Scouting, Volume 38, Number 2, February 1950 Page: 20
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LWord Pictures
<4^ The March theme,
^ Photography, pro-
vides an excellent op-
portunity to try word
pictures in the form
of charades.
What's a Charade?
A charade is a picture
in two or more big
scenes, each of which
portrays a syllable of
a word. The picture
may be either a still
or a talkie. Actually
very few words are
necessary. Supple-
ment the action with only enough words to make
the action clear. Frequently one single word will
do the trick.
- Properties Properties are really not necessary,
but perhaps you can think of some simple ones
which the Cub Scouts can make themselves.
An Example Start the show with the word "wel-
come." The Den Mother introduces her Cub Scouts,
explains the idea of parents guessing the word
after the act.
The Cub Scouts set the stage with their well —
a barrel, an upright arm with pulley and rope at-
tached, and a water bucket concealed in the barrel,
and of course, the dipper hung on a nail. They pull
up the bucket, dip in and pass around the dipper.
That portrays the first syllable—"well." They exit
with the well. Den Chief enters and motions in his
members one at a time. They come in on the run.
That completes the charade.
The Verse The Den Mother or Den Chief takes
charge of the guessing. She or he takes no chances
on parents failing and reads the following:
My first syllable, I hope you are,
My second I see you are,
My whole word I know you are,
Now what is it?
Here's a good charade on the word "Belfast"
(Belle-fast or bell-fast). The Cub Scouts develop
the scenes, then the Den Mother reads:
"My first letter is a "B"
My last letter is a "T"
The Emerald Isle is home to me,
My name is a curious one, I guess,
Reminding you of a girl at recess."
A Musical Charade Let the Den that sings best
try "Old Black Joe" in three scenes, one for each
word. At the conclusion of the charade the Den
Mother may put some humor into her announce-
ment, saying: "If you guess the title of that song,
you must just . . ." (Here she pauses, a Cub Scout
runs in carrying a sign with the musical symbol
B, he turns and marches out. The words "Be
Natural" are on the back of the sign.) The Den
Mother continues, "and when you sing it you must
not (sign reads Bb on front—"Be Flat" on back.)
Den Mother concludes, "but you must (sign reads
BJ, "Be Sharp"). Conclude the act with the entry
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of the entire Den carrying a large sheet of paper
on which the chorus of "Old Black Joe" is printed.
A song leader leads it.
An Antagonizing Finale For the closing charade
try ant-tag-oh-nize. Ant. Cub Scouts enter (one in
costume) on all fours, head held high. Tag. Play
any tag game. Oh! One player falls, others rush off
stage and he lies there crying, "Oh! Oh!" until car-
ried off. Nize. Cub Scouts enter in pairs each lead-
ing a puppy on all fours on a ribbon. When they
all get in they stroke puppies saying repeatedly,
"Nize puppy! Nize puppy!" The Den Mother tells
the audience, that since it was a very difficult word,
each pair of boys will come in and act out the
entire word. Cub Scouts do that in their own way
— no two alike.
Additional Word Pictures
Following are words which lend themselves to
charades: The Elective, Handicraft; the Achieve-
ment Scrapbook. Some three syllable words include
Neck-cur-chief, Hand-cur-chief, Mass-cur-aid,
Pill - grim - age, Deck - oar - ate. Horse - man - ship.
Some easy two-syllable words include Back-bite,
Back-slide, Band-box, Break-neck, Kid-nap, Foot-
ball, Drum-stick, Ear-drum, Rough-rider, School-
book.
Den Game of Charades
The Den Mother plays with one half of the Den
members, and the Den Chief with the other half.
The Den Mother and Den Chief get their teams to
select an easy charade for the first one and they
meet and rehearse in different parts of the house.
Words may be depicted with or without properties,
in either tableau, pantomime, or action, accompa-
nied by dialog.
After brief rehearsals, the groups meet together.
Group A puts on its charade, followed by Group B.
Both groups meet in a huddle and decide upon a
different answer for each member, if possible. If
a group fails to give the correct answer, the boys
are given clews. It is customary to start by telling
the first and last letter of the word. If a group does
not guess the word, the group that put on the
charade does another.
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