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1. Complete six activities of your choice; these can be from any area (puppetry, music, or drama).* |
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Puppetry
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Drama
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2. Write a puppet play about one of your Webelos den activities or a subject of your choice. Primary Faith in God: Developing Talents 4 |
8. Play four tunes on any band or orchestra instrument. Read these from music. Free
Online Guitar Lessons Primary Faith in God: Developing Talents 3 |
16. Give a monologue
(a talk) on a patriotic, humorous, or holiday subject or another subject
of your choice. Christmas monologue |
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3. Make a set of puppets or marionettes for the play you have written or for another play. |
9. Sing one song indoors and one song outdoors, either alone or with a group. Tell what you need to do differently when singing outdoors. Primary Faith in God: Developing Talents #3 |
17. Attend a play. Describe the story. Tell what you liked about it. |
| 4. Build a simple stage for marionettes or puppets. | 10. Make a collection of three or more records, tapes, or music CDs. Tell what you like about each one. | 18. Read a play. Make a model stage setting for one of the acts. |
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5. Alone or with the help of others, put on a puppet show for your den or pack. |
11. Tell what folk music is. Hum, sing, or play a folk tune on a musical instrument. |
19. Write, put on, and take part in a one-act play. The Big Bad Wolf Goes to the City Primary Faith in God: Developing Talents #4 |
| 6. Make a set of four paper bag puppets for a singing group. With the help of three other den members, sing a song with the puppets as the performers. | 12. Name three American composers.
Name a famous work by each. Aaron Copland George Frederick Mckay Leonard Bernstein |
20. Make a list of stage directions. Tell what they mean. |
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7. There are sock, stick and finger puppets. There are paper bag puppets and marionettes. Explain their differences** and show any puppets you have made for this badge. **("Puppet" is actually an all-encompassing term. There are hand puppets, rod puppets, sock puppets, and marionettes, which are also puppets. A marionette is a loose-jointed puppet that is manipulated by wires from above, like Pinochio. ) |
13. Draw a staff. Draw on it a clef, with a sharp, flat, natural, note, and rest. Tell what each is used for. | 21. Describe a theater-in-the-round. What are its good and bad points? |
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14. Show the difference between 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time by beating time or playing an instrument. Primary Faith in God: Developing Talents #3 |
22. Explain the difference between a grand opera and a light opera. Explain the difference between a musical and a play. | |
| 15. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Music. | 8. Read about William Shakespeare. Draw a picture of his Globe Theater. | |
| * For requirement #1 of the Showman activity badge, you'll choose six activities from puppetry, music, or drama. Then later you'll do one additional activity in each of these areas, for a total of 9 activities. | ||
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Primary Faith in God program related requirements:
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