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| Script: | (have the scouts offstage, ready holding the flags. The US Flag is on the right, then State flag, then Troop flag on the far left.) Leader: "Color Guard, Attention!" Leader: "Audience, Please Rise!" Leader: "Scout Salute! Those not in uniform, please place your right hand over your heart." Leader: "Color Guard, Forward March!" (wait for color guard to reach the front) Leader: "Color Guard, Halt!" Leader: "Color Guard, Cross the Colors!" (US Flag crosses in front of others to left-most flag stand, then state, then troop flags. wait for flag bearers to move to the flag pole stands) Leader: "Color Guard, Post the Flag of [Pack/Troop] 123! " Leader: "Color Guard, Post the Flag of the Great State of [your state name]! " (US Flag remains held by bearer) Leader: "Please recite the Pledge of Allegiance!" Leader: "TWO!" (Everyone drops salute) Leader: "Scout Sign!" (Everyone raises right hand making the Scout sign or Cub Scout sign) Leader: "Please join us in reciting the [Scout Law, Scout Oath, Cub Scout Promise, Outdoor Code, ...]!" (this is where the ceremony can be customized by the color guard. Choose what to recite. Could sing a song such as 'America the Beautiful'..) Leader: "TWO!" (Everyone drops Scout sign) Leader: "Color Guard, Post the Flag of the United States of America! " Leader: "Color Guard, Honor your Colors!" (Flag bearers salute the US flag) Leader: "Color Guard, return to ranks!" (wait for flag bearers return to formation) Leader: "Audience, Please be seated!" |
Basic Flag Opening Ceremony 
