For 2012-05-19 (SAT)
(a) We’ll meet at UGA from 1500-1800 hours to build pioneering projects, display of your survival kits & guard of honour rehearsal.
(b) Dress code: 229 outdoor uniform but with black leather shoes (for foot drill). Wash, clean & iron your full scout uniform for 20 May.
(c) Duty patrol: build the flag stand & hoist flag as usual, but don’t dismantle the flag stand afterwards, keep it and place it at cub scout flag stand position on 20 May.
(d) Pioneering projects: 4 patrols (I’ll tell you which 4 on that day) will each build a tripod with 14 feet long bamboo poles, then form an adventure trail as in the attached. The remaining patrol and all ventures will build a 4-leg observation tower with 15 feet long bamboo poles as in the attached. No need to make the bamboo poles ladder and we will instead use a rope ladder (which I purchased last time). PLs please tie your patrol flags on the tower platform to show show your quali. Also, Philip LAI Sir will come and assist us. Dear LAI Sir, I’ve copied this email to you for information. Thanks in advance.
(e) Guard of honour: I will pick the smart ones to form a guard of honour. Heidi SUEN and one SPL will be the colour bearers to carry the venture & scout flags. Thanks Jane FAN to have washed & cleaned the white ceremonial gloves for us. Let’s practise the guard of honour seriously and you will be inspected by Wanchai Scout Commissioner YUNG Sir on 20 May. Dear scouts & ventures, if you don’t come for the foot drill practice this Saturday then you will not have the honour to be selected to be 229’s first guard of honour ever.
(f) Display of survival kits: SPL please set a table next to the observation tower and display all your survival kits with contents laid out. I’ll bring clear book wrapping sheet to cover the survival kits to keep them intact.
(g) Wanchai Scout District representative will visit us to assess our 2012 Distinguished Troop Award this Saturday. They didn’t come on 5 May so they will definitely come this Saturday (we only gave them either 5 or 19 May). Dear Charlie, please have all the documents ready which they require for inspection. Be alert & prepared.
For 2012-05-20 (SUN)
(a) We’ll meet at 1300 hours, remember to submit your summer camp form & payment cheque on that day. Duty patrol and SPL please prepare the group flag and place the flag stand at cub’s flag stand position.
(b) 1315 hours: final full dress rehearsal for the guard of honour ceremony.
(c) 1430 hours: group fall-in and the daytime program (to be announced later) will start rolling. Venture & scout guard of honour will be the first program and you will drill and march pass before all the VIPs and your friends and others. Be smart please and do your best.
(d) 1615 hours: when the adult leaders disappear for the AGM at UGA school hall, ventures/SPL/PLs please supervise fun use of the observation tower & adventure trail & survival kits display. Safety precautions: Observation tower: one venture/SPL/PL takes turn to stay on top of the observation tower as safety ambassador & help the younger kids. Other kids to climb up & down the observation tower only one at a time. Adventure trail: only one player on the trail at any one time. I’ll brief you on more safety precautions on that day. Survival kits display: have one stand by to explain and answer queries from the spectators.
(e) 1720 hours: shop closing time, start dismantling all pioneering projects. All scouts & ventures to pack and return all stuffs back to store room tidily.
(f) 1800 hours: Group fall-in to lower group flag.
(g) Dinner party performance, I trust the ventures & all patrols have your on-stage performance ready, yes or no?