Ceremonies - Bear

Wolf To Bear

PERSONNEL: Cubmaster, den leader, candidates and their parents

EQUIPMENT: Bear neckerchief (folded) for each candidate, table

SETTING: Cubmaster is in front of room facing audience, table holds folded neckerchiefs.

CUBMASTER: When a boy become a Cub Scout he starts on an upward trail. I say "upward" because as he grows older, he advances in Cub Scouting. He does not join a Cub Scout pack and then sit idly back for 4 years until he becomes a Boy Scout.

As a boy moves along the Scouting trail, his badges of rank and his changes in uniform show his progress. One of the changes in uniform is the neckerchief. And tonight, we would like to present to the following boys, the blue neckerchief of the Bear Scout, which stands for truth, loyalty, and obedience.

(Cubmaster calls forward by name the Den Leader, boys and their parents.) These boys, with the help of their den leader and parents, have proven their loyalty to our pack. They've worked hard and earned the privilege to wear the neckerchief of the Bear Scout. (DL hands neckerchief to parents, who place it around the boy's neck.)