Theme: Mountain Man Rendezvous
Come to the Mountains! - This year we are back at Camp Manidokan on the side of a ridge of the beautiful Appalachian mountains. This year we will celebrate our location in the mountains.
Rocky Mountain Rendezvous (in trapper jargon) was an annual gathering (1825–1840) at various locations held by a fur trading company at which trappers and mountain men sold their furs and hides and replenished their supplies.
The rendezvous was a celebration with competitions. James Beckwourth described it as "Mirth, songs, dancing, shouting, trading, running, jumping, singing, racing, target-shooting, yarns, frolic, with all sorts of extravagances that white men or Indians could invent".[1] Sounds like a Boy Scout event to me!
Weekend organization
We will have lots of activities setup around the camp. Go were you want, stay as long as you please - no schedule. Just like last year. The activities will be open all day Saturday and again on Sunday morning. Big campfire Saturday night.
Activities
We will bring back old favorites and we are planning some new ones that will soon be favorites. The activities mix work on Scout skills, learning and games. Yes, the Foosball field is returning.
Old favorites
| Foosball |
Agility Trail |
Knife Throwing |
Giant sling shot |
| Signals and Codes |
Fire building - bow method |
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Knots and Lashings |
| Map and Compass |
Scoutmaster "chuckwagon" Cookoff |
Cooking |
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Some of the new favorites
| Tomahawks |
Archery |
Lumberjack Toss |
Campsite Catastrophe |
| Climbing Wall |
Ax Carving |
Fire Building - steel wool |
Fire building - basic lay |
| Mountain man costume competition |
Blacksmithing |
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We are also planning some period demonstrations to help us get into the theme. Some ideas we are knocking around are: chainsaw carving, black powder, period costumes.
We will have a trading post run by the Scout Shop on Saturday.
Don't forget a permission slip and make sure your health forms are current.
Troop 1097 Permission Slip.docx
For more information go to:
http://www.ncacsenecadistrict.org/program/camporee-1
Adult in charge: (TBD)
https://sites.google.com/a/ncacsenecadistrict.org/home/program/boy-scouts/camporee-1
