Today’s parade at church went really well!
When I got to church this morning, the Scouts who were there to carry the flag and escort it, were already there and looking very smart. The Assistant Scout Leader and I then went to have a chat with the stand in vicar. Turns out he hadn’t had any info about how the service was going to go and was feeling, understandably, a bit annoyed! So we explained how we thought the bit outside, around the war memorial with the two minutes silence should go, and he was agreed with our thoughts.
The actual Act of Remembrance went well. All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Brownies and Guides got to their correct places, they held their flags correctly and dipped them properly at the beginning of the two minutes silence and then raised them at the end. The poppy wreath was placed on the war memorial by a Beaver and a Guide and then we all went back inside, the flags were placed by the altar and we all went to our seats for the rest of the service.
All in all, it went very well and we’ve decided that we make sure we do exactly the same next year.
But the best bit was that all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts were all smartly dressed and extremely well behaved and many people in church commented on these facts to me.
I was very proud of them all today!