[philmont] Packing in Music

Dave--

You've gotten a lot of good advice and some good comments. I'll just add
this-- "Heck yes! Bring it!"

I'll second the caution about wear and tear on the trail, though. And Dr.
Bob's suggestion about bringing strings is right on the money. (He's also
right that the musical culture at the Ranch is a bit different than it was
in the 80's or '90's, but it's still there.)

Doug Marquis
Asst. Mgr. CHQ Activities
'84-'86, '03-'07

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Haynie" <dave@daretowntroop60.com>
To: "philmont List Member" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:44 PM
Subject: [philmont] Packing in Music

> Hi All-
>
> A question came up lately, and I'd like some Philmont experience
> on it. As a musician, one of the first things I did to prepare for
> Philmont was to check out "the music scene", as it were. I have at
> least two versions of a lyric/chordbook for Philmont songs, I've
> corresponded with a dozen or so people who've taken guitars (usually
> Martin Backpackers, which I've owned and used on non-BSA trails for some
> time now) and other instruments along, and relate very positive
> experiences.
>
> I found out last weekend that one of our crew members, one of
> three Scouts from a neighboring troop, and the youngest on our crew, is
> a fine guitarist, with four years of lessons. Yet he's been told,
> somewhere along the way, that musical instruments are verboten at
> Philmont (and, for that matter, our Troop's yearly trek to Gettysburg,
> although our Scoutmaster has actively enouraged the appropriate bit of
> campfire music).
>
> Is this something real? I double-checked the Philmont site just
> recently, and some other online resources, and couldn't find anything
> suggesting that instrument music was banned. Obviously, you might have
> some management issues with kids and loud music, but that's pretty much
> rended moot by the fact it has to be carried... backpack instruments
> aren't loud, no matter what you do. And of course, that extra 2.3lbs for
> the guitar is probably not the best plan for an 80lbs kid, but it's no
> biggie for me... I've taken mine along for all our training hikes.
>
> What are your experiences, and is there some official work on
> this? Thanks!
> --
> Dave Haynie
> Troop Advancement Coordinator <advancement@daretowntroop60.com>
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Received on Tue May 22 20:39:13 2007