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You are invited to
the Annual Pack 166 Blue
and Gold
Banquet.
Date: Saturday,
March 1, 2008
Time: 5:00 PM (
begin to eat ) 6:15 PM start the Pack
Meeting
Place: The
Church Fellowship Hall
Reserve your spot
today! Download this form for more information. 
Questions? Email Cubmaster
Tommy
Each Den is expected to decorate their tables.
Come early to decorate.
Our
Blue and Gold committee will start meeting a few months before the
Banquet and get the details together. This is the biggest night of
the year for our Second Year Webelos (5 graders) as they will be
presented with their Arrow of Light, if they earned it, and cross
over to the Troop.
The Blue
and Gold is a special event for our Second year Webelos as they not
only receive their Arrow of Light they also cross over to Boy
Scouting. We will also be awarding Wolf, Bear and Webelos rank
advancements for many of our young men.
In 1933 "Cub Leaders' Round Table" suggested Parent /
Cub dinners. Soon thereafter, Pack 1 of Michigan City started a
tradition of pot-lucks where the dads were to bring utensils made of
wood; whittled by the Cub with his dad. In the 1930s father / son
'bean dinners' and 'Cub family dinners' began to become commonplace.
Finally, in 1943 the name "Blue and Gold Banquet" first appeared in
BSA literature, and became synonymous with "celebrating the birthday
of Scouting."
Today, the Blue and Gold
banquet is one of the highlights of the program year. It brings
together our Pack's families for a dinner and an evening of
fun. The meal is important, but even more important is the warm,
congenial atmosphere created as families enjoy each other's
company.
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