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  1. Funny you should mention that. My 13 year old son IS our troop bugler. You'll love this story. He sight read naturally and can usually play something after hearing it too...once. The guy teaching the bugling mb at summer camp was playing on a larger horn and kept telling Danny he had to play everything lower (which sounded and octave off to me after hearing them every day for half a decade). At one point my son looks at him and says "Look, you play waht you see on the music and I'll play what I see". The next day, after stalking off angrily, the instructor comes back and apologizes and t
  2. Thank you all but I had a surprising response. Council is behind it. PLC, SPL (an initiator) and Troop Committee behind it. The "group" does not exclude everyone in the troop from doing flags. Their job is actually to TEACH younger how to do it properly and such. The Council likked the idea. The boys in it are only there because the volunteered and once trained are eligible. It's not just an every day meeting opening group. Berets, bib scarfs and shoulder cords were approved! Not even going to think about parade rifles but found 3 other troops in the ara that use them. So I guess the
  3. Thank you all but I had a surprising response. Council is behind it. PLC, SPL (an initiator) and Troop Committee behind it. The "group" does not exclude everyone in the troop from doing flags. Their job is actually to TEACH younger how to do it properly and such. The Council likked the idea. The boys in it are only there because the volunteered and once trained are eligible. It's not just an every day meeting opening group. Berets, bib scarfs and shoulder cords were approved! Not even going to think about parade rifles but found 3 other troops in the ara that use them. So I guess the
  4. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO SCOUT COLOR GUARDS ONLY Don't much care about bdu,s and boots. I see kids at summer camp at flags in bermuda shorts and their scout shirts. So here is my problem...or opportunity: Several of the adults in my troop are ex-military including myself. I go farther in that I was also a member of an organization that did some of the neato things the Marine Silent Drill team does. I have a core of boys with the support of the new scoutmaster that want to form and formally trained Color Detail for parade and ceremonial event. They want this to be a self p
  5. Just use a spot or two in the future to fix the patch then sew with clear nylon thread. no color matching. that stuff no matter what you use to get it off leaves a residue. except maybe the dry cleaning.
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