Memorial Day Parade

The tribe walked the annual Green Memorial Day Parade again this year. I think 1/2 of the city of Green is in the parade and the rest come to watch. The kids have a blast - just being in a parade and able to throw candy out is a huge hit among the little braves.

The web site is up to date - here is the link to the May Smoke:

http://www.yindianguides.org/smoke.htm



Also Jeff P and Charles sent me more pics from the campout - so I added them to the spring campout slide show. If anybody else has more pics they want me to post - just use the free system from Google called Picasa and send them to me.

Next event:

Friday June 12th - Trumpet in the land

If you don't know about trumpet in the land, then here is their web site is:
http:// www.trumpetintheland.com

TRUMPET, in its 40th year, is an unforgettable production that will sweep you back in history to a time when Ohio was the western frontier of America, to witness the founding of Ohio’s first settlement, Schoenbrunn, in 1772.

Many of us have seem the play as kids with our parents, and it is one of the lasting memories from our childhood. You will not be disappointed. For this event we just need you to tell your cheif headcount - tickets will be at the door (tell them you are with indianguides / manakiki nation for the discounted rate)

Show starts at 8:30 Friday night, and is in New Philledephia which is ~45min drive



(note: Blogger is not letting me insert links today - so you will have to cut past the web address to go to the sites)

Be sure to vote in this months question. We want to know your feedback for next year's spring campout.


Cheers,

-Big Dog

Y-Noah Spring Campout 2009

What a great weekend at Camp Y-Noah!!

I’ve put up a wide Varity of pictures from the campout. I also included some quick videos one of the fire and the kids horsing around in a barrell. I embedded the videos in with the pictures, but also they should so up in youtube (as well as on this blog in the bottom right)

While we had a little bit of rain – Mother Nature did spare us and in fact it turned out to be a good weather weekend. The rain was hard but came in very brief moments.

The nation games were fun. Each tribe blindfolded a little brave and then had him run and find various articles. The challenge is that you had to use animal noises to guide the brave. Oink = for straight, woof for left, meow for right and Moo for down. It was a great sight seeing the boys make all that noise. Congrats to the Cherokee tribe who avoided a lot of penalty seconds and won the event by over 30secs. The landing picture this week is the Cherokee braves.

The fishing derby was my personal highlight of the weekend.

Tribe campfires burned bright each night. The fire ceremony had the highest flames in recent memory, I good way for us to break in the new fire bit built by our nation.

Enjoy the pics –

Note: Lineup for this weekends parade – we are slot 41

-Big Dog

CAMPOUT - THIS WEEKEND May 15th!!!

Are you ready for the Spring Campout at Y-Noah this weekend?

Everybody is looking forward to it.

See you there.

Big Dog


FRIDAY

5:00PM Arrival/Registration/Check In
(In Dining Hall)
Receive Wrist Bands

8:30 PM Chilly Cook Off and grilling dogs
9:30PM Dad’s Meeting- sign up for wall, horses ($5 arena rides and $15 for trail rides) and alpine tower ($10 per climb and 9 yrs and older)
Night hike after dad’s meeting
Receive Horse Rides and Wall Tickets

11:00 PM – 7:00AM Please respect quiet hours



SATURDAY
8:40AM Hoppers to the Dining Hall
One father/child per cabin - to set table.


8:45AM Breakfast (Please be on time)
Please leave your table clean.

9:00AM – 12:00PM Camp Activities
-Horseback riding (by sign up)
-Climbing Wall – (by sign-up)
-Crafts
-Canoeing
-Archery -Hiking*
-BB’s -Frisbee Golf*
-Fishing* (catch and release)
9:00-11:15AM Fishing Contest (Kastner)
11:15-12:00PM Fish Weigh In


12:40PM Hoppers to the Dining Hall
One father/child per cabin - to set table.

12:45PM Lunch (Please be on time)
Please leave your table clean

1:30 – 5:00PM Camp Activities
-Horseback riding (by sign up)
-Canoeing 2:30-5:00
-Alpine Tower (by sign-up)
-Crafts
-BB’s
-Archery - Hiking*
-Frisbee Golf* -Fishing*

3:30 PM Tribe Competitions- Obstacle Course

4:30PM Council and Chief Meeting


5:40PM Hoppers to the Dining Hall
One father/child per cabin - to set table.

5:45pm Dinner (Please be on time)
Please leave your table clean after the meal
8:45PM Line up

9:15PM Main Fire Ceremony

11:00 PM –7:00AMPlease respect quiet hours

*Parent lead Activity

SUNDAY


Continental Breakfast 8:00
9:00 – 10:45AM Camp Activities
-Horseback riding (if needed)
-Climbing Wall by sign up
-Crafts
-BB’s -Frisbee Golf*
-Archery
-Hiking*
-Fishing* (catch and release)

11:00AM Clean up and Pack up
Clean and sweep your cabin, stack the mattresses, pick up trash and remove all of your belongings.

11:30AM Check Out