Transcript Ceremonies - Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council

Ceremonie
s
in
Girl
Scouting
Course Objectives
• Understand some of the reasons for
ceremonies in Girl Scouting, as well as
some common occasions for ceremonies.
• Learn some tips on how to plan a
meaningful ceremony.
• Learn details of Bridging and Flag
ceremonies
• Take a step-by-step look at the Ceremony
Planner.
Ceremonies
Time to Celebrate!
Time to Celebrate!
Major Transitions
Time to Celebrate!
Awards!
Celebrating
Special Days and Traditions
World Thinking Day
Founder’s Day
Girl Scout Birthday
Other Ceremonies
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Bridging
Candle lighting
Court of Awards
Flag Ceremonies
Fly-Up
Girl Scouts’ Own
Investiture
Rededication
Planning a Meaningful
Ceremony
• Opening
• Celebration
• Closing
Additional Elements
• The girl participants
• The purpose
• The theme
• Mood and atmosphere
• The setting
Hints for
Ceremonies
1. Devote sufficient time to planning the
ceremony.
Incorporate Girl
Planning
Hints for Ceremonies
2. Use the Ceremony Planner to help
plan your ceremony.
http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/ceremonies/
Hints for Ceremonies
3. Take safety precautions
Hints for Ceremonies
4. Add personal elements to traditional
ceremonies.
Hints for Ceremonies
5. Consider the role of colors
Hints for Ceremonies
Wishing
Well
Signing
Flowers
Friendship
Planting
Quiet
Swaying
Feather
Trefoil
Pebble
String
Eagle
Your
and
a
Sign
Circle
Herbs
Name
Dove
Handshake
and
Light
Flag
Olive
Branch
Archway
BridgeTree
Hints for Ceremonies
6. Observe flag etiquette
Bridging
Bridging
• Opening
• Main Section
• Closing
Bridging Awards
Senior
Ambassador
Brownie
Cadette
Junior
Daisy
to to
Ambassador
toto
to
Brownie
Cadette
to
Senior
Junior
Adult
Steps to Bridging
• Bridging Step One: Pass It On!
• Bridging Step Two: Look Ahead!
• Plan a Ceremony
• Visit Bridging Ceremonies at www.girlscouts.org
under GS Central
Flag Ceremonies
• Opening or closing meetings
• Opening or closing special events
• Beginning or closing a day
• Honoring a special occasion
or special person
• Retiring a worn flag
Flag Ceremony
Guidelines
• Who will carry the flag?
• Who will be the color guards?
• Who will give the directions for the
ceremony?
• What song will be sung? Who will
sound the pitch and start the song?
• Will a poem or quotation be included?
Who will say or read it?
Flag Ceremony
Guidelines
• After the Pledge of Allegiance,
will the Promise and the Law be
said?
• In what order will the parts of the
ceremony take place?
• When will the group practice?
• Where will the flags be placed at the
end of the ceremony?
Terms
• Color Bearer
• Color Guard
• Girl Scout In-Charge (Caller)
Possible Commands
“Girl Scouts, attention.”
“Color Guard, advance.”
“Color Guard, post the colors.”
“Color guard, honor your flag.”
“Please join us in saying the Pledge of
Allegiance” or “Color guard, honor your
flag.”
• “Color guard, retire the colors.”
• “Color guard, dismissed.”
• “Girl Scouts ,dismissed.”
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Handling the American
Flag
• The American Flag should be placed in the
center, and higher, when displayed
with a group of state, local, or
organizational flags flown from
staffs. It may also be positioned
to the right of other flags (if you
were to hold the flag while facing
your audience, your right side would
be the flag's own right).
Handling the American
Flag
• "When displayed from a staff in a church
or public auditorium, the flag of the
United States of America should hold the
position of superior prominence, in
advance of the audience, and in the
position of honor at the clergyman's or
speaker's right as he faces the audience.
Any other flag so displayed should be
placed on the left of the clergyman or
speaker or to the right of the audience." *
Handling the American
Flag
• The flag should be hoisted briskly and
lowered slowly with dignity
Handling the American
Flag
• The flag should never be allowed to
touch anything beneath it, nor should it
ever be carried flat or horizontally—
always aloft and free
Handling the American
Flag
• Never use the flag as a cover or place
anything on top of it.
Handling the American
Flag
• No disrespect of any kind should be
shown to the flag of the United States.
It should be kept clean.
Handling the American
Flag
• The flag, when carried in a procession
with other flags, should be either on
the marching right or, if there is a line
of other flags, in front of the center of
that line.
Handling the American
Flag
• When you display the flag on a wall or
in a window where people see it from
the street, it should be displayed flat
with the blue part at the top and on the
flag's own right (which is the
observer's left).
Handling the American
Flag
• When displayed after dark, the flag
should be illuminated.
GS Ceremony Planner
GS Ceremony Planner
GS Ceremony Planner
GS Ceremony Planner
GS Ceremonies
Time to Celebrate!