troop's own: musicals and cons

i have a couple of troop's own i'm going to start working on the instructions for.

#1. musicals
musicals can be very entertaining and range in topics from high school, dances, going to law school, and more.

• what is the difference between broadway, touring, and local productions?
• what constitutes a musical? can a stage play with only one or two numbers, usually done by just one person, make the show a musical? why or why not?
• find several audio recordings for both broadway and motion picture musicals. what is you opinion of them?
• if possible, attend a broadway, touring, or local production of a musical. write about your experience.
• watch at least one movie musical. watch a musical that was turned into a movie. watch a movie and the musical it inspired, such as hairspray and legally blonde. what are some difference between the movie and the movie musical for both movie inspired musicals and musical inspired movies?
• what are, if any, some differences between broadway musicals, movie musicals, and musicals that were turned into movies?

#2. cons
conventions, or cons, can be held for just about anything- from professions to tv shows to books. popular kinds of cons are sci-fi and comic related. famous ones are for star wars, star trek, comic con in san diego, and dragon con in atlanta. any con can last from just over a weekend to several days.

• find out information about professional conventions.
• find out information about sci-fi conventions.
• what are some other conventions out there? try looking up twicon, pyratecon, faerie con, and harry potter conventions.
• are there any cons in your area? find out information that includes pricing, location, guests, and programming. would you want to go? what programs would you attend?
  if possible, attend a local convention in your area.
• plan your own con- both big(several days) and small(over a weekend). what would your theme be? what kinds of programming would you have? how long would it be? would you include any demonstrations (sword fighting, dancing, etc)?
• invite your friends and try putting on a one day or two day con. you can include what you designed in earlier requirements. include panels, readings, discussions, demonstrations, and more.

patches part 2

here's a list of the patches for:

juniors

Bridge to Junior Girl Scouts Award
Bridge to Cadette Girl Scouts Award
Girl Scout Bronze Award*
Girl Scout Cookie Sale Activity Pin*
Junior Aide Award
Junior Girl Scout badges
Across Generations
Adventure Sports
Aerospace
Architecture
Art in the Home
Art in 3-D
Art to Wear
Becoming a Teen
Being My Best
Books
Business-Wise
Camera Shots
Camp Together
Car Care
Careers
Caring for Children
Celebrating People
Ceramics and Clay
The Choice Is Yours
"Collecting" Hobbies
Communication
Computer Fun
Consumer Power
Cookie Biz*
The Cookie Connection*
Court Sports
Creative Solutions
CyberGirl Scout*
Dance
Discovering Technology
Do-It-Yourself*
"Doing" Hobbies
Drawing and Painting
Earth Connections
Eco-Action
Environmental Health
Family Living Skills*
Field Sports
Finding Your Way
First Aid
Folk Arts
Food, Fibers, and Farming*
Food Power
Frosty Fun
Fun and Fit
Girl Scouting Around the World
Girl Scouting in My Future
Girl Scouting in the USA
Global Awareness
Globe-Trotting
A Healthier You
Healthy Relationships
High on Life
Highway to Health
Hiker
Horse Fan
Horse Rider
Humans and Habitats
It's Important to Me
Jeweler
Lead On
Let's Get Cooking
Local Lore
Looking Your Best
"Making" Hobbies
Making It Matter
Making Music
Math Whiz
Model Citizen
Money Sense
Ms. Fix-It
Music Fan
My Community
My Heritage
Now and Then Stories from Around the World*
Oil Up
On My Way
Our Own Council's Badge
Our Own Troop's Badge
Outdoor Cook
Outdoor Creativity
Outdoor Fun
Outdoors in the City
Pet Care
Plants and Animals
Prints and Graphics
Puzzlers
Ready for Tomorrow*
Rocks Rock
Safety First
Science Discovery
Science in Action*
Science in Everyday Life
Science Sleuth
Sew Simple
Sky Search
Small Craft
Sports Sampler
Stress Less
Swimming
Theater
Toymaker
Traveler
United We Stand*
Visual Arts
Walking for Fitness
Water Fun
Water Wonders
Weather Watch
Wildlife
Winter Sports
Women's Stories*
The World in My Community*
World Neighbors
Write All About It
Yarn and Fabric Arts
Your Outdoor Surroundings
Junior Girl Scout Leadership Pin
Junior Girl Scout Signs
Junior Journey Award Patch
Safety Award for Junior Girl Scouts*
Sign of the Rainbow
Sign of the Sun
Sign of the Star
Sign of the World
* Insignia requirements found online.
Additional Awards
Girl Scout National Research Pin
International Friendship Recognition Pin
Lady Baden-Powell International Friendship Award
Lifesaving awards
The President's Volunteer Service Award
Religious awards
Participation Patches and Pins
Asthma Awareness Patch
Follow the Reader Bilingual Patch
Get with the Land Patch*
Girl Power Patches
Girl Scout-American Volkssport Association Master Program Award Patch*
Girl Scouts Go Global! Patch
Shape UP! Patch*
Investiture Patch
In the Zone Patch
Let's Get Movin' Patch
Ms. President Patch (The White House Project)*
Our Rights, Our Responsibilities* (expires end of 2008)
uniquely ME! The Way to Be Bilingual Patch
Water Drop Patch*
World Thinking Day Patch

cadettes, seniors, ambassadors

Apprentice Trainer's Pin
Bridge to Girl Scout Cadettes Award
Bridge to Girl Scout Seniors Award
Bridge to Girl Scout Ambassadors Award
Bridge to Girl Scout Adults Award
Career Exploration Pin
Girl Scout Cadette Leaderhip Pin
Community Service Bars
Counselor-in-Training Award
Counselor-in-Training Pin
Counselor-in-Training II Pin
Girl Scout Cookie Sale Activity Pins*
Girl Scout Gold Award*
Girl Scout Interest Project Awards
A World of Understanding
All About Birds
American Patriotism*
Architecture and Environmental Design
Artistic Crafts
Backpacking
B Xtreme!
Build a Better Future
Camping
Car Sense
Child Care
Collecting
Computers in Everyday Life*
Conflict Resolution
Cookies and Dough
Couch Potato
Desktop Publishing
Digging Through the Past
Do You Get the Message?
Dollars and Sense
Eco-Action
Emergency Preparedness
Exploring the Net*
Family Living
Fashion Design
Folk Arts
The Food Connection
From A to V: Audiovisual Production
From Fitness to Fashion
From Shore to Sea
From Stress to Success
Games for Life
Generations Hand in Hand
Global Girl Scouting
G.O. Girl
Graphic Communications
Heritage Hunt
High Adventure
Hi-Tech Hide & Seek
Home Improvement
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Horse Sense
In the Pink
Inventions and Inquiry
Invitation to the Dance
It's About Time
Just Jewelry
Law and Order
Leadership
The Lure of Language
Math, Maps, and More
Media Savvy
Museum Discovery
On a High Note
On the Court
On the Playing Field
On Your Own
Once Upon a Story
Orienteering
Outdoor Survival
Paddle, Pole, and Roll
Paper Works
The Performing Arts
Pets
Photography
Planet Power
Plant Life
The Play's the Thing
Public Relations
Reading
Rolling Along
Sew Glam
Smooth Sailing
Space Exploration
Sports for Life
Textile Arts
Travel
Uncovering the Evidence
Understanding Yourself and Others
Visual Arts
Water Sports
Why in the World?
Wildlife
Women through Time
Women's Health
Writing for Real
Your Best Defense
Your Own Business
Girl Scout Program Aide Awards
Girl Scout Program Aide Pins
Girl Scout Silver Award*
Journey Awards for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Leader-in-Training Award
Leader-in-Training Pin
Safety Award for Cadette, Senior, Ambassador Girl Scouts*
Senior Girl Scout Leadership Pin
Senior Girl Scout Troop Assistant Pin
STUDIO 2BSM Charms
Cashin' In
Cookies and More
Don't Sweat It
Express It
Girl Scout Gold 4Bs Challenge Award Charm
Girl Scout Gold Career Award Charm
Girl Scout Gold Leadership Award Charm
Girl Scout Silver 4Bs Challenge Award Charm
Girl Scout Silver Career Award Charm
Girl Scout Silver Leadership Award Charm
Got Money? Saving and Investing
Looking In, Reaching Out
Makin' Waves
Mind Your Own Business
On the Go!
On the Money
On Track
Parks Matter
Take Charge
uniquely ME! Inside and Out
uniquely ME! The Real Deal
Write Now!
* Insignia requirements found online.
Additional Awards
Girl Scout National Research Pin
International Friendship Recognition Pin
Lady Baden-Powell International Friendship Award
Lifesaving awards
The President's Volunteer Service Award
Religious awards
Participation Patches and Pins
Asthma Awareness Patch
Connections Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
Discover the World Patch*
Get with the Land Patch*
Girl Power Patches
Girl Scout-American Volkssport Association Master Program Award Patch*
Girl Scouts Against Smoking Patch
Girls Are Great Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
Shape UP! Patch*
Investiture Patch
In the Zone Patch
Learning About Government Patch
Let's Get Movin' Patch
Media Know-How Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
Ms. President Patch (The White House Project)*
Our Rights, Our Responsibilities* (Program expires end of 2008)
Read to Lead Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
Strength in Sharing: Philanthropy in Girl Scouting Patch
Water Drop Patch*
World Thinking Day Patch

granted, some of these are the same. but, that's okay. i may even repeat some of my patches at the higher levels. we'll see.

and you're probably wondering how i will display all of these lovelies.

simple: a blanket.

i'm thinking i'll make sometime(will probably fullfill a requirement), and on the top, lefthand corner will go all the pins, numbers, bridging, etc. info. across the top will be juniors patches. underneath will cadettes etc patches. below that will be all the fun patches.

i just need to find someone to sew on my troop's own patches. well, i first need to make, finish, and then design the patch.

i'm such a beverly hills trooper!

patches

yes, as i said before, i really do have all the patches for juniors on up. i'm starting with investiture and then working on patches for juniors.

i also have some fun ideas for troop's own patches:
zines
sci-fi movies
sci-fi books
sci-fi conventions (hey, i am going to fencon next month so i could totally earn these!)
filk
60's
hippies
musicals/broadway

i'll probably add more of these too as i go along.

how i plan to do my journey

i haven't completely planned out how the journey will take place. i just know i'm going for it!

i'm debating whether or not to do just juniors, "bridge" and start cadettes/seniors, then "bridge" again to ambassadors, or just have a general investiture and go between everything.

i guess if i want to do it right, i should have an investiture and start off with juniors. i'll see about earning my brownie wings and go from there.

the beginning

i was a girl scout. i was in daisies, brownies, and juniors. i'm an alumnae.

now what?

story time!

a few years ago, 2003, i had just spent part of the weekend watching "troop beverly hills," a great movie about scouting. this was probably saturday. on monday in my rat pack lit class, i talked about this with classmates who had also watched the movie. the next day, i was still thinking about scouting and wishing i could go back and earn more, if not all of the, patches available from juniors to, at that time, cadettes and seniors.

i was sitting at a light, after i'd gotten off work at a twice a month Bible study at my church where i babysat the kids of the moms who were there, and i got a completely brilliant idea- i could earn all the patches on my own.

i got a troop number (my zipcode at the time- 76203), numbers, patches, books, and all. yes, i do have all the patches. plus a lot of fun ones. and pins. and loads of other stuff. or at least a little bit of other stuff. i even got the scouts cookbook just yesterday.

and that's when, just yesterday, i decided to go ahead with my plan to earn the patches. i don't really care if i'm 28 and almost 11 months old. i don't care that, even if i fulfill all the requirements, i can't actually earn the gold, bronze, and silver awards (i have the patches, so hey).

i think it'll be fun. it will definately be an interesting journey. long, too. well, only if i make it that.