Scouting, Volume 69, Number 6, November-December 1981 Page: 2
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BLUE AND GOLD TRADITIONS
DEN MEETINGS
Find out what kind of home chores Cub Scouts had years ago.
REVIEW THEME PAGES BEFORE PLANNING DEN MEETINGS.
FIRST WEEK SECOND WEEK THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
Den leader, den chief, and denner review plans before each meeting and check equipment needed.
BEFORE Have materials for center-
THE pieces, invitations, favors
MEETING for blue and gold banquet;
STARTS Games for Cub Scouts.
Have toothpicks for Magic
Toothpick trick (page 75,
Den Chief Handbook); ma-
terials for banquet decora-
tions, U.S. flag, Cub Scout
Songbook.
Have pie tin and marbles
for Balance the Marbles
(page CUB 1 FEB); Games
for Cub Scouts, materials
for banquet decorations
and props and costumes.
Have two tennis balls and
bottle for Tennis the Men-
ance (page CUB 4 FEB);
milk carton and bell for
Who Chopped Down the
Cherry Tree (page CUB 1
FEB); Cub Scout Songbook.
Den leader collects dues.
WHILE
CUB
SCOUTS
GATHER
Den chief officiates for
Dual Contests (page 76, Den
Leader's Book).
Have boys try Magic Pick-
up.
Boys play Balance the Mar-
ble.
Boys play Tennis the Men-
ance.
OPENING Form living circle and have
boy nearest transfer to
Webelos den lead Cub
Scout Promise.
Assigned boy conducts flag
ceremony.
Perform an applause stunt
(page 44, Den Leader's
Book).
Sing "Bananas, Coconuts,
Grapes" (page 80, Den Chief
Handbook). Den chief con-
ducts informal
uniform inspection.
Urge boys to wear full uni-
form at blue and gold ban-
quet.
BUSINESS
ITEMS
Den leader checks boys' books for passed achievements and electives and records them
on Den Advancement Chart. Boys record own advancement on den doodle, if den has one.
Discuss Blue and Gold
Traditions theme and tell
plans for banquet. Discuss
ideas for den skit or stunt
(see ideas on page CUB 1
FEB). Say that the den will
choose one next week.
Have den vote to select skit
or stunt for banquet. Begin
planning for it.
Check final preparations
for banquet.
ACTIVITY Play Discovering America
(page 14, Games for Cub
Scouts).
Begin making invitations,
centerpieces, favors, place
cards, etc.
Divide den into two teams
and have Gorilla Relay
(page 107, Den Chief
Handbook).
Complete invitations. Con-
tinue work on centerpieces,
favors, place cards.
Play Stagecoach Upset
(page 15, Games for Cub
Scouts).
Complete work on banquet
decorations. Make props
and costumes for skit or
stunt and rehearse it.
Play Who Chopped Down
the Cherry Tree?
Have dress rehearsal of skit
or stunt.
CLOSING Assign boy working on
Wolf Flag achievement to
prepare and conduct open-
ing flag ceremony next
week.
Form living circle and have
denner lead Law of the
Pack.
Remind boys to give ban-
quet invitations to parents.
Den forms circle around
U.S. flag and sings "God
Bless America" (Cub Scout
Songbook).
Form circle and have boys
pass the Cub Scout hand-
shake around the circle.
Have each boy give Cub
Scout salute to den chief as
he leaves.
Form brotherhood circle
with arms around each
other's shoulders and sing
or hum "Taps" (Cub Scout
Songbook).
AFTER
THE
MEETING
Denner supervises putting away equipment. Den leader, den chief, and denner review the
meeting and check details for next meeting.
Den leader fills out ad-
vancement report for pack
leaders' meeting.
Has your denner served
three months? Maybe it's
time to elect a new one.
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS, READ BOYS' LIFE AND ATTEND YOUR DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE.
CUB 2 FEB 82
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 69, Number 6, November-December 1981, periodical, November 1981; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353615/m1/64/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.