will be given three pioneering
poles (at this time we don't know how long they will be, but a safe guess is
10-12 feet each), 3 stakes, and twine to build the flagpole. If the Patrols would like to bring anything
additional to make the flag raising easier that is up to them. That leads us to….
Flag
Raising Competition - Each Patrol will then raise a flag on their newly constructed flag
pole. We ask that each Patrol bring with
them an American flag to do the ceremony with.
This can be one of the flags that are going to be retired later that
evening (we understand if the flag used might not be the highest quality, no
points will be taken away for flag appearance).
We are hoping to have either the Navy or the Marines running this competition.
Bugling
Ceremony -
Calling all Buglers!! As part of the flag raising competition we will also be
doing a bugling competition. Each Patrol
will have an opportunity to have their bugler sound off with the following
calls: To the colors, Taps, Mess, and Assembly.
This event will be an individual competition and prizes will be awarded
to individual buglers.
Flags
of the World Competition - Here is a chance to test your geography knowledge. Each Patrol will be judged on how many
countries flags they can pick out. Each
Patrol will have a set amount of time in which to compare flags to
countries. Don't worry,
no teachers will be notified of the results of this event. J
Flag
Trivia -
How well do you know our Flag, it's history and
symbolism's?? Something
to think about now.
Star
Spangled Banner Trivia and Singing - Once again, how much do you know about the song,
and more importantly, how many verses of it can you sing?
Dutch
Oven Cooking Competition - Each Patrol can submit
one entry to be judged. There is no
restrictions on what can be cooked, i.e. breakfast item, dessert, etc. Each entry must have been cooked by the youth
of the Patrol, not by the adult leaders.
You don't have to provide a lot of food for the judges,
just a couple spoonfuls should do it.
Don't worry, I will make sure they get enough
to eat. Entries should be ready to be
judged between
There
will probably be more, we are just trying to think of
good events to put around the Flag theme.
If you have any ideas feel free to let me know.
Registration
Form
See
Next page for Pre-Registration Form, please bring this form with you to
campout.
Troop
_________________
Scoutmaster
_______________________________
SPL
______________________________________
Name
of Patrols __________________________________________________________
Scouts:
1
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4
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7
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10
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13
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16
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19
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22
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25
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27
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Adults:
1
_____________________ 2 _____________________ 3_______________________
4
_____________________ 5 _____________________ 6_______________________
Total
Participation ______________ Payment Method:
Registration
Fee _____$10.00_____ Troop Check ______
Late
Fee _______________ Personal Check______
(if applicable $25) Cash _______
Total
Due _______________
Pre-Registration
Form
This
form is to be sent to the Viking Council Scout offices prior to May 2nd,
or turned in at the April or May Roundtable (to get your rockets early). Any
registration forms received after that will be assessed a $25 dollar late fee.
If
you have any question as to why we have late fees, ask Ted McLaughlin about
being at Rainbow foods at
Troop
____________________________________________________
Scoutmaster__________________________________________________
Estimated
# of boys____________________________________________
Estimated
# of Adults__________________________________________
Total
amount Paid ($10 per person)________________________________
Since
the District is purchasing a large number of model rockets we are trying to get
a very good handle on the number of Scouts coming to this event. Please try to turn in your pre-registration
form by the April Roundtable. Troops who
have the forms turned in either that night or before, will receive their model
rockets for the number of Scouts they register.
That way they can have them completed by the Camporee. We are asking that Troops plan for one of
their regular Troop meetings to assemble the rockets so that the Camporee will
run MUCH smoother. If too many Scouts
don't have the rockets made when they arrive, there is a very good chance that
some Scouts will not get a chance to fire them.
Firing preference will be given to the Scouts who come to the event with
a pre-made rocket. Troops can purchase
extra rockets (and motors) at the Camporee at our discounted price if they
would like to use them at a later date.
Refunds
will be made if the expected attendance is not met. Troops who have more show
up than pre-registered will not be charged any fees over the registration
costs. If you have more Scouts show up
than were pre-registered you will have an opportunity to get more rockets. It is just that the boys who are building the
rockets on Saturday might not get a chance to fly them.
Forms
should be mailed to:
Viking
Council, BSA
Attn:
Metro Lakes Spring Camporee
Acct
Code: