From: Calvin H. Gray (405geezer@igg-tx.net)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 19:35:21 CDT
In reference to the Cavalcade program, someone asked
"How hard is it to win that lottery?"
The next Cavalcade drawing, for 2004, will be held in
January 2003.
My troop had a Cavalcade in 1998. We entered the drawing
twice (for 1997 & 1998) to get that one. Due to the
non-repeat rule, we couldn't enter for 1999. We entered
for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and were successful in
the 2003 drawing.
So, based on my experience, it takes from two to four
years to book a Cavalcade. The good thing about this
process is that is much, much less time consuming than
the telephone call-in used for backpacking expeditions.
And people don't get nearly as upset as a unit only
sends in one entry per year which makes the process
practically invisible except to the person listed as the
contact.
The basic downside to the Cavalcade program is that crew
members really have to "like" riding horses all day and
smelling like a horse too. :-)
According to boys in my troop who have done both, the
Cavalcade is more exhausting than the backpacking
program because riders spend a great deal of time taking
care of the horses and controlling them while riding.
Basically, in a Cavalcade, the horses come first and the
humans second. If crew members accept this fact, they
will do fine. If not, the experience won't be very
pleasurable.
YiS,
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