Tonight was the annual Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet. We had a nice lasagna dinner and about 45 Cub Scouts earned a whole bunch of awards. As promised, Nick earned his Tiger Cub badge and is now officially on the Wolf Trail. He's pretty excited about that.
One of the highlights of the Blue and Gold banquet is the transition of the Webelos scouts to the Boy Scout troop. Our pack has a ceremony where a special arrow is prepared for each boy and the arrow is then shot into a target. This year a former Boy Scout made an English longbow as a gift to the troop and that was what was used to shoot the arrows into the target. Unfortunately the elaborate hand-made bow broke after the third arrow. :-( Fortunately another bow was procured so the ceremony could continue. :-)
The other highlight was a show world class yo-yo master Dazzling Dave. He showed the boys a bunch of very cool yo-yo tricks, including a a yo-yo version of William Tell using one of the boys as a prop. Instead of knocking an apple off the kid's head, he knocked a poker chip off of the kid's ear. Pretty impressive. He also taught the kids some useful stuff for getting started with a yo-yo. Very cool. The kid's loved it.
Allison took a bunch of pictures. I'll post them when she makes them available.
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Do you think Dazzling Dave fights crime in the Twin Cities on the weekends? I'm imagining him in a rhinestone-encrusted jumpsuit, nailing criminals on the head with his amazing yo-yos.
I had no idea that the Boy Scouts entailed such ceremony. I know our turn is coming up next year...now I know what to expect.
(Maybe I've been reading Wolverine over Hans' shoulder too much).
Dazzling Dave seemed to get winded doing his yo-yo show, so I don't he's fighting much crime. Or free style yo-yoing is a lot harder than I think.
Funny, I don't seem to remember bow and arrow...
I Hate to sound Impatient, but I am still wondering about the Windmill.
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