The
Jamborette couldn't happen without its staff, Scottish and
International, working for more than a year beforehand to get the
Jamborette set up and recruiting Scouts and leaders. Then, once July
arrived, while we International leaders arrived with our Scouts on
Tuesday of the Jamborette week, the Scots had been on site for days
- some for a week or more - getting the camp ready for our
arrival.
The Scottish National Commissioner welcomed the International
leaders at a reception early in the week. |
Activities Chair Bev McNab gets her staff organized for the
opening of the Jamborette.
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Scottish National Commissioner Graham Haddock |
The Admin Staff, slaving away at their computers.. Way In, Way
Out... |
The Events Staff prepares for International Night in the Kastle |
Staff chats with a visitor who had attended the First Jamborette in
1946 |
It's just a load of rubbish - and without Site Services to haul it
away every day, we'd be neck deep in the stuff... Once again,
"thanks" to the largely-unseen Site Services Staff for the
necessary job they do! |
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The Staff Club and Mess - food and entertainment
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There's always a cuppa on offer at the Staff Club. |
Kinda says it all... |
Bob Moyes MC'd and entertained at the Staff Club every
evening. |
Sandy Black on guitar... |
"I'm a little teapot..." |
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On Campfire Night, a Connecticut Leader tells fortunes by smelling
sneakers - this particular sneaker foretold a long journey, after it
was flung out the door... |
Chief Sharkey leads a song... |
A Scout singer - unexpectedly accompanied by a fiddle from behind
the screen |
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The ever-popular quiz night... |
...and the winning team |
The food at the Staff Mess was, as usual, first rate. Every meal
featured at least two versions of potatoes... |
... and the staff ate it all up with gusto... |
Burns Supper
On Wednesday night there was a traditional Burns Supper, complete
with haggis, neeps and tatties. The Scouts had theirs in their
campsites, while the Staff Burns Supper was held in the Staff
Mess. |
The haggis is ceremonially piped in... |
... and Robert Burns' Ode to a Haggis is recited |
Then, we eat! |
After dinner, there are speeches... |
...toasts... |
... and a recitation of some of Burns' poetry. In this case Simon
Lamb gave a great performance of Tam o'Shanter - I never knew
Tam had visited Scottish Scout HQ at Fordell Firs, rode through the
Jamborette and wound up convincing the witches to join Scouting.
Well, maybe it wasn't exactly Burns' poem... |
Camp Chief's Reception and Grand Dinner
On Friday, once the Jamborette was over, and all the Scouts had
gone home or off for Home Hospitality, Camp Chief Sharkey hosted a
reception at the Castle Ballroom followed by a Grand Dinner and
Ceilidh in the Staff Mess. Many of the teams and contingents took
the opportunity to get group photos, so I took pictures of them
taking pictures, allowing the maximum possible number of staff to
appear on this page in one form or another. |
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Gibraltar has been coming to the Jamborette since the first one in
1946 |
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Family "tag alongs" were welcome at the reception, too. |
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Camp Chief Sharkey addresses the staff... |
...and handed out certificates to the top Scottish staff. |
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"There ain't no flies on us!" |
"There ain't no flies on US!" |
A toast to the Jamborette by a Gibraltar leader. |
Simon recites a slightly modified version of his poem, 'This
is the Field'. |