Scouting, Volume 28, Number 1, January 1940 Page: 15
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Sea Scouts, also at Plainfield, put on a signaling "live expo"
"SCOUT-O-RAMA"
OR CIRCUS
Your Scout Circus or "Scout-O-
Rama" may be just ahead of you.
Practice for all the parts or units
you are connected with. In prac-
tice, you oil out the squeaks and
get the act, stunt or demonstra-
tion into perfect running order.
See the Circus Manual which
may be secured through the Na-
tional Supply Service, 2 Park
Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Try out your inventive geniuses
and carpenters in fabricating some
colossal figures of Paul Bunyon,
his blue ox Babe, or some great
grotesque or historical figure. Build
them up to 10, 12 or even 14 feet
if possible. They'll steal the show,
all right.
Strange animals, clowns, con-
traptions to add a little humor to
the Circus will be greatly appre-
ciated. See page 28.
Suggestions of the Narragansett
Council at Providence, Rhode Is-
land, for a Council-wide Jamboree
Circus read as follows:
"HOW ABOUT AN ACT FROM
YOUR TROOP?
"Start plans now for transporta-
tion, so that your entire outfit can
attend this great Council-wide
Scout Circus!!
"EVERY FIRST CLASS OUTFIT
WANTS TO BE IN THE SHOW.
IF YOU DO, COMMUNICATE AT
ONCE WITH THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE ACTS COMMITTEE!
"Here are some of the suggested
displays: Neckerchief Drill, Games
—including Flag Relay, Chariot
Races, Flint and Steel — with
Colored Fires, Drum and Bugle
Corps Contest, Sea Scout Demon-
stration, Clowns, Camping, Pion-
eering, Disaster Act—based on the
hurricane.
"What have you to suggest? Re-
member—In this big circus every-
thing will have to be on a grand
scale!"
For a good program of sugges-
tions, see April 1939 Scouting,
page 17 — "A Troop Circus for
Parents' Night."
MERIT BADGE
EXPOSITION
The Louisville Council at Louis-
ville, Kentucky, sent this an-
nouncement to its Troops:
"Again, may we say that prep-
aration is the most important fac-
tor in making our Merit Badge
Exposition a success. This show is
to be presented next February 9
and 10, at the Armory. Soon it
will be difficult to reserve the
Merit Badge of your choice, for
already the following subjects have
been reserved:
"Central District Troops — Pot-
tery, Bugling, Stamp Collecting,
Firemanship, Automobiling.
"Cherokee District Troops —
Finger Printing, Life Saving, Ar-
chery, Cycling, Cooking, Civics.
"Western District Troops—First
Aid, Reading, Electricity, Model
Airplanes, Leathercraft, Bookbind-
ing, Wood Carving, Safety.
"Rolling Forks and Springfield
District Troops—Neckerchiefs, and
Taxidermy.
"Iroquois District Troops —
Photography, Camp Hobbies, Pion-
eering, Land Ship.
"Seneca District Troops—Marks-
manship, Basketry, Radio, Camp-
ing.
"Ormsby Village Troops—Archi-
tecture, Carpentry, Music, Plumb-
ing, Printing, Wood Turning,
Wood Work.
"Bowling Green and Glasgow
District Troops — Pigeon Raising,
Bird Study.
"Green River and Muldraugh
Hill District Troops—Metal Work,
Aviation, Bird Houses."
The above indicates the range of
subjects that can be developed
into interesting demonstrations —
preferably of the "Live Expo" type
—for a Merit Badge Exposition.
A SCOUT CIRCUS
Plans suggested by the Tri-State Area
Council at Huntington, West Virginia.
"Lack of space makes it impos-
sible for us to record here the
names of several hundred Scouters
JANUARY, 1940
Take an "Old Scout" Census for Boy Scout Week. See Page 4
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