Radio GGoC Advancement
Thanks to Arlene Viscount, who shared this ceremony with me. It was created by Cindy Williams.
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Speaker: Good Evening, Radio GGOC coming live across the airwaves to your living room radios. Turn up those dials, sit back and enjoy the next hour of entertainment. And so it is with pride and pleasure that Radio GGOC presents a special live broadcast of the (insert year here), Event.
What a TERRIFIC sight to see, you folks at home are really missing something special here this evening. But we will describe everything that happens here tonight so it will feel like you’re in our studio audience.
We are going to turn over the microphones in our studio now to the _____________ Girl Guides District Commissioner, __________and we’ll be back later with a word from our sponsors……
DC (District Commissioner): Welcome Everyone!! I am ________. We have many guests, parents and family here this evening, and we would like to say thank you for joining us!
I have the wonderful opportunity to work with an incredible team of ladies. They are the volunteers who meet….sing…. play….listen….. challenge….. and guide your girls each week. It has been quite a year for us all and we are so happy that so many of you have come to celebrate the end of the year with us.
We have a few photography tips for you…..
Our Girls will be entering the gymnasium shortly, and coming up the center aisle, if you could please remain seated – that will give any parents a chance to stand briefly if they are going to take a quick photo.
Later, the girls will be traveling through a “bridge” this evening and standing here in the center to receive their pins. The girls will be held here as a group, so that once all the Sparks, for example, have received their pins, we will turn them around for a group photo opportunity before they sit back down. If all cell phones could be turned off at this time, it would be greatly appreciated.
We are going to get our ceremony started right away with the Grand Entrance….
Pathfinders lead the girls into the gym chanting “Everywhere We Go”, with the following verse modifications:
- …we are the Pink Sparks
- …we are the Brownies
- …we are the Girl Guides
- …we are the Pathfinders
DC: What an incredible sea of pink and orange and blue and green!! Welcome Girls!! That was a great entrance by all of you!! We hope that you have a great time here this evening!! Let’s begin our ceremony right away with our Colour Party.
- Colour Party…….. Fall In
- Colour Party……. March On The Colours
- Colour Party…….Present Your Colours
- Colour Party…….About Turn
- Colour Party Forward March
DC: Thank you girls, that was very well done!
We would now ask all Girl Guide and Pathfinder musicians to take their place.
(Wait as the girls get settled)
DC: We are truly delighted this evening to have one of our invited guests join us, we would like to introduce _________ ________ is the band instructor at ________ School and has kindly arranged this version of “O’ Canada” for our girls to play. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, please remove your hats and stand as our girls perform our National Anthem.
(O Canada)
DC: _______, if we could ask you to come forward for a moment. Thank you ______we are very happy that you could take some time out of your very busy schedule and be with us this evening. It was a challenging feat to co-ordinate these girls, especially since they represent 3 different grades at 2 different schools. _____ did some creative scheduling in her days at school to be able to meet with them all. Thank you and please accept these flowers of appreciation.
DC: Could the Sparks please stand. May we please hear your Spark Promise. (Sparks repeat their Promise) Thank you.
Could the Brownies please stand. May we please hear your Brownie Promise. (Brownies repeat their Promise) Thank you.
Could our Visiting Guiding Members, Girl Guides, Pathfinders and Leaders please stand. May we please hear the Girl Guide Promise. (all repeat the Promise) Thank you.
DC: Our theme tonight is RADIO GGOC – can any of the girls tell me what Radio GGOC stands for? And can any of the girls tell me what you hear on the radio BESIDES music? Commercials!! Yes, and our Pathfinders this evening will present a word from our Sponsors, may we have our first RADIO GGOC commercial please? (Pathfinders present their skit, prepared ahead of time). Terrific!! Thanks and well done girls!!
Now, the most exciting part of our evening……..the Advancement Ceremony. Could I please ask our Brownie Leaders to come forward and take your place here at the front. In a moment you will be welcoming and pinning our Sparks as they advance to Brownies. After you pin the girls please keep them with you for a group photo opportunity.
Please come forward our Bridge Starters (name the girls here) and take your places…
The following girls are to go to the back of the room where ______ is standing: (call girls' names)
Spark Leaders, please now gather your girls and bring them forward to continue creating our bridge. (Sparks move along the forming bridge to advance up to Brownies. All girls forming the bridge sing "Go Well and Safely". A leader assists lining up the girls as they come out of their bridge towards the leaders who are giving out pins.)
DC: Sparks and Leaders please stand for a moment as our audience congratulates our new Brownies and parents take a photo.
Could ALL our Sparks now stand here in the centre, for your song. (Girls sing a Spark song of the group's choice, for example, "Sparks Are We".)
DC: RADIO GGOC is proud to have another word from our sponsor... (Pathfinder group does another commercial.) Great job girls, well done!!
Could I please ask our Girl Guide Leaders to come forward and take your place here at the front. In a moment you will be welcoming and pinning our Brownies as they advance to Girl Guides. After you pin the girls please keep them with you for a group photo opportunity. Please come forward our Bridge Starters and take your place…(same procedure as when the Sparks were advancing to Brownies, except that now it is Guides who form the bridge for the Brownies to cross. As the advancing Brownies cross the bridge, everyone sings "Go Well and Safely".)
DC: Could ALL our Brownies now stand here in the centre, for your song. (Girls sing a Brownie song of the group's choice, for example, "When Molly Was A Brownie".)
DC: RADIO GGOC is proud to have another word from our sponsor... (Pathfinder group does another commercial.) Great job girls, well done!!
Could I please ask our Pathfinder Leaders to come forward, and take your place here at the front. In a moment you will be welcoming and pinning our Girl Guides as they advance to Pathfinders. After you pin the girls please keep them with you for a group photo opportunity. Please come forward our Bridge Starters and take their place. (same procedure as before, except now it is the Pathfinders forming the bridge for the Guides to cross. As the advancing Guides cross the bridge, everyone sings "Go Well and Safely".)
Girl Guides and Leaders please stand for a moment as our audience congratulates our new Girl Guides and parents take a photo.
Could all our Girl Guides now stand here in the centre, for your song. (Girls sing a Guide song of the group's choice, for example, "Fire's Burning".)
DC: RADIO GGOC is proud to have another word from our sponsor... (Pathfinder group does commercial.) Great job girls, well done!!
We are delighted to have some of our Pathfinders advancing to the next step in their Guiding lives. To welcome these young ladies as they become Rangers, we would like to call forward representative for the Ranger Unit, and she will present these girls with their scarves. After you present to these girls please keep them with you for a photo opportunity. Please come forward our Bridge Starters and take their place… (same procedure as before, see above.)
Pathfinders and Senior Branch Representative, please stand for a moment as our audience congratulates ________________
Could all our Pathfinders now stand here in the centre, for your performance of “RAIN”.
Spark, Brownie, Girl Guide and Pathfinder leaders, please come forward to the centre. We thought it would be fun to congratulate these girls with a special Guiding song, most of your girls may know it and are welcome to join as we sing. (All leaders sing "On My Honour”.)
DC: It is now time for our colour party to take their place at the back of the room.
- Colour Party…….. Fall In
- Colour Party……. Forward March
- Colour Party…….Raise Your Flags and Retire Your Colours
- Colour Party…….About Turn
- Colour Party…… Forward March
- Colour Party…...Halt and please remain in your place for a photo opportunity as soon as our ceremony comes to a close.
DC: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, please let’s give the girls of our Colour Party an appreciative round of applause.
Please stand and join us as we sing Taps.