March 1999 Gateway to the Orient

ADVANCEMENT - GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT

Personnel: Cubmaster, 2 Cubs, Cubs advancing and Parents

Equipment: Cubmaster is dressed in oriental dress, a cardboard box shaped like a pagoda with the awards inside.

Cubmaster: Since our theme this month is Gateway to the Orient we decided to have 2 of our Cub Scouts go exploring in the Orient to see what they could find. Look, here they come now.

Let's see what they have ... (2 Cub Scouts enter carrying the pagoda which they place on the ground by the Cubmaster or on a table by the Cubmaster.)

Thanks boys, let's see what you have. (Cubmaster opens pagoda and pulls out the first awards to be handed out.) The first treasure I have found are badges for (Cub Scouts names). Will those scouts and their parents please come forward. (Cubmaster says something special about the rank being earned) Parents, we are pleased at the progress your son has made, and know that he could not have done it without you. I present to you, his badge and ask that you present it to him. (Present the badges to the parents to hand to the Scouts. Once this has been done, turn to the audience.) Help me congratulate these boys by giving them an applause.

(Reaching in the box for additional awards) Let's see here. Next we have badges for (Cub Scouts names) Will they and their parents please come forward. Parents, we are pleased at the progress your son has made, and know that he could not have done it without you. I present to you, his badge and ask that you present it to him. (Present the badges to the parents to hand to the Scouts. Once this is done, Cubmaster turns to audience.) Help me congratulate these boys by giving them an applause.

CLOSING - WHEN GOD MADE THE OYSTER

Personnel: 3 Cubs

Equipment: Narrator and 2 Cub Scouts hold each poster with script written on the back of the poster. One poster with a picture of oyster and the other poster with a picture of an eagle.

Cub 1: When God made the oyster, he guaranteed him economic and social security. He built the oyster a home, a shell to protect him from his enemies. When he is hungry, the oyster simply opens his shell and food rushes in.

Cub 2: But when God made the eagle, he said, "The sky is the limit. Go build your house." And the eagle went and built his house on the highest mountain crag where storms threaten him every day. For food he flies through miles of rain, snow, and wind.

Narrator: The Eagle, not the oyster is the emblem of America. Let us always be proud of our emblem and our country. Good night! See you next month.