NOAC Tuesday - Days Events and Evening Show

Tuesday morning saw the Comanche Lodge Contingent waking between 6 AM to around 8 AM depending on what activities various members had scheduled for the day.

Josh and Colin climb the rock wall at the hub

Breakfast was a wide variety with the main dish being scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, and waffles. In addition cereal and fruit were also available.

At 8:30 AM classes started and many of our Lodge Arrowman traveled to various destinations across the campus for classes on Historical Team Dance, Pow Wow Team Dance, Ceremonial Time Machine,  Skills for Advisors, Before the Ordeal, Leave No Trace and more. Classes were three hours long. Some reported back that the classes were great and a few reported back that there class was not what they had hoped it would be.

Lunch was served from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM and consisted of Philly Cheese Steak (Scott said it did not have enough pepper), some kind of enchilada, steamed rice, steamed vegetables, fruit, cookies, and donuts.

Following lunch the Arrrowman were free to explore the many activities offered. I traveled over to the Hub with Josh and Colin. There were about 6 rock walls to climb and both Colin and Josh headed straight for them. I watched them for a while but it was soon obvious that they were staying at the rock walls for some time so I headed out on my own.

Juggling at the Tuesday Night Show

In the Hub there are a lot of different challenges and booths. I headed into a giant tent which housed 50 to 60 vendor booths. There were free pens, patches, sunglasses and more. One really cool part of the tent were all of the registrations for drawings. I registered to win a free backpack, tent, and three separate trips to BSA’s High Adventure Bases. (If I win a trip to the high adventure base I will have to give it away to a youth Arrowman.)

Charles Peachock juggling bowling balls

I met up with my son and then we boarded a bus to the Trading Post (It took about 15 minutes and then we  had to walk another 5 minutes to get to it. When we arrived the line was so long (at least 100 people in front of us waiting to get in) that we decided to try later.

Instead of the Trading Post we went to the Goodman, Edson Observatory where we watched a short video on the first Vigil Member. Following the video we went through the observatory which had a collection of all OA sashes, all OA Handbooks, and a lot of history.

Charles Peachock playing the keyboard with tennis balls

After the observatory it was back to the dorm rooms and putting on Class A Uniforms and then off to supper. The evening meal consisted of Baked Pork Chops, Lasagna, rice, chicken pot pie and more.

At 7:45 PM it was time for the Tuesday Evening Show. It was awesome!!!!

National Boy Scout President Robert Gates

The show started with a juggler whose name is Charles Peachock. I know you might be thinking a juggler? This guy was a top contender on America's got talent and he definitely has talent. He really fired the crowd up and received a standing ovation.

Former Defense Secretary and National Boy Scouts of America President Robert Gates followed the juggler. Gates received a standing ovation as he took the floor. He started his speech with a few light hearted jokes before turning to a more serious topic.

Gates talked about the future of our country and how the scouts here today are the leaders of tomorrow. His speech was well received and also received a standing ovation.

Maddie and Tae

To close out the show the band Maddie and Tae performed several country songs including their # 1 hit "Girl in a Country Song."

Following the Tuesday Night Show our section held a pizza and ice cream party back in one of the dorm conference rooms.

Most of our contingents Arrowman attended.

P.S - Who in their right mind serves rice without brown gravy? Every day we have had rice with no gravy! It must be a Yankee dish, cause it sure ain't that way south of the Mason Dixon Line.

 

Below are more pictures from todays activities.