Well, here is where what I believe to be pure opinion needs to be contended with. My experience (from that of a youngbuck in FCF from back in 1980-to that of a Wilderness member and district staff member today) lead me to believe that you CAN appeal to boys cohesively while using a wide array of personas. I have no less than four which I portray with what I feel is fair to say some degree of accuracy before I become in danger of bragging. (Like Hollywood Henderson used to say: "If you can do it-it ain't bragging")... One day I am a western mountainman, with buckskins, warshirt, fur hat, etc. Next day I am a colonial gentleman, with kneebritches, waistcoat, tricorn, etc. Next I am a plainsman, calico shirt, wide-brim beaver hat and all. Then I am an 1820's storekeeper, with railhead pants, widebrim straw hat, tailored vest, watch fob, etc. Alot of people in my district do much better than that. This is what has made us a five-star chapter for as long as I can remember. We do what we do to the best of our ability, while struggling to keep our priorities straight. :) And it works. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert D Hamilton Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RR] RE: FCF part 2
This is a little late in coming, but I felt I needed to put in my $.02.
You should go back to what FCF stands for - Frontiersman Camping
Fellowship, with emphasis on "Frontiersman". At one time or another
between the 1600's and the 1800's ALL of America was a frontier.
Different parts of America were a frontier at a different time. For New
England and the eastern seaboard, it was during the 1600's. The middle
America's came during the 1700's. The western states and western
seaboard came during the 1800's. The dress and styles were all different
during these different time periods. Also, during the same time periods,
different states had a different style of dress.
The reason that you have a frontiersman "style" to portray for the part
of the country you live in is because that was the time period (and style
of dress) where that part of the country was a frontier. When New
England was a frontier the Mountain Man was unheard of and would be out
of character for that time period. Conversely, a Colonial style persona
would be extremely out of character for the Rocky Mountain Region. This
does not mean that you have to adhere to being a Mountain Man or a
Colonial or whatever your particular regions portrayal is. There is a
preacher from Longmont whose persona is that of a Country Preacher. His
outfit is black pants, black suit coat, white stiff collar shirt and a
wide brin black hat. He carries a bible as well as a black powder rifle
in a buckskin case. The outfir is very fitting for the time period when
the Rocky Mountain area was a frontier. Your persona could be an Indian
scout, blacksmith, or any other myriad of persona that would fit within
your time period.
Yes, it is about the logs and the fire as well as the FCF Pledge. But it
is also about "Keeping" boys in the ranger program. To this end it is
the outfits and the portrayal of a particular time period that draws the
boys into FCF. And if you mix the time periods all over the place, you
don't have a cohesive "program" that will appeal to the boys. And if we
don't draw them in, and they don't find a niche in Youth, they WILL find
a place to fit in somewhere that will probably not fit into their overall
spiritual well being.
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