Camporee

A camporee is a gathering of several Boy Scout Troops for a weekend of camping and common activities.

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It is common for each council (or districts within a council) to hold a district or council camporee once or twice a year. Typically, the camporee involves a competition, with events such as knot tying, flagpole raising and flag ceremony, pioneering or orienteering. Troops place varying amounts of emphasis on preparing for camporees, and those that win the highest awards usually make that preparation a top priority.

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A recent phenomenon has been the creation of a projectoree, in which competition occurs between many patrols from several troops. The name projectoree was chosen from among the early names for camporees (before that name was agreed upon).

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Similar to a camporee, a jamboree occurs less often and draws troops from the entire nation or the world.

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Knot: A knot is a method for fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving. It may consist of a length of one or more segments of rope, cord, webbing, twine, string, strap or even chain interwoven so as to create in the line the ability to bind to itself or to some other obj...

Flagpole: redirect Flag#Flagpoles...

Flag: A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. Flags were initially created for signalling (as in...