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Manhattan Beach, CA
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Rank Advancement Ceremony

Overview | Scout Rank Script | Tenderfoot Rank Script | Second Class Rank Script | First Class Rank Script | Star Rank Script | Life Rank Script

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Overview

The master of ceremonies [MC] will introduce the Scoutmaster to preside over the rank advancements and ask the following people to proceed to the stage to congratulate the Scouts and parents:

(Advancement Chairman) ____________________________

(Assistant Scoutmaster) _____________________________

(Troop Committee Chairman) _________________________

The SPL and ASPLs

The Scoutmaster will give a short talk and then announce the instructions for the recipient of the rank advancements. The key point is that the recipients and his parents should proceed to the right side of the room when their rank is called. The recipients will then proceed to the stage to be congratulated by the adult leaders and the youth leadership (SPLs and ASPLs) that are announcing the ranks.

The Scoutmaster will then ask the recipients of the Scout Rank and their parents to proceed to the right side of the room. He then introduces the presenter for Scout rank.

1. _______________ does Scout Rank advancement speech. At the end pauses to have all the Scouts and parents pose for pictures and calls for an applause from the audience.

   MC introduces next presenter for Tenderfoot Rank presentation and asks the Scouts and the parents of the Scouts receiving the Tenderfoot rank to proceed to the right side of the room and up on stage.

2. _______________ does Tenderfoot Rank advancement speech. At the end pauses to have all the Scouts and parents pose for pictures and calls for an applause from the audience.

   MC introduces next presenter for Second Class Rank presentation, and asks the Scouts and the parents of the Scouts receiving the rank to proceed to the right side of the room and up on stage.

3. ________________ does Second Class Rank advancement speech. At the end pauses to have all the Scouts and parents pose for pictures and calls for an applause from the audience.

   MC introduces next presenter for First Class advancement, and asks the Scouts and the parents of the Scouts receiving the rank to proceed to the right side of the room and up on stage.

4. ________________ does First Class Rank advancement speech. At the end pauses to have all the Scouts and parents pose for pictures and calls for an applause from the audience.

   MC introduces next presenter for Star advancement, and asks the Scouts and the parents of the Scouts receiving the rank to proceed to the right side of the room and up on stage.

5. ________________ does Star Rank advancement. At the end pauses to have all the Scouts and parents pose for pictures and calls for an applause from the audience.

   MC introduces next presenter for Life advancement, and asks the Scouts and the parents of the Scouts receiving the rank to proceed to the right side of the room and up on stage.

6. ________________ does Life Rank advancement. At the end pauses to have all the Scouts and parents pose for pictures and calls for an applause from the audience.

The MC turns the microphone back to the Scoutmaster.

The Scoutmaster says that this completes the advancements for this Court of Honor, this concludes our presentation of the rank advancements. He returns the microphone back to the MC.

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