Encampment info:
Your Encampment theme votes helped choose this years theme! Our Annaual Encampment will be held April 5-17th at Camp Dorothy Thomas. As always we will camp for the weekend with other troops in our service unit. The online votes to choose our encampment theme have been tallyed and the winner is "Camp Rock". "Tropical Luah" was a close second.
With Camp Rock in mind the contest to design this year's Encampment T-shirt is now open.
Instructions for how to enter drawings is given at the link:
http://rainbow.yaacotu.com/wprain/
The cost of Encampment should be somewhere in the range of $20 to $30 per girl and will go up based on amount of time staying. The cost will include all meals, activities, T-shirt and patch. There will be choice of Fri.-Sun., Sat. day only or day and evening only, and Sat.-Sun. Activities planned as of now are swimming, archery, dance lessons/freeze dance, and a craft, with 1 additional activity yet to be determined (ideas are welcomeJ). There will be a campfire (conditions allowing) and talent show Saturday evening. I will have all date combinations with pricing after the leader meeting on Feb. 28th.
World Thinking Day info:
World Thinking Day is February 26th 10:00am to 12:00pm at IDS. Our chosen country is Iraq. With all the media coverage of the war I think our girls were surprised to learn of the simple lives and rich culture most Iraqi famalies have. For our costumes we will wear black shirts and black pants with a scart covering our hair to simulate an Abayah (the traditional dress of most Muslim Women). If you don't have black any dark solid color will do. Also please remember to bring your Girl Scout vests. Also each girl who wanted a speaking part in the Thinking Day Skit has been given one. It us up to each girl to memorize her lines and to bring any props that she may need. If any girl can not make it on Saturday please let us know as soon as possible so we can make arrangements to fill her spot.
Other News:
Welcome to our newest troop member Jolie! She is 10 years old and in 5th grade and has made it just in time to have a part in our World Thinking Day Skit/
And just a reminder that our troop has Dues of $2.00 for each meeting. This helps cover costs of supplies and trips. If you are behind on Dues or would like to pay for meetings in advance please see Andrea at the next meeting.
Troop 1040 Skit for World Thinking day.
ReplyDeleteNarrator: Melissa
Fortune Teller: Lauren
Girl: Gretchen
Girl Grown Up: Paige
Husband: Jolee
Pet: Brianna
Kid 1: Aubrey
Kid 2: Brynlie
Kid 3: Emily
Kid 4: Emma
Kid 5: Hannah
Melissa: We are troop 1040. For world thinking day we chose to represent Iraq. We learned a lot of interesting facts. Did you know that ancient Iraq was one of the first places to practice fortune telling?
A fortuneteller sits at a table and a girl walks up.
Lauren: How can I help you?
Gretchen: I’d like my fortune told.
Lauren: Have a seat. (She pulls out a sheep liver.)
Gretchen: What’s that?
Lauren: It’s a sheep’s liver. Sheep’s livers have been used to predict the future since Babylonian Iraq. (She begins to poke and look and the liver.) I see you as a woman, many years in the future. You are at home with your children…
Woman is covered all except her face in robes. Kids are playing.
Aubrey: Mother, why do we wear the abayah?
Paige: It’s part of our religion to cover our hair and all of our bodies. Many women choose to cover everything except their eyes. I prefer to allow my face to show.
Emma: I know a girl who said she is a Christian and she doesn’t wear them.
Paige: There are not many Christians in Iraq. 97% of the people are Muslim like our family. Muslims wear them. We also read the Qur’ran instead of the bible that Christians read.
Brynlie: Mother, I met a girl who goes to school. Do you think I can go to school too?
Aubrey: You can’t go to school! There’s too much work to be done!
Paige: Maybe one day. Even though school is free, many children like you have to work to help support their families.
Dog wanders by.
Brianna: Woof Woof!!
Emily: Mother look a dog! Can we keep it?
Brianna: Woof!!
Paige: No.
Emily: Please. We’ll take good care of it. There are so many strays. We can give this one a home.
Paige: Even though there are many dogs here they aren’t often kept as pets. Besides your father works very hard and we don’t need to give him another mouth to feed. Shoo dog!
Brianna: Whimpers.
Jolie walks in.
Jolie: I have worked all day in the petroleum plant. Sometimes I wish I had been a farmer like my father.
Paige: If it weren’t for the petroleum industry our entire economy would collapse.
Jolie: I know and I am happy to have a job since many Iraqi men do not.
Paige: I am happy that you do also. Do you remember when we were children? When there were wars and even walking in the street was dangerous?
Hannah: It wasn’t safe to walk in the street?
Jolie: When mother and I were younger many Americans came here. They wanted to help Iraq but many Iraqi’s didn’t want them here.
Hannah: But why was that scary?
Jolie: When people don’t agree they fight. And when Countries don’t agree they battle.
Brynlie: Yeah, some place in the capital are still being rebuilt.
Emma: You mean Baghdad?
Paige: Yes, and other cities too. But ever since the government was reestablished the fighting has ended and things are peaceful.
Jolie: I still thank God it is over now. I was so grateful to see the end of it and for the peace we finally have.
Paige: Yes many things have changed over the years. Iraq has seen both good and bad times but we are a country with a rich and historic past and many of our traditions and beliefs will last for our children and our children’s children.
Husband and wife hug and kids run over to join in.
Lauren: And I see you living with your family for many years. I see you and your husband selecting good men for your daughters to marry. You will have a happy life indeed.
Gretchen: Oh thank you!
All girls will be responsible for their own costumes and props for their parts. If you have questions as to what to wear or bring please let Steffany know.