Michigan 2004 Camporee Log
7th August 2004
- Manx Broth goes well during the International Festival.
- Geoff becomes an honouree Manxman for the remainder of the trip.
- Sam regrets offering to barbeque the kippers!
- Troop 125 make a mad scrabble for the closing ceremony.
Saturday was the International Festival Day and the day of the Closing Ceremony. After breakfast we started preparations for the festival by setting up our stall. After setting up the cooking equipment with which to heat the broth and cook the Kippers, we proceeded to decorate the stall with Manx flags as if they were confetti. The day was a long one but we all joined selected Visitors in examining each of the international stands. Some of the food was great others were... interesting!
After the Festival we had just about enough time to take a group photo before preparing for a camp-wide supper and prepare for the closing ceremony.
The closing ceremony started in the Games field where the international flags were lowered for the last time, we then moved down to the Campfire Circle for a slideshow of the camp and presentations that the troops and contingents wished to make.
After the Closing Ceremony we returned to our respective sub-camps for what could best be described as a camp-fire that took half of the forest to make. It was absolutely massive.
