Cub Scouts: Blue and Gold Banquet

This year's Blue and Gold Banquet was not held at the church. Instead with the weather being nice the Cub Scout leaders decided to hold it outside at Barney Park. We had some yummy food and the kids loved it.

All the boys earned their pins, rank advancements, and belt loops.

The Blue and Gold Banquet is a celebration marking the anniversary of when the Cub Scout program was introduced into the Scouting program. Here is how the BSA explains it:

Most Cub Scouts celebrate Scouting Anniversary Week in February with a "birthday party" called the blue and gold banquet. In nearly all packs, the blue and gold banquet is the highlight of the year. It brings families together for an evening of fun and cheer. It's often the pack meeting for February.

The purpose of the blue and gold banquet is to celebrate the pack's anniversary, thank pack leaders and other adults who have helped the pack, and inspire the leaders, Scouts, and parents. Packs often like to invite former members and other Scouting or community leaders to take part in their blue and gold banquet.

The banquet can be like a regular pack meeting, with songs, skits, stunts, and awards. Or it can be something different and a little more special. Your pack may decide to bring in an entertainer such as a magician or a storyteller. Or you could have a video or slide show of what the pack did over the past year.

 

So this year to celebrate we had a piñata! The boys absolutely loved it! Candy!! I mean who doesn't love candy! 

 

And of course you can't hit the piñata without having someone moving it up and down, because you know you just can't hit! I think each boy had a turn and even some siblings got take swing at it.

 

 

This was such a fun evening!