Greetings parents and family and friends of Troop 1805...
We are having a blast here at the Jamboree. We arrived safely on Monday morning and set up camp. And boy have we been busy since then!
Tuesday saw a chance to explore all that the Jamboree had to offer. We rappelled, rock-climbed, Zip-lined, water-slid, shotgunned and a host of other things. Other than the heat, we are having a great time.
This morning, we had the chance to go to the opening show in the big arena and it was fantastic! The show brought speeches from the Chief Scout, Bob Mazucca, and a special guest, Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense speak with us! If that wasn't enough, Sergeant Slaughter from the WWE and MISS AMERICA addressed the excited crowd of almost 50,000...
We have one more week and we can't wait!
Pictures tomorrow...we promise!!
28 July 2010
25 July 2010
It's been a busy three days!
Wow! It seems like yesterday we were meeting for the shakedown weekend, now we are here and about to depart for the 2010 National Jamboree!
We have had an amazing three days action-packed, exciting touring in Washington, D.C. and in Baltimore.
We drove an uneventful night from Memphis and arrived in Washington around lunch-time on Friday. Since then, we have visited the Capitol, photo-op-ed at the White House, visited the World War II and Vietnam Memorials, and been rained out of a Baltimore Orioles game (it was OK, they weren’t playing that well)…
Scouts from Troop 1805 have had the opportunity to visit several Smithsonian Museums, including the Museum of American History, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Air and Space, and the American Indian Museum.
All of the Scouts are having a great time and really seem to be enjoying the history that our nation’s capitol has to offer. Michael S., Shane H., Andrew Z., and Patrick H, our youth leadership team, is doing wonderfully, making sure all of the Scouts are on time and well-behaved.
The adult leaders are all having a wonderful time, thanks to our well-mannered Scouts and great tour! We would just like to say “thanks” for making this such a wonderful experience so far!
Tomorrow, Monday morning, we will depart our posh hotel in Arlington for Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia, around one hour away. Upon arrival, we will officially be at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. Youth and adults alike are excited to celebrate the Centenary of the Scouting program in the United States with what is sure to be an awesome Jamboree!
Tomorrow we leave where so much history has been made to be a part of history being made; tomorrow we begin the celebration of 100 years of Scouting!...and we cannot wait!
Until next time…
Yours in Scouting,
Johnny Tracy
p.s. We will try to update on a regular basis and we hope to have capabilities to upload pictures in the near future, so, stay tuned…
We have had an amazing three days action-packed, exciting touring in Washington, D.C. and in Baltimore.
We drove an uneventful night from Memphis and arrived in Washington around lunch-time on Friday. Since then, we have visited the Capitol, photo-op-ed at the White House, visited the World War II and Vietnam Memorials, and been rained out of a Baltimore Orioles game (it was OK, they weren’t playing that well)…
Scouts from Troop 1805 have had the opportunity to visit several Smithsonian Museums, including the Museum of American History, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Air and Space, and the American Indian Museum.
All of the Scouts are having a great time and really seem to be enjoying the history that our nation’s capitol has to offer. Michael S., Shane H., Andrew Z., and Patrick H, our youth leadership team, is doing wonderfully, making sure all of the Scouts are on time and well-behaved.
The adult leaders are all having a wonderful time, thanks to our well-mannered Scouts and great tour! We would just like to say “thanks” for making this such a wonderful experience so far!
Tomorrow, Monday morning, we will depart our posh hotel in Arlington for Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia, around one hour away. Upon arrival, we will officially be at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. Youth and adults alike are excited to celebrate the Centenary of the Scouting program in the United States with what is sure to be an awesome Jamboree!
Tomorrow we leave where so much history has been made to be a part of history being made; tomorrow we begin the celebration of 100 years of Scouting!...and we cannot wait!
Until next time…
Yours in Scouting,
Johnny Tracy
p.s. We will try to update on a regular basis and we hope to have capabilities to upload pictures in the near future, so, stay tuned…
08 July 2010
Final Dates...REVISED!
Scouts, be careful and don't get so excited that your going to bust open but soon we'll be on our way to Jamboree! We are going to have an awesome adventure! Here's some updates:
• Bags are in and I have them. I am waiting for the t-shirts to also come in so I can distribute at same time.
• For those of you whom have not received your final round Jamboree participants patch, I have decided not to mail out and will instead distribute along with the bags & t-shirts.
• Remaining dates: (Revised)
July 17 (Saturday) 9:00am - Camp Currier
Scouts arrive to check in "large duffle" & bag chair and help load the truck
July 22 (Thursday) est 3:00pm - Board of Education
Depart for Jamboree
Aug 5 (Thursday) est 11:00am - Board of Education
Return from Jamboree & unload bussess and truck
Jamboree Troop 1805
Gene Cofer - Scoutmaster
• Bags are in and I have them. I am waiting for the t-shirts to also come in so I can distribute at same time.
• For those of you whom have not received your final round Jamboree participants patch, I have decided not to mail out and will instead distribute along with the bags & t-shirts.
• Remaining dates: (Revised)
July 17 (Saturday) 9:00am - Camp Currier
Scouts arrive to check in "large duffle" & bag chair and help load the truck
July 22 (Thursday) est 3:00pm - Board of Education
Depart for Jamboree
Aug 5 (Thursday) est 11:00am - Board of Education
Return from Jamboree & unload bussess and truck
Jamboree Troop 1805
Gene Cofer - Scoutmaster
Luggage Pick-up
Jamboree Troop 1805
Scouts, we are going to begin distributing the travel bags and a couple other items with the following schedule. The T-shirts and a few other items will be distributed to you at departure.
• Wednesday July 7 ... 6:00pm to 8:00pm
• Saturday July 10 ... 12noon to 2:00pm
Pick up location: ASM Greg "Mr G" Gillaspie
3633 Appling Lake Drive
Bartlett, TN 38133
If you need to make special arrangements you can contact Mr G by email ... wggillas@bellsouth.net (preferable) or between 5pm and 9pom at 901-386-3148 hm.
Are you excited yet!
Jamboree Troop 1805
Gene Cofer - Scoutmaster
Scouts, we are going to begin distributing the travel bags and a couple other items with the following schedule. The T-shirts and a few other items will be distributed to you at departure.
• Wednesday July 7 ... 6:00pm to 8:00pm
• Saturday July 10 ... 12noon to 2:00pm
Pick up location: ASM Greg "Mr G" Gillaspie
3633 Appling Lake Drive
Bartlett, TN 38133
If you need to make special arrangements you can contact Mr G by email ... wggillas@bellsouth.net (preferable) or between 5pm and 9pom at 901-386-3148 hm.
Are you excited yet!
Jamboree Troop 1805
Gene Cofer - Scoutmaster
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