Cheerful Strike Up The Band!
April 2016 Pack Meeting
CUBMASTER SECTION STAFF
Great Salt Lake Council
Deseret Peak District 8
Roundtable March 3, 2016
Cubmaster Section
Brenda Oliphant
[email protected]
Cory Murray
[email protected]
Dennette Anderson
[email protected]
(435) 882-2020
(435) 882-8555
(435) 830-5844
Agenda:
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New Leader Questions (5-10 Min, can meet afterwards also.)
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Discussion Topic: (5-10 Min) (Cory, Brenda & Dennette)
A SCOUT IS CHEERFUL Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide 2015-2016
A Scout looks for the bright side of life. He cheerfully does tasks that come his way. He tries to make others happy.
HOW DOES “STRIKE UP THE BAND” RELATE TO THIS POINT OF THE SCOUT LAW?
Music can make us feel many things; one of the best things it makes us feel is cheerful. As we “strike up the band” this
month, we will explore ways to make people happy using music.
NOTE TO CUBMASTER 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
Pack meetings are best when they are no longer than an hour and a half in length. Pack meeting plans are guides
and can be adjusted to fit the needs of your pack.
You might consider setting up tables or areas for each den to display pictures and items made during this
month’s adventure.
DISCUSSION TOPIC: Youth Protection & BALOO Training Cub Scouting/Boy Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide 2015-2016
YOUTH PROTECTION: Youth protection training is mandatory and has to be completed before any leader can register with the BSA.
At the time of registration, the applicant will turn in a copy of the youth protection certificate, printed at the end of the on-line training and
a completed BSA Application. The application changed a few months back, so make sure you have the correct application. Taking
Youth Protection training helps protect the boys, but also helps protect you! Also, your unit cannot re-charter every year if leaders are
not up to date on their Youth Protection.
BALOO TRAINING: BALOO Training is only held once a year in our district. It will be held April 9, 2016 at the Wig Wam in Tooele.
You must have at least one adult trained in BALOO to do campouts and must be present at all times on the campout. More than one
adult in the pack should take this training so someone will always be available. The new program has so much outdoor activities and
camping, you won’t want to miss this valuable training, even if your pack doesn’t do campouts. It will be beneficial!
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GATHERING
SAME SONG Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide 2015-2016
Materials: kazoos; names of familiar songs (e.g.,
“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” “Jingle Bells,”
“Happy Birthday”) written on slips of paper (Each
song title should be printed on two pieces of
paper.)
Make each kazoo using a section of cardboard
tubing from paper towel, toilet paper, or wrapping
paper rolls. Cut a small hole in a piece of waxed
paper that is large enough to fit over one end of
the tube, and hold the paper on to the tube with a
rubber band.
Play the kazoo by humming into the open end.
Give each Cub Scout a kazoo and a song title
when he arrives, and tell him to wait for the signal
before playing his designated tune. Just before
the meeting starts, the signal is given and Cub
Scouts play their kazoos until each boy finds the
one who is playing the same song. Once
everyone has found his match, the pairs get in
line together to march in for the opening
ceremony.
GATHERING ACTIVITY:
2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful
– Strike Up the Band
As the boys arrive, have five stations set up for
them to make a musical instrument that can be
used later in the program, such as: kazoo, rhythm
stick, maracas, tambourine, or tin can drum.
MUSICAL SCRAMBLE: Pow Wow Book
Unscramble these musical terms or names of musical
instruments.
1. rudm
9. parhs
2. lecol
10. fatl
3. niloiv
11. oetn
4. letuf
12. rets
5. taruig
13. semarue
6. parh
14. poina
7. jabon
15. stehorcra
8. fatsf
16. Nabd
(drum…cello…violin…flute…guitar…harp…
banjo…staff…sharp…flat…note…rest…
measure…piano…orchestra…band)
DUTY TO GOD (PRAYER) / DEVOTIONAL
OPENING PRAYER 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
“We give thanks for the music in our lives, the music of our friends, the music of our families, and the music
throughout nature and the entire world.”
OPENING / FLAG CEREMONIES
Cub Music 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
The flag ceremony is led by a predetermined den. They will present the colors and lead the pack in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
For the opening ceremony, 10 large musical notes cut from heavy paper or poster board, each with a letter to spell
out “Do Your Best.” The words for the Scouts to recite can be written on the back of each note, if desired.
Cut 10 large musical notes from heavy paper or poster board, each with a letter that spells out “Do Your Best.” The
parts for the Cub Scouts to recite can be written on the back of each note.
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Cub Scout 1: “D—Drumming up courage”
Cub Scout 2: “O—Offering to help”
Cub Scout 3: “Y—You are making music”
Cub Scout 4: “O—One way or another”
Cub Scout 5: “U—Under the guidance of Akela”
Cub Scout 6: “R—Ready to sing and dance”
Cub Scout 7: “B—Being willing to act a little silly”
Cub Scout 8: “E—Every Scout will have the chance”
Cub Scout 9: “S—Strumming, tooting, rocking, and rolling”
Cub Scout 10: “T—That’s what this month is all about!”
STRIKE UP THE BAND Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting
Roundtable Planning Guide 2015-2016
All Cub Scouts line up to march in with the flags. The order can be as determined by the “Same Song” preopening
activity or by dens.
Cubmaster: Assembly, attention (all stand). Color guard, advance. (Scouts begin to come forward with the American
flag in front). Scout salute. (Everyone in the audience salutes; if they aren’t in uniform, they put their hands over their
hearts.)
When the flags reach the front, they remain in the middle with the U.S. flag to the right of the pack flag, facing out.
Cub Scouts stand half to the left and half to the right, directed by designated pack leaders.
Cubmaster (once all Cub Scouts are lined up in front): Ready. Two. (All bring down their salutes.)
Cub #1: Tonight is the night for our musical talents to shine!
Cub # 2: Our band of Cub Scouts has assembled to show us how to be CHEERFUL, which is the eighth point of the
Scout Law.
Cub #3: Audience, please join us by singing “Hail the Flag,” as we strike up the band and play the tune of “Yankee
Doodle” on our kazoos! (Cubmaster leads “Yankee Doodle,” also on the kazoo. Parents sing words passed out in advance or
projected onscreen.)
Cub #4: Thank you. Please be seated.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
April: Cheerful – Strike up the Band! The Cubmaster welcomes new famileis, visitors, and special guests. Also,
thank those who helped plan and prepare for the pack meeting.
DEN DEMONSTRATIONS
April: Cheerful – Strike up the Band! If there is a den that needs to do some type of activity at a pack meeting to
complete an adventure, have them do it after the welcome and introductions.
ADVANCEMENT & RECOGNITION
BAND OF ADVANCEMENT Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide 2015-2016
Materials: pictures posted around the room of each musical instrument referred to in the ceremony (piccolo,
clarinet, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, drums, cymbals); a short piece by John Philip Sousa ready to play at
the end
Cubmaster (could be wearing a top hat and tails or holding a big baton): A band has many instruments—all of them
combining together to make for some great music. It works the same way in Cub Scouting. Let’s put together
our Cub Scout Band:
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• What kind of a band would it be without the wonderful, mellow sounds from our first section, the Bobcats?
These are our own band’s clarinets. Like the clarinet, the Bobcat brings a special sound to the band. The
clarinet is a woodwind instrument, as you might know—and that definitely puts me in mind of our Bobcats.
They are so full of energy, like the wind. (Call up the Bobcat recipients and their parents to receive the badges. Have
parents award the badges and let them return to their seats.)
• The Tiger section will be our piccolos. Theirs is usually a high-pitched sound of fun and excitement. Why, just
this past month, the sounds of laughter and squeals of good times were heard as they worked on their latest
Tiger adventures. Let’s see what all the noise was about. (Call up the Tigers and their adult partners. Have
partners present awards and let them return to their seats.)
• What instrument can be quiet, mellow, and pensive one moment, and in the next be blaring with joy and
excitement? I refer to, of course, both the trumpet and the Wolf. (Call up the Wolf recipients and their parents.
Have parents present the awards and let them return to their seats.)
• Our next group is older and a little more toned down, but their sound can be just as fun and free-flowing as
the Wolves’trumpets. These are our Bears—the trombones of our band. You can just picture the light flashing
off the brass of a trombone as the slide moves back and forth and, yes, it also might sound a little more brassy
than the trumpet; these guys are getting older and starting to reach out a little more. (Call up the Bear recipients
and their parents. Have parents present the awards and let them return to their seats.)
• As our band nears completion, we notice a certain lack of rhythm. I wonder what it’s missing? The drums , of
course—that solid resounding pum-pum-pum that comes from the Webelos Scouts. Tonight we add a little bit of
bass drum to our band as we recognize the Scouts who have attained Webelos rank. (Call up Webelos Scouts
who have earned the Webelos badge. Hand out awards and have boys return to their seats.)
• Now we add our next instrument, the saxophone of the Webelos adventures. Here’s an instrument with some
sound. And just as the sax brings a certain amount of pizzazz to the band, so do our Webelos Scouts bring
that same kind of pizzazz to the pack. They do us proud as they work so diligently to earn their adventure pins.
(Call up Webelos Scouts, hand out the awards, and have boys return to their seats.)
• There is no sound that spells “finale” quite like the clash of the cymbals. They may not sound off very often,
but when they do, everyone stands up and takes note. And that’s how it is with our Webelos Scouts who have
completed the requirements for the most honored and highest award in Cub Scouting— the Arrow of Light
Award. (Call up Webelos Scouts who have earned the Arrow of Light. Hand out awards and have boys return to their
seats.)
To close out our awards ceremony, we will listen to a short piece written for all of our band “pieces.” This piece
is for you. (Everyone plays the Sousa piece on their kazoos.)
Recognition / Adventure Loops and Pins: 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
(Note: Adventure loops and pins can be presented at a meeting or as immediate recognition in the den.)
By den, call the names of those Cub Scouts who have completed the month’s adventure to come forward.
• Have the den leader pass out the awards to the boys as they receive a Cub Scout handshake from the
Cubmaster.
• If time allows, invite the den leader or den chief of the den to speak about the adventure work done for that
month and have the den stand and be recognized.
• Use a positive cheer to recognize their accomplishments.
Other options:
• Have the den stand and be recognized or come forward to receive certificates for the adventure they have
completed.
This option would be appropriate for a den that has already received the adventure loop or pin.
• Adapt the advancement ceremony for the month’s theme into an adventure loop presentation if no rank
badges are being presented.
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Awards Presentation: Pow Wow Book
1-Give a balloon to each Cub who has received an award. Have the Cubs blow up their balloon and “squeak”
out a song as the Cubmaster directs the balloon symphony. (tunes could be Jingle Bells or Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star, etc).
2-Have the Cubmaster dress as a Band Conductor (hat and baton works!). the Cubmaster tells the audience, “I
have lost my orchestra and can’t find them. Assistant Cubmaster or Den Leader gathers each Cub who is
receiving an award from the audience. Present each boy with his award. The Cubmaster is happy with each
new addition to the orchestra and is very happy when all awards have been given out. The Cubmaster then
explains that with an orchestra, the music doesn’t sound great until all the parts are being played. Cub Scouts
are not complete unless we have Bobcats…Wolfs, Bears and Webelos.
CUBMASTER’S MINUTE
Cubmaster Minute: Pow Wow Book
Each member in a band plays a different instrument and makes a unique sound. Each must work together,
listening to each other, supporting each other, to produce pleasing melodies and harmonies. Each of you plays
a different melody or part in this life we’re living. As you work together for the common goals of having happy,
productive lives, harmony between the separate parts is achieved. As you leave tonight, think about how you
can have the melody of your life become a part of the great harmony of all life.
◆Cubmaster’s Minute 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
“If you think positively, sound becomes music, movement becomes dance, smiles become laughter, mind
becomes meditation, and life becomes a celebration.”
CLOSING / FLAG CEREMONIES
THE SCOUT LAW—POINT 8 Cub Scouting and Boy
Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide 2015-2016
Cub #1: Tonight’s pack meeting theme has been
“Strike Up the Band” so we could think about
“Cheerful”—the eighth point of the Scout Law.
Cub #2: Cheerful is something we should all try to be,
and we should help other people be cheerful, too!
Cub #3: There are 11 other points of the Scout Law,
and all are very important. Please stand and say the
Scout Law with us.
Cub #4 makes the Cub Scout sign; then all the others
make the sign.
Cub #4: A Scout is:
Cub #5 (holds up poster showing the first three points):
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful
Cub #6 (holds up poster showing the next three): Friendly,
Courteous, Kind
Cub #7: (holds up poster showing the next three):
Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty
Cub #8: (holds up poster showing the last three):
Brave, Clean, and Reverent.
Cub #9 (gives the command to return to attention): Ready,
TWO. All the boys put down their signs.
CLOSING
Upside-Down Singers Skit 2015-2016 Pack Meeting
Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
Cast: Singers and announcer, two people to hold up a
curtain; prepare a sheet or other large cloth to hide the
boys, and a song of choice for the boys to sing.
Announcer: “The singers are going to sing upside
down!”
(The singers, who are already on the stage, duck behind a
curtain. A sheet held by two people will do for a curtain.
Placing their hands in their shoes and socks, the singers
wobble the shoes above the curtain top, looking as if they
are having trouble standing on their heads and some are
about to topple over while singing.)
Singers: Start singing a song of their choice.
The
preassigned
den
retires
the
flags.
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SONGS
CHANT: Pow Wow Book
(one line at a time by the leader, then the
audience repeats)
FLEA
Flea
Flea, Fly
Flea, Fly, Flo
Vista
Kuma Lotta, Kuma Lotta, Kuma Lotta, Vista
Oh No, No, Not the Vista
Eeny meeny deci-meeny Ooh walla walla meeny
Hexa-meeny zola-meeny ooh walla wall
Beep billy ote doten bo bo ski watten totten
SSSHHHHHHHHH!
MY MUSIC BAND 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
Tune: “Bingo”
There was a pack that had a band and music
was their favorite,
M-U-S-I-C,
M-U-S-I-C,
M-U-S-I-C,
And music was their favorite.
(Repeat the verse, but instead of singing “M,” have each
boy make noise with his instrument. Continue doing this
for each letter until they are just using their
instruments.).
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing Pow Wow Book
I’d like to buy the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow while turtle doves.
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company.
I’d like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo thru the hills
Of peace throughout the land.
GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Singing Songfest Game Pow Wow Book
Divide the Cubs into two groups. Let each goup pick
from the song sack and the subject sack. Give the
groups 5-10 minutes to rewrite their song about their
subject then let each group perform their song. Vote
on the songs and give a prize to everyone. (for
example your group picks “Mary Had a Little
Lamb…out of the song sack and then their pick
Fish out of the subject sack. Your group would have
to write a song about fish to the tune of “Mary Had A
Little Lamb.”
Song Sack
Subject Sack
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Bugs
Row, row, row your Boat
Junk Food
London Bridge
Space
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Ice Cream
Eensy, Weensy Spider
Pinewood Derby
Rock-A Bye Baby
Trains
Old McDonald
Fish
Yankee Doodle
Jungle Animals
Camptown Races
O Christmas Tree
Winter
Super Heroes
Cake Walk Pow Wow Book
You will need recorded music and a way to play
it, numbers on cards that are taped to the floor in
a circle, corresponding numbers on small slips of
paper, a hat and goodies to win. You can use
any kind of prize, it doesn’t have to be a cake!
Have each Cub select a number to start on. Start
the music. The Cubs march around the circle.
Stop the music. Each Cub must stop on the
nearest number. Pick a number out of a hat. The
person standing on that number wins a prize.
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Craft
KAZOO 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April:
Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
Materials:
• Two jumbo craft sticks • Two 1-inch pieces cut from a drinking straw • Two small, thin rubber bands
• One wide rubber band
Instructions:
1. Place a wide rubber band lengthwise on one of the
craft sticks.
2. Using one of the thin rubber bands, rubber band the
two craft sticks together at one end.
3. Place one of the straw pieces between the two craft
sticks, about half an inch from the end.
4. Place the other straw piece between the two craft
sticks at the other end. Now rubber band that end
together using the second thin rubber band.
Rhythm Stick 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April: Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
Materials:
• Paint stir stick • Chenille stems • Jingle bells • Tape to attach a chenille stem to the stick (optional)
Instructions:
• String jingle bells onto a chenille stem.
• Wrap the chenille stem with bells around the paint stir stick, or tape it to the stick at either end of the
chenille stem.
Tin Can Drum 2015-2016 Pack Meeting Plans: April:
Cheerful – Strike Up the Band
Materials:
• Empty, clean soup cans • Clear packing tape or duct tape • Balloons
• Scissors • Stickers, markers, foam shapes, etc., for decoration (optional)
Instructions:
• Cut the end off a balloon and stretch the balloon over a can’s open end.
• Cut the end off a second balloon and place it over the first balloon. (This step is optional. It makes the
drum more durable.)
• Cut patterns in the second balloon, if desired.
• Tape around the balloon and can to secure everything
• Decorate the can if you’d like.
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