Campfire

The Campfire was supposed to have been last term but the girls had decided to have patrol dinners instead and do the campfire when there was more chance of darkness.   We invited parents and friends and had very good support with nearly all the parents attending as well as several brothers and a friend.   We had invited the Rosebank Scouts but had had no reply.
It had been a mission to get permission to light the fire but with excellent teamwork we prevailed.   Honey Bear brought a fire pit, I used a spade to make a clearing and we had four buckets of water to hand.
We started the fire using a chemical reaction where water is added to a mixture of chemicals which were surrounded by firelighters to catch the sparks.

 

We had started Campfire song books the previous week and shared with our visitors.

The patrols performed skits in true Guiding and Scouting fashion and then some of the girls and even parents led us in some different songs.

We finished the evening by toasting marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate which was sold to raise funds for the Randburg SPCA.   We managed to raise R320 for the new cattery.
Thanks to everybody for your participation and help.