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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT SONG
Michael R. Trotochaud (powell@APICAL.COM)
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 17:53:53 -0400
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 09:40:33 -0500, Milt Forsberg wrote:
>I wish we would bury this song for good! It is really an irritation to
>many of us who have to sit through it while the camp staff seems to
>delight in dragging it out almost forever. At our camp, it occurs after
>meals when someone slips and uses the word "announcement". The whole
>camp sits and waits for the song to end so we can get on with the
>"announcements" and be dismissed from the dining hall. It may be fun for
>the staff, but in my view, it is just a delay in getting on with the
>program for the rest of the day. I guess I am tired of it, hearing it
>for several years. It would not be so bad if it was short, but it goes
>on and on and on and....
Our troop actually does this song at meetings. We used to do it all of the
time, but now only do it occassionally. The boys love it. In fact they
typically start it.
Michael R. Trotochaud
Eagle Class of '90
Assist. Scoutmaster
Troop 22
East Haddam, Conn.
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