District Campfire, 11th April 2015
Written by: Kwey Xiu Xi, Sixer & Scribe
Today was the day of the District Campfire. The
Sixers-in-training went to the District Sixers Training Camp yesterday, and
today we meet them there for a grand campfire!
At six in the evening, we gathered at school, and prepared
to leave for the campfire. We travelled on the school bus, which was filled
with noise of the excited chatter. It seemed like everyone was looking forward
to this campfire.
When we reached the school where the campfire was to be
held, we saw the fire wood, placed in the familiar positions we knew, and also
a string leading from the second floor down into the campfire wood. Eager as we
were, we had to sit in the canteen to wait for them to be ready. We talked
about how the school canteen looked like, the different schools of scouts present,
(we recognized Beacon Primary school, and another school with a blue scarf) and
explained to our recruit the difference of the District campfire and our school
campfire.
After a few minutes we were allowed to sit around the
campfire. Just as we predicted, they lit the campfire using a “fireball”. At
the highest point of the string was a bundle of flammable material, and they
lit the string under it. This was slightly different from the other fireballs,
as we watched the fire creep up the string and light the fireball before it
zoomed down the line into the firewood. Then, “Campfire’s Burning” was sang.
The campfire was a mixture of performances by the groups of Sixers-in-training
and songs.
They had some new songs to teach us, apart from our classics that
were quite interesting. Also, they ended the campfire in a different way. The
guest-of-honour threw a water bomb in the fire, and they emptied a bucket of
water on it. I was a little worried that the plastic on the water bomb may melt
then.
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